How has your opinons on characters changed?

If you look back through all of Walt's actions from the very start, you could say there was always a reason for them. He has done some bad sh!t, but you can explain them away that it had to be done, or there was a danger the truth would come out etc. It's not like he's killing randomers on the street for no reason, but this doesn't make his actions any less deplorable. Letting Jane die, ordering Gale's death, poisoning Brock etc. Todd shot Drew Sharp pretty fast but I wouldn't doubt Walt doing the same if he had to. He killed Mike for no reason whatsoever only because he was angry and to satisfy his ego. His character has completely changed. Hell, at the end of the last season/half-season he was ordering gang prison hits.

Even at the end of the most recent episode, when he appeared to be apologetic when talking to Hank, you can hear the change in his voice to a more sinister tone when he says "Tread lightly". Up to now he has kept up this weak look to the likes of Hank, but elsewhere he is simply Heisenberg. He has become a monster, and doesn't care who he has to step on or kill to get what he wants. It's strange though, because at times I do still find myself rooting for him! I think there's bigger problems on the horizon than Hank, and between those two threats and the return of the cancer, the walls are closing in on him.

I wouldn't say I'm 100% against Walt, but my sympathies would certainly be more with Jesse. He has shown several times to have much more of a conscience than Walt and has changed to the point that he isn't cut out for the drug business, and just wants a normal life. But you can see the scars that those many traumatic events(Brock, Gale, Drew Sharp, Jane etc.) have left on him, and yet again he appears to be on the verge of a meltdown. He is very fragile as it stands right now and it will be very interesting to see what happens from here.

I could say alot more about those two alone never mind the rest, but that's the gist of it!

April O Neill wrote: »

Really. You hate Skyler for her relatively* minor moral failings, but can't understand people not being on Walt's side. Seriously? That's terrifying.


* in comparison to Walt. Smoking while pregnant. Yeah, not great. Fúcking Ted? Yeah, it's technically adultery. But she wanted out of the marriage at that stage (and had expressed this to Walt), so not really. But hey, that's soooo much worse than killing 190 people, directly or indirectly, wha'?

Yeah but it's how you do it. He killed those 190 people with a bit of class. Do anything with a bit of class and you're grand. Skyler just isn't a classy broad.

Vinz Mesrine wrote: »

I cannot fathom why people do not like him and aren't "supporting" him. Everything he has done from the very first episode has been necessary in his own mind, from Jane to Brock to Gus to the prisoners, it was all necessary to keep himself on top.

If this was a lad you were reading about in Limerick in real life, would you have the same opinion?

First of all he deals meth, one of the most destructive drugs there is (the impact of the drugs he makes on the end user is a story that is sadly lacking in Breaking Bad, and may have been the best story of all; he may as well be selling apples in terms of how it plays on his conscience); secondly he has numerous times turned down the easy option where he would make enough money to provide for his family, instead getting greedy and taking crazy risks to make even more money, which usually results in more innocent people dying. It wasn't necessary at all to move into more dangerous territories in season 2 or turn down the €5m in season 5.

The massacre at the end of season 5, part 1; I don't think it gets talked about enough; he ordered the murders of 10 people! And yet people still talk about Brock - he knew the poison wouldn't kill Brock so that was nothing in comparison.

I agree about one thing though; he is one of the best characters on tv!

One big change I've noticed about Walt (apart from the obvious good guy to bad guy transition), is that he's changed from being a sensible, careful, clever person, to a deluded egomaniac, who is skating on very thin ice.

We saw from the start how he is an incredibly talented chemist, and also very resourceful, coming up with some ingenious ideas to get himself and Jesse out of trouble - making the battery when they were stuck in the desert springs to mind.

As the seasons went on, and especially after he killed Gus and had a sniff at power, he has become increasingly narcissistic and very reckless.

We've seen his ego grow ("Say my name!"), but he's also being very careless with his safety and that of his family's. He thinks he can just retire now and run the car wash, and leave others to continue producing a much weaker product..

To quote poor Mike, "We had a good thing, you stupid son of a b!tch!… But no! You just had to blow it up! You! And your pride, and your ego! You just had to be the man! If you'd done your job, known your place, we'd all be fine right now!"

Marie: I didn't really like her at the start. She would make snide comments towards Skyler. I still don't *love* her but I find her interesting (the pathological lying, compulsive stealing) and I think she's a good sister when it comes down to it (taking the kids when needed, etc). She loves Hank and she's a good wife.

Hank: I thought he was so obnoxious and offensive and didn't really like him. My opinion of him changed when he went to El Paso and we saw that he suffers from panic attacks. It made him more relatable. He is much better at his job than I would have guessed from his jokey demeanour. I like him a lot now and hope he comes out on top.

Skyler: opinion has stayed pretty much the same. I don't like or dislike her.

Jesse: I've always liked Jesse. There is something almost childlike about him. He feels things much more deeply than Walt. He is the moral compass of the show. I really hope he survives.

Walt: Started out liking him, rooting for him. I started to change my mind when Jane died and it's been steadily downhill ever since. Some of his actions have been despicable. I hope he gets his comeuppance because it will be of his own arrogant doing.