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Philip_J_Reed

It's been a few hours now and my heart is still in my throat.

It's going to be a looooong week.

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I'm surprised to find so many people online still rooting for Walt. Vince Gilligan could probably make you root for a dictator if he tried.

But man oh man, what an episode.

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Philip_J_Reed

Speaking only for myself, I've been beyond rooting for Walt for a while, but the moment those cuffs went on?

...call me crazy, and I know I am, but I actually felt bad for the guy.

I think it's because for the first time in a long time, he was doing what he was told. He wasn't fighting back...he was obeying Hank's every command. He was weak. And it reminded me of a much earlier Walter White...one that I still could root for.

You're exactly right. I had no lingering fondness for the man as he was hiding behind that rock (sorry, mineral), but then the handcuffs came out and suddenly I did. Vince Gilligan made me root, just slightly, for the dictator.

THEN THE NAZIS CAME.

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I'd argue Walt's pride takes the top spot in his priority list. Higher than even Jesse and his family. He didn't let Jesse cook his formula, nor did he take the Gray Matter job offer (something that would've gotten his family out of harm's way).

Which is why I don't feel sorry for him. I enjoy seeing the man being a donkeyhat... almost as much as I enjoy seeing him in handcuffs and spat on by Jesse. Seeing people argue that Hank, Jesse and Gale (?) are somehow worse human beings than Walt is a little strange.

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citizenerased wrote:

I'd argue Walt's pride takes the top spot in his priority list. Higher than even Jesse and his family.

This. I understand why people want to keep ascribing a sort of warped nobility to Walt ("He did it for his family!" "He cares about Jesse!") but time and time again, it's his pride the usurps all, and that seems to stretch all the way back to his time at Grey Matter.

And we really can't say that "his desire to help Jesse is even greater than his desire to help himself or his family," if he's ordered a hit on Jesse specifically because he felt he was a danger to himself and his family. Walt's absolutely disproven that.

The Jesse / Walt dynamic was always one-sided. Walt's never displayed any kind of loyalty to Jesse that lasted longer than a scene or two, and / or that wasn't also to his ultimate gain. On the other hand he's manipulated, robbed and abused him every chance he could in order to get ahead.

Jesse cared for him like a father...but Walter saw him only as a son in the sense that he could be controlled as one.

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Two episodes back - forcing myself not to read anything other than the topic title before I catch up here in a bit

Personally though, I think it's the best TV Drama that didn't air on HBO - and even including HBO shows it's easily top 5 / prob top 3.

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It's their anthology episode, and those are usually good for a laugh.

In the first segment Hank and Marie are cast as Adam and Eve and they relay the story of the Garden of Eden.

The second segment is Junior and Gomez as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, reenacting the moon landing.

The closing segment stars Walt as Odysseus, making his way home to Ithaca / Albuquerque. Jesse cameos as a rapping leprechaun.

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................IT HAPPENED

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Philip_J_Reed

I genuinely don't know how I made it through that without dropping dead of a heart attack.

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This is the greatest show in the history of TV.

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Splat

Todd is the biggest D-Bag ever!

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Todd is the biggest D-Bag ever!

yyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeep.

But what I'm really worried about is Huell, still alone in that room.

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