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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He had the money, giving it to his son can still be a logical choice while still the entirety of his meth cooking actions are selfish. I don’t really see what the betrayal is in that.
lol what
Meth dealing is toxic. Providing isn’t. Are you using?
When Tuco beat that guy to death and Walt was calculating how much money and how many deliveries his family needs before he can get out, do you think he was actually doing that for himself?
It should be rhetorical. The reason why you think he was doing that for himself is only something you can answer, but it's not anything in the narrative.
What about when he made that money and then kept going?
What about it?
If by "He did it all for him. He said so in the final episode" you meant he originally was doing it to provide for his family and then after Skylar rejected every attempt out of spite he started doing it for himself, that's a weird way to phrase it.
Well he said he needed X amount of dollars, then he kept going. He had more money than he knew what to do with, and he kept going. It went far beyond providing for his family, especially since most of it he couldn't even legally use on them.
So, "providing" was not the reason for what he did.
I think there is certainly some pull of him initially making money to pay for his treatments, but it's clear even in early seasons that he's after it for himself.
I'm not sure what this means. What does Skylar have to do with it?