Breaking Bad

[scottie]

Agreed. That pitiful Aztek was Walt. Take the lamest car of the last 10 years in the most bland color, of course that's what Walt would drive.

I like your idea of faking his own death. It would certainly explain the neighbors reaction. But I saw her as more scared, like, "OMG, the guy who murdered his family!" than just surprised.

Murdered his family?? I don't think they'd go that far.

[MartyFunkhouser]

Murdered his family?? I don't think they'd go that far.

I wouldn't expect it, but Walt is absolutely murder your family level of evil. He has no redeemable qualities anymore and really hasn't for a long time.

[Pheidippides]

Murdered his family?? I don't think they'd go that far.

He'd kill hank now, no questions asked. I don't think he has hard moral stops.

But I think he probably doesn't kill his family, not intentionally. I think he loses them though. Walt Jr is the only person I routinely like in the show - I hope he survives.

[scottie]

He'd kill hank now, no questions asked. I don't think he has hard moral stops.

But I think he probably doesn't kill his family, not intentionally. I think he loses them though. Walt Jr is the only person I routinely like in the show - I hope he survives.

Right, he made that clear about Hank last night; by "his family" I was referring to his wife and kids. I just have a really hard time seeing the writers do that with Walt's character (mostly a defense mechanism on my part -- he's a bad, bad person but I still like him/want to like him).

[Donuthole]

http://www.vulture.com/2013/08/break...-animated.html

[jay santos]

Right, he made that clear about Hank last night; by "his family" I was referring to his wife and kids. I just have a really hard time seeing the writers do that with Walt's character (mostly a defense mechanism on my part -- he's a bad, bad person but I still like him/want to like him).

I could easily see him killing Skylar. His daughter maybe...he doesn't seem very attached to her. His son, I really don't think so.

[Donuthole]

I could easily see him killing Skylar. His daughter maybe...he doesn't seem very attached to her. His son, I really don't think so.

Nah. I don't see him doing any of that. Maybe--maybe--Skylar, but only if she is threatening to harm the kids.

[Commando]

So what is the chronology we're looking at here? In the very first scene, is that before or after the Denny's scene from the season premiere? The Denny's scene was one year ahead of where season 5 started. Does being midway through the season put us six months into the timeline? So we've got another six months until the Denny's scene? If the first scene from last night is closely connected to the Denny's scene (which seems to be the case, since Walt looks the same and is carrying the gun in the trunk), that looks like a lot more than six months from now. That house was seriously overrun.

Guessing after since that is when he acquired the heavy artillery. Walt really looked like shit, too. His clothes were filthy, the cancer obviously gone... I am guessing he fakes his own death w the cancer thing somehow and that explains his disappearance... but the only loose ends he would then need to tie up are taking care of his family? Are they/will they be under some threat of some sort? Hard to say.

[Donuthole]

Guessing after since that is when he acquired the heavy artillery. Walt really looked like shit, too. His clothes were filthy, the cancer obviously gone... I am guessing he fakes his own death w the cancer thing somehow and that explains his disappearance... but the only loose ends he would then need to tie up are taking care of his family? Are they/will they be under some threat of some sort? Hard to say.

Wait, what? What makes you say that? Just the fact that he has outlived his projected life expectancy by a few months?

[MarkGrace]

Wait, what? What makes you say that? Just the fact that he has outlived his projected life expectancy by a few months?

The hair, I'm guessing. But it could just mean he stopped the chemo and accepted his fate as well.

[MarkGrace]

The hair, I'm guessing. But it could just mean he stopped the chemo and accepted his fate as well.

I would be surprised if the cancer gone again. That would mean he got cancer, it went into remission, it came back, and then it went away again. I'm sure that happens to people, but that's quite a bit of jerking around for a show.

[ERCougar]

Nah. I don't see him doing any of that. Maybe--maybe--Skylar, but only if she is threatening to harm the kids.

Yeah, I agree. The overall story arc has shown the impossibility of keeping one's hands clean in a dirty business, even with good intentions at the outset. I think it loses its power if you take away Walt's sole remaining good intention.

[Jeff Lebowski]

It amazes me how some fans still cling to the hope that Walt is a good guy.

[ERCougar]

It amazes me how some fans still cling to the hope that Walt is a good guy.

I'm not sure if you're talking to me here. If so, I don't think or hope that he's a good guy. But he's much less interesting if he's just pure evil. No one is pure evil--not even Hitler.

[Donuthole]

It amazes me how some fans still cling to the hope that Walt is a good guy.

Being capable of love/not intentionally harming his family and being a good guy aren't the same thing, though, wouldn't you agree?