No.
She isn't.
She's done bad things. But not nearly as bad as Walt.
It's like some of you guys are incapable of making distinctions.
Why shouldn't he "talk his way out of Hank being dead?" He had no idea that Hank would show up and did everything in his power to save him once he did.
Skyler is literally just as culpable in Hank's death as Walter is.
He was protecting his mother. I know it's only Skylar, but any son would do the same for their mother, it's instinct. Admittedly, though, I did still want to punch him. He may be the most innocent out of every character in the show, but he's preventing #TeamWalt from walking away as the winner.
Man forget a Saul spin off or a Walking Dead spin off. We should get a spin off based on Holly when she's 16 and she's having trouble with boys because she never had a father figure.
The pilot could be of her sweet 16s and finding the tape they made during her baby shower.
I love the fact that all season long Gilligan had people thinking that the flash-forward scenes hinted at some sort of Walt redemption. "He's going to rescue his family!" "He's going to rescue Brock!" "He's going to rescue Jesse!" when in reality it's looking like they are the result of him snapping and becoming a complete sociopath.
It is pretty crazy. I'd say that a large part of that is testament to how well she and Cranston have played their characters, as well as the writers doing such a great job with them. But I think it's also that some people are incapable of rational thought.
I think the next two will be more action oriented, now that all the secrets and emotions are out. I saw somewhere Cranston mention the finale is going to be full of classic breaking badesque action.
I don't think Kenny is his son, but he does wear the 'stache well. I imagine he'll get a little more screen time in the final two.
Sure she is.No.
She isn't.
She's done bad things. But not nearly as bad as Walt.
It's like some of you guys are incapable of making distinctions.
He was willing to turn himself in, in the last episode. He was just too foolish to realize his actions have consequences that he can't control.
He also wanted to turn himself in before but skyler encouraged him not to because the money would be useless.
I'm struggling to think how skyler was even involved in this without going through long leaps of causality. The closest thing I can think of is her refusal to testify against walt, which caused hank to search for alternatives, which caused Hank to team up with jesse, which cased them to do the plan to trick walt, which caused walt to call the nazi's, which caused his death. The closest link of events that happened has her 5 steps away from being the cause that made it happen, atleast. You could easily argue for more.
Incredible.
That quiet shot of a dead Gomie still upsets me deeply.
"If all this is true, and you knew about it...Then you're as bad as him."No.
She isn't.
She's done bad things. But not nearly as bad as Walt.
It's like some of you guys are incapable of making distinctions.
She's complicit but ultimately Walt set this in motion. Like he said, nothing stops this train. Not even him. Skyler having broken bad isn't mutually exclusive with Walt breaking bad but if we're comparing guilt, I don't even think it's close—ultimately, Walt set just about everything that's happened in this series in motion.
he's preventing #TeamWalt from walking away as the winner.
Sure, I understand the rationale of why she did it. But it doesn't change the fact that - there was still a better choice that could have been made, and wasn't. That is a theme you see throughout the show. Walt should have listened to Jesse in the arcade room, instead of killing Gale - they should have went to the DEA, and took a plea deal by giving up Gus.
And so I go back to the scene where Walt was willing to turn himself in, and Skyler encourages him not to. I mean think about that. Walt, was actually willing to turn himself in. That a was pretty big moment in the series, I never thought Walt was capable of this. I figured with the arc of Walt, he was beyond that sort of thing. That he would rather die, then let himself be taken in by the cops. That his ego/hubris and his need for control, would never allow him to consider that a viable option.
Yet here we are. And he's willing to turn himself in. Even in the episode before that, he would rather go in handcuffs, then fight his brother in law.
Yes, Walt is evil. Of course. But we have to acknowledge these other aspects of Walt. It's what makes him interesting.
If it was all about himself, why even bother coming back? He has a truck and the money, so why not disappear? Why risk everything to get your family out the door too?You misunderstand. Hank is dead, but when Skyler and Junior confront him about it he says they "negotiated" and does everything he can to avoid the subject, saying their "priority" is to pack and leave, everything will be fine, he will explain everything later. Hank is dead because of Walt, Walt is trying to talk himself out of it again so they will come with him. If he can just explain it everything will be fine.
You are assuming everyone that is #teamwalt thinks he's a sympathetic hero. Some support Walt because he's a villain. In that case him telling Jesse about Jane was awesome.
"If all this is true, and you knew about it...Then you're as bad as him."
-Walt Jr.
Gus' men would have killed them so fast
Sure she is.
She may not have been doing it as long, but she's fully in it now. She's laundered money, blackmailed her sister and sister's husband, and even ordered Walter to kill when Walter himself was hesitant. And while she may not have done as many bad things herself, per se, that only makes her akin to Lydia...an even bigger coward than Walt.
She knows most of the things Walt had to do for the business in the past, so she's not ignorant of the facts, yet continues to go allow with it. She's like Lydia plugging her ears and covering her eyes to shield her senses from the unsavory aspects of their business, but this doesn't reduce her culpability one iota.
So what makes Walter more culpable in Hank's death? Remember, Walter never even told the nazis he had a brother-in-law in the DEA.
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If it was all about himself, why even bother coming back? He has a truck and the money, so why not disappear? Why risk everything to get your family out the door too?
Hank was a conversation they would have to have, but right then and there in front of Junior was not the time and place.
Oh dear, someone needs to study up on their geography.
It's so bad at this point. All the show has to do is throw "bad ass stuff" out there and they'll eat it up. I wonder if "talk like Christian Bale's Batman for the blue collar, sexually frustrated crowd" was a specific direction.
You make the mistake of thinking that the surface level "it's all about the family" rationale isn't ultimately all about Walt in the end.
Hank said it best: "You don't give a shit about family."
A gentle reminder, now, forever, and eternally: http://youtu.be/tKjP1uNvk_A?t=1m53s