I totally buy that for Skyler. I don’t buy it at all for Walter… particularly given how he glories in making himself feel superior by being able to be the “rational” one in the situation.
Skyler told Walt she didn’t finalize the divorce because if they stayed married, she couldn’t be forced to testify against him.
A bullshit reason, since at the time she doesn’t know anything except what he’s told her, and that’d be hearsay, wouldn’t it?
The entire loan doesn’t have to come from a bank. They can say that they got some or all of the money from friends and relatives.
Plus, as I said earlier, buying the car wash was an unavoidable risk. Any other investment they make would raise questions with Hank, so they had to buy the car wash if they wanted to launder money.
True, but he’s also never been very good at winning arguments with Skyler. He’d rather concede than fight it.
I believe it depends (hearsay is insanely complex) on what you mean by “that”: he told her he is a meth cook, that would not be hearsay, she’d be testifying to what he stated about himself to her.
But beyond that…well, actually beyond that he hasn’t told her anything so all she could testify to would be her direct experiences and observations, which would mostly be about money.
Walt’s becoming very unlikable. Which somehow makes him likable. Or something.
I don’t have any sympathy for Skyler. She’s controlling as all hell.
She’s also now aware that her husband has possibly murdered people during the course of his tenure as the Gordon Ramsay of meth. She’s complicit in Walt’s illegal activities, and I don’t buy the “it’s for the kids” bullshit excuse. I think she experiences a thrill similar to what Walt feels(albeit on a smaller scale).
They’re both despicable and I love it.
Plus she keeps dragging the coin back from Colorado to New Mexico. It would be harder to show that equivocation in flipping a quarter.
And the show’s filmed in New Mexico, might as well use some identifiable landmarks. This show is actually really good about that- much better than shows that are set in Atlanta or Chicago but might as well be set in Cleveland or Jackson MO; you get a real sense of the place.
I think that what the show is trying to convey is that Walt is cracking. He has been tone deaf and megalomanical before, but not to this degree. The looming box cutter hanging over his throat is stressing him out.
The dollar thing was great and was basically just a final “FUCK YOU ASSHOLE grabs crotch in tighty whities” to Bogdan who kept being a dick about the whole “as is” thing.
Now he drinks coffee, too!
That is how she rationalized it, but the real reason was the money. She’s been seduced by it.
I can’t wait for the action figure!
That’s not some new thing he does, it’s just part of breakfast.
I think there are only a few occasions when Walt Sr. and Walt Jr. interact.[ul][]Over breakfast[]In a carDiscussing a car[/ul]
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I think there are only a few occasions when Walt Sr. and Walt Jr. interact.[ul][li]Over breakfast[]In a car[]Discussing a car[/ul][/li][/QUOTE]
In next week’s episode they discuss his new car over breakfast.
While eating that breakfast… in a car!
With coffee! Black coffee.
I think Skyler’s solution to the car situation (which I agree was a shitty move on Walt’s part) should have been to take the new car for herself (or have Walt take it if she doesn’t want to drive the baby in it) and give Jr. the older car. This gives him a safer but still functional car, and he can always borrow the Chickmobile if he has a date.
The reason was not that they were afraid it was unsafe. The reason was that they were afraid of the IRS or similar.
Btw, “I am the one who knocks”, was the most awesome line since Pulp Fiction.
Remember how Walt and Jesse reacted to the little boy being killed? I think Gus was hoping to avoid a similar outcome with the innocent cleaning ladies.
Quite possibly they were killed offscreen.
I don’t think so. From the audience’s point of view (and Walt’s), it was just as bad to send them home.
mr. jp, I don’t think that’s what Sampiro meant by “safe”. A powerful car like that isn’t most parents’ first choice for a teenager.
Yes, and I’m saying he misunderstood what his parents were worried about. It was not the power of the car.