re: Just started a Breaking Bad rewatch - Spoilers

It is the greatest artistic achievement in human history.

Except for maybe the Wire.

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How should a wife in skyler's position act, IYO? I think she was kinda bitchy and I have zero tolerance whatsoever for cheating so she is DEFINITELY not beyond reproach, but I mean cmon. Her husband was a HS teacher that is now making and dealing meth, behind her DEA bro-in-laws back, all while expecting a newborn right around the corner. I can understand her being a bit perturbed.

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THIS.
Elliott offered Walt a great job with Cadillac health insurance. And he had so much pride, he turned it down and chose to make poison instead. He did something that put his whole family at all kinds of risk and hurt his community. I love the show, but Walter White is a fricking selfish a-hole. This isn't like he told Skyler "I'm going to play poker at Hank's house" and he went to a titty bar. This is lying that could put his whole family in legal trouble and destroy Hank's career.

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I don't need to rewatch it to realize this, they were freaking awful. Skylar and Marie are easily my most hated spouses of all time.

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Marie was crazy from the start but I don't get all the hatred for Skylar. How else would you expect someone to act if their husband kept disappearing and lying about; only to later find out that he's a major drug dealer that's done some horrible things that could come back to haunt him and his family? She was bitch at times (her affair) and she did voluntarily get involved in Walt's business but she receives way too much hate.
I wanted Walt to win in the end with him being the main character and all but Walt was a egotistical power hungry a-hole toward his later days. Especially to Jessie.

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It is the greatest artistic achievement in human history.

Except for maybe the Wire.

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Lulz. No. BB was much better than The Wire...

Skylar was flirting with Ted loooooong before she found out about Walt's dealings. She had no consideration to the fact that Walt's cancer had an a dramatic effect on his psyche. Instead, being the self-absorbed shrew that she is, she made it about her.

Terminal illness changes people. As a spouse, you don't say "My husband is acting weird. I'm gonna flirt with another guy".

Also, had Walt's ascension was via legal venture instead of cooking meth, Skyler's actions would not have been much different. It was mainly about control for her. 16 years she was wearing the pants, and once Walt grew a pair she couldn't handle it.

This show and The Wire are two shows I have tried multiple times and just couldn't get into them despite the love for both on here.

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I already knew Walter dies in the end. Apparently rigs up some machine gun trunk auto shoot thing. Mythbusters FTW!!!

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Same here, but it was still a great show to watch.

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This show and The Wire are two shows I have tried multiple times and just couldn't get into them despite the love for both on here.

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Loved BB but I just couldn't into the Wire. Don't see how it's one of the best ever.