Red Mosquito

durdencommatyler wrote:Real Talk: I've never "liked" Walter White. But I used to feel something for him. He was spineless and pathetic and prideful. But I could relate to him and his struggle to find something better for his family. But I never liked the guy.

He represents how many older, middle class white guys see themselves: simultaneously a victim of circumstance and an intellectually superior closet bad-ass capable of anything. I rarely root for him, but on several levels I can identify with him more than any of the other characters in the show.

broken iris wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Real Talk: I've never "liked" Walter White. But I used to feel something for him. He was spineless and pathetic and prideful. But I could relate to him and his struggle to find something better for his family. But I never liked the guy.

He represents how many older, middle class white guys see themselves: simultaneously a victim of circumstance and an intellectually superior closet bad-ass capable of anything. I rarely root for him, but on several levels I can identify with him more than any of the other characters in the show.

Sure, but I think that's because he and Jesse are the only fully fleshed out and dynamic characters on the show. And Jesse's experience is way outside my own. So Walt is the one I can most identify with because I've grown up around men like him (not meth deals, per se) my whole life. But I don't like those men either.

It's so sad, because as young Walt in those flashback scenes all I saw was an ambitious, confident, & optimistic man. He was the kind of guy you wouldn't mind be around.

in rewatching episodes/seasons of this, and then seeing the approaching conclusion of things, i think the whole show is about how differently and horribly we all breakdown when faced with extreme adversity. i don't believe this is any big revelation, it might have already been hashed-out and said better than i am here, but the title of the show is about breaking-down badly.

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That last scene gave me the chills, in an awesome way.

numbers wrote:That last scene gave me the chills, in an awesome way.

Yep. When that garage door went down, I had the full-on shivers.

I think I've used the phrase tread lightly 5 times already today

ive never watched this. although i hear he is quite different he will always be malcom, reese and dewys' father

i cant shake it

After you watch this, you'll be worried about those kids every time you watch Malcolm in the Middle. Because after this, he'll always be Walter White.

in the garage, why does hank tell him to 'bring skylar and the kids to the house and we'll talk'?

was it just to ensure he doesn't flee?

BDB wrote:in the garage, why does hank tell him to 'bring skylar and the kids to the house and we'll talk'?

was it just to ensure he doesn't flee?

He probably doesn't want hostages or Walt to be able to spin some lie about him.

I'm gonna state the obvious and say that scene was incredible because in no way did I expect them to have THAT confrontation this early. But that's what makes the show so incredible. That garage door went down and I said, "Oh fucking shit!"

durdencommatyler wrote:After you watch this, you'll be worried about those kids every time you watch Malcolm in the Middle. Because after this, he'll always be Walter White.

I'll always know him as the dentist on Seinfeld.

turned2black wrote:I'm gonna state the obvious and say that scene was incredible because in no way did I expect them to have THAT confrontation this early. But that's what makes the show so incredible. That garage door went down and I said, "Oh fucking shit!"

Given where we have to go and the short time we have to get there, coupled with the fact that this is really the ninth episode of season five, it made sense that something big like that happened in this episode. I don't know that I was expecting the confrontation to go down quite like that. It was amazing. But I was expecting Walt to find out that Hank knew.

Harry Lime wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:After you watch this, you'll be worried about those kids every time you watch Malcolm in the Middle. Because after this, he'll always be Walter White.

I'll always know him as the dentist on Seinfeld.

Sure and Ted's boss on How I Met Your Mother.

BDB wrote:in the garage, why does hank tell him to 'bring skylar and the kids to the house and we'll talk'?

was it just to ensure he doesn't flee?

He's probably worried about their safety. Walt is a dangerous man.

durdencommatyler wrote:

turned2black wrote:I'm gonna state the obvious and say that scene was incredible because in no way did I expect them to have THAT confrontation this early. But that's what makes the show so incredible. That garage door went down and I said, "Oh fucking shit!"

Given where we have to go and the short time we have to get there, coupled with the fact that this is really the ninth episode of season five, it made sense that something big like that happened in this episode. I don't know that I was expecting the confrontation to go down quite like that. It was amazing. But I was expecting Walt to find out that Hank knew.

I was expecting Walt to find out as well, but was also expecting a little bit more of a dance before a confrontation.

great chapter....i missed this show so much. Hank vs Walter is such a big confrontation, im glad its actually happening and we have enough time to see how this develops.