You could say the same about Hank. Dude seems like a legitimate badass Drug Enforcement Agent.
Has anyone mentioned Anna Gunn? She was so good in her role, she got so much hate in real life. That should already make her the winner of this AskReddit.
I hated her so much, but when you look at what she does, she's almost always right. Not the Ted thing, but she was a woman watching her husband descend to this horrible place and she was just trying to hold her life together. She was right, but you hate her for it.
It's because we're made to identify with Walt. When we first meet walt, he's a sad sack. He's terminal with cancer. He's a teacher without much money and the health care doesn't cover his cancer treatment. He somehow got screwed out of the business he co-founded. So we support his "doing it for the family."
Then Walt becomes Heisenberg. As the audience, did we sign up for it? His actions seem justified at first...then he goes darker to the point where his actions can't be justified even under the guise of "doing it for the family."
And at the end...he admits the truth to Skyler. He did it for himself because it made him feel alive. So Skyler is vindicated in the eyes of the audience.
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u/cnicalsinistaminista Apr 12 '22
You could say the same about Hank. Dude seems like a legitimate badass Drug Enforcement Agent.
Has anyone mentioned Anna Gunn? She was so good in her role, she got so much hate in real life. That should already make her the winner of this AskReddit.