It's one of my favorite TV shows, probably my favorite if I had to pick. Lately I've just been watching scenes on Youtube, but one scene struck out to me as a clever thing the writers did. So the part where Skylar is explaining how they've had money coming is becuase Walters been gambling, is a gambling addict and is shockingly good at it because of his intelligence making him good at counting cards and whatnot. If you piece together earlier scenes and look between the lines it's clear that this story is a lie, that actually he's been making his money by cooking and selling meth.
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You've hit on what went wrong with Breaking Bad in the writer's room: woke shit. Gilligan I think is just like 80s empowerment woke, but he's got the usual Hollywood types all around him.
Gilligan wanted to tell a story of a hero that becomes the villain. They had Walter say he was doing it to provide for his family, and had evil Gus say a man provides, because to them that's just what toxic men say, it's never true, and nobody believes it. It makes him an egotistic liar to even say it. In their mind a strong man that provides for his family, both monetarily and spiritually, is a terrible thing.
So they think they're making Walt look bad, but the male audience at least said 'hell yeah a man provides' and he looks like a hero. Season 4 Walt is a fucking badass.
Season 5 comes around, they have to wrap it up, and they're like why is nothing we do making people hate Walter?! Maybe if he's literally Hitler they'll hate him.
I love Breaking Bad, but it's flawed in some big ways. I don't even rewatch season 5 at all.