Breaking Bad - argh!

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Have been rewatching with DH.

I watch it because I find the other characters engaging but is it just me who can't stand Walter White? He has a chip on his shoulder the size of Russia and apparently hates everybody, is a whiny egotist, and I find it hard to see what supposed redeeming features he has that attracted Skylar to him in the first place.

Or is the whole point that he's unbearable?!

Oh Jessie bless him he's such an idiot and you think he's going to die over and over again xD when he lives I was like yay! But how?!?!

I really didn't like Skylar. I found Walter's character really well done, I alternated between liking and despising him regularly. Hank was great too.

Oh Jesse, perhaps the only time I've ever woken in the night and cried over a fictional character ( penultimate episode).

Did anyone ever work out why every single thing Marie owned was purple?

Walter White was a normal man who developed into a psychopath. No turning back after he watched Elizabeth choke on her own vomit. Maybe a metaphor of modern life?

DP was trying to convince me that Skylar still loved him and they'd end up back together, but I could see that she hated him as much as I did! I felt like I was supposed to like him, being the main character, and he did have a few redeeming moments, but was mainly a prick!

I loved the details like Marie's obsession with purple, Junior's name change that had no real plot role but I guess is a way for a teenager to remove himself from a dad he doesn't like. Also the fact that his disability was never really a feature (except in first ? episode in the clothes shop). Made it more realistic. Hadn't noticed the lack of neighbours. There was a kid whose radio controlled car got run over at Hank's house. Maybe he decided not to play out after that!

Going to start on Better Call Saul next. Hope it's as good. I cried at the end of BB, not just because of what happened but because finishing the whole thing was the end of an era. Same with Son of Anarchy.

And for me he went 'bad' right at the start, I think after the first cook? When he tried to roughly have sex with Skylar in the kitchen, pushing her face (covered in sludgy face mask) against the fridge. No going back after that shit.

American forums were absolutely brutal to Skyler. One woman I read said she hated Skyler for letting Walt rape her?

I think Skyler was brilliant but I just didn't think she was a convincing wife for Walt from the start. There was that initial slight confusion at the breakfast table:

'Hang on, is that his daughter? '

' Oh right, this is American box set world, he has an inexplicably hot wife. As you were.'

I loved Jesse but I'm also a lone fan of Ted Benneke, in his tight little trousers.

OK that's me rewatching it starting tonight. The best TV programme ever made.

They did it beautifully with regards to character development. You start off sympathising with his situation and end up loathing him entirely. Fantastically done, imo.

I couldn't stand Breaking Bad. I tried several times but found it utterly turgid.

One thing I did find really uncomfortable was how "empty" their neighbour hood was. It was like there were no other residents. No children playing outside. It was barren. Same with hanks neighbourhood. Why was it so eerily quiet?

Albuquerque is like that.

I love Mike. He's even better in better call Saul.

Have you read about the significance of the names and colours?

It's a desert state, too hot to play outside.

Agree with pp, best TV series ever made. Loved the character development of all of them.
Seen it 3 times, this thread has made me want to watch it again.