Julie

That's a good description of Walt It explains a lot about what made him how he was

desmondluverbrotha

So interesting

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beforethestorybegan

Why exactly did Walt leave Gray Matter? This question is never fully answered on the show. But some insight can be found in this AMC interview in 2009 with Jessica Hecht, the actress who plays Gretchen.
“…Vince told us exactly what went down between [Walt and Gretchen] off screen: We were very much in love and we were to get married. And he came home and met my family, and I come from this really successful, wealthy family, and that knocks him on his side. He couldn’t deal with this inferiority he felt — this lack of connection to privilege. It made him terrified, and he literally just left me, and I was devastated.”

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Collins

Wow. I wish they would have mentioned that in the show somehow. It shows more on how Walt can't deal with inferiority.

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Observations: “Hank compares Walt’s situation to a poker game: ‘Let’s face it you were dealt a **** hand.’ Interestingly, in the next episode, “Crazy handful of nothin’ “ there’s a highly symbolic poker scene. ‘The key is, you gotta hang in there, you gotta keep placing your bets.’ – which is actually what Walt/Heisenberg does throughout the show; he doesn’t give up after Tuco. Perhaps that’s why there are more than a few scenes where Walt and Jesse could have quit the business and they decided to continue.
"The foreshadowing air thickens as Hank continues, hoping to change Walt’s decision on surrendering to cancer: ‘…or you can hold on to your pride and lose the game.’ Is that what’s going to happen to Walt in the end? Vince knows! But we’ve seen what Heisenberg’s pride and hubris have brought him so far: lots of power and money, as well as trouble and burden. Maybe that’s why at the end of the episode, Walt decides to wake from the dead and step into the world of crime once again, so that he can keep his pride and stay in the game.”

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Julie

good excuse and Badger's just like oh okay

desmondluverbrotha

I love those scenes with Badger, that boy had too many drugs in his life and he was so scatterbrained sometimes

Julie

desmondluverbrotha

Walt was accurate making meth was very therapeutic.

Julie

I guess so and they had nice scenery while doing it

desmondluverbrotha

At least when they were in the RV. Not so much when they were in the laundry

Julie

true, they probably missed that

If Jesse's there and Walt in his tighty whities, there's still some nice scenery

desmondluverbrotha

They were sad when the RV got destroyed