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Ugh. If you still don't sympathize with Skylar you're missing the point of the show.
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08-05-2012, 09:54 PM
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Ugh. If you still don't sympathize with Skylar you're missing the point of the show.
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Maybe cuz I am a bad guy like Walt.
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08-05-2012, 10:03 PM
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Yeah, I don't really see hating Skylar now.
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08-05-2012, 10:08 PM
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Walt is the villain of the show now and that's just fantastic.
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08-05-2012, 10:11 PM
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Also, Jesse being broken down by two visceral bastards in Mike and Walt is sad. Almost as sad as Skyler taking a piece of bacon from Walt Jr.
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Mike: "Well, she's gonna die!"
Hahaha, love it.
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08-05-2012, 10:15 PM
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Great episode. Next week looks like it will appease the people asking for more action and it looks brilliant.
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08-05-2012, 11:14 PM
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Mike: "Well, she's gonna die!"
Hahaha, love it.
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That was awesome. So was Walt Jr. layin down the law about his dad's bacon. Don't **** with him during breakfast time.
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08-05-2012, 11:22 PM
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Ugh. If you still don't sympathize with Skylar you're missing the point of the show.
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I have zero sympathy for her. She had her shot to get rid of Walt and he was staying away from the children for the most part. Then, she went and got involved with Walt's business and now she can't stand the heat.
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08-05-2012, 11:23 PM
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Because everyone has perfect judgement immediately after their husband tells them they're a drug kingpin.
And now she has zero options. If she tells the police Hank is ******, and she can't leave because she doesn't want Walt Jr to know about his dad.
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08-05-2012, 11:25 PM
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It's not looking like Walt and Co. are going to get too far down the path to regaining the meth monopoly Gus had going before this series ends. Running out of episodes, and I don't envision the remaining episodes of this season to begin leaping forward a month at a time to get us to flash-forward Walt's 52nd birthday.
But I really like that this season is forcing Walt to deal with the repercussions of killing Gus and not making it too easy for him to gain some of his own glory.
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08-05-2012, 11:42 PM
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I dislike Skylar because I have a problem empathizing with attention-grabbing insanity. She has clear reason to be heavily stressed, but her complete mental breaks with her shutup fiasco and then the pool scene don't endear her to me at all.
Walt is ******* ******** trading in his perfectly fine car for $50 and then leasing the two flashy cars that he did. Yes Walt, that isn't strange at all.
Mike is a boss. That's all I really need to say about that.
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I can't fathom all the Skyler hate. You're not supposed to like her character, but you should be somewhat sympathetic to her situation.
I'm curious where the Skyler-haters think she strayed from a "correct" path with regard to handling her husband's criminality. I just don't see a point in the series where she could have taken a different route and not have it destroy her family more permanently, thoroughly and publicly.
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Skylar is awful was hoping she drowned. This episode was kind of bad.
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All of you are so wrong I can't even handle it.
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Skylar is awful was hoping she drowned. This episode was kind of bad.
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.........................sure.
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08-05-2012, 11:56 PM
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.........................sure.
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It was, it had too much Skyler.
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08-05-2012, 11:58 PM
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It was, it had too much Skyler.
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Anna Gunn will probably win an Emmy when she submits this episode, but sure ....
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08-06-2012, 12:01 AM
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I can't fathom all the Skyler hate. You're not supposed to like her character, but you should be somewhat sympathetic to her situation.
I'm curious where the Skyler-haters think she strayed from a "correct" path with regard to handling her husband's criminality. I just don't see a point in the series where she could have taken a different route and not have it destroy her family more permanently, thoroughly and publicly.
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I am sympathetic to her situation, but not her handling of it. Not necessarily the 'choices' she made, but I have a very hard time sympathizing with recent her mental breakdowns.
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Anna Gunn will probably win an Emmy when she submits this episode, but sure ....
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Okay? she is still the worst character on the show. It's between her or her sister.
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08-06-2012, 12:05 AM
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You can make a better argument for her being the best character than the worst one. That's just ****** stupid.
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Because she's important to the story the show is trying to make a point of. I thought it was the best episode of the season, and the Skyler/Walt scene in the bedroom was incredible. Then again, I'm being forced to agree with Daniel here and that is entirely uncomfortable.
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08-06-2012, 12:12 AM
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Being a well written character or an actor/actress giving a great performance doesn't mean you have to like the character.
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I don't see how her breakdowns can't endear a person to her. The "Shut Up" thing was just her completely cracking and losing it after holding it in with Walt for so long. The pool thing was to get them to take the kids for a few days so she could tell Walt the truth, and they could have it out.
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I am sympathetic to her situation, but not her handling of it. Not necessarily the 'choices' she made, but I have a very hard time sympathizing with recent her mental breakdowns.
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Are her mental breakdowns not justified by Walt's actions? I find it to be a completely reasonable response to the revelations about Walt she's had to endure. I'd find the character very unrealistic if she was completely comfortable with Walt's criminal descent and could handle it as coolly as Walt has learned to.
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Okay? she is still the worst character on the show. It's between her or her sister.
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"Worst" or "most unlikable?" I suppose you can make a case for the latter distinction, but she plays an integral role in the show. Killing her (as many people dream of) would eliminate so much of the show's tension.
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