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Yeah, exactly. And that's the thing. I'm not saying Walt doesn't distort his solutions, but no where in the show has he distorted a problem. The PROBLEM, the need for money, was not a lie--not at all. The lie only came in saying it was for his family, long after he surpassed the original 700k he...

Did his family need money in the beginning? Was there a genuine need for that? Or did Walt make that up? Edit: Pointing this out--because what I said took me by surprise was not Walt's over reaction, or how Walt justified the unjustifiable--but rather, that Walt would ever feel the need to...

Walt lies to manipulate people. Walt doesn't change what is happening to make it "okay" for him to overreact. That goes against the very core of what drives him, his ego is far too large to require that. The fact is, the cop didn't NEED to do anything but be kind of a dick for Walt to believe it...

And when it was done, did Walt make something up to justify why he did what he did? Nope. Walt said the cop was kind of a dick about the windshield (He was) and the cop wouldn't budge despite Walt having a decent reason (He didn't.)--and then Walt over reacted, and completely blew the situation...

Again, though--the argument wasn't about Walt being a super genius and always predicting everything perfectly. It was questioning where people saw something in Walt's character that would just have him make up something in a situation. Walt has done a lot of dumb stuff--he over reacts, lets...

All of this, Spronk...Where did Walt "make up" something though? We can argue over whether his analysis of the situation wascorrect(I think you're delusional if you believe Gustavo wasn't going to off Walt as soon as he was stable.) and that's fine--thatreally comes down to opinion. But where...

So, like what I said, Chuk? Again, first post clearly stated Walt distorts things. I've said multiple times that Walt miscalculates. The problem is believing Walt makes shit up--it's not about him calculating the perfect response. I've said this like 5 times, Astro. The problem is saying he just...

Derp. Care to say anything else that's written plainly in black and white? Walter has NEVER attempted to alter the reality of a situation to justify his actions. Link back to that quote, see this has been a constant since the beginning--with my first set of posts openly stating Walt's ego...

Look at what I was responding to. An overreaction a relationship problem, isnotthe same as making up a fabrication about a relationship problem and then using that distortion to justify leaving. Which is why I said, in my first post, it surprised me people would assume Walter "made something...

Read the above post. If I can educate just a few people on what semantics mean, I feel it's not wasted time. You might be a lost cause though--considering you're just posting because your shtick is reacting to a popular thread.

Read the quote, it's not a semantic argument. Just because your reading comphrension brought you bumbling into the thread and then kept you from understanding a basic premise, doesn't mean we were having a semantic debate. Overeaction to a real problem, and MAKING UP a problem, are two...

Bullshit, "weasel". Show me a situation where Walt LIED to himself about the realities against him. Spronk's didn't show that, at all. In fact, his analysis of Gustavo's was laughably inaccurate. I'll get you the episode number, and time slot (On Netflix) where Walter details his plan. Again...

Again though, what happens, his actions---That'snotwhat we're talking about. What people in this thread have said is that most likely Walt *lied* to himself about what happened, in order to justify his actions. That's never happened in the series--ever. Even in your example, he knew Walt Jr...

Not an example of pride changing his view of a situation. In fact, a good example of methodical analysis allowing him to correct the reality of a situation even AGAINST his wishes. He really wanted to let Crazy8 go, and wanted to believe he was a good kid caught up in a bad situation. If Walt...

He was crying on the phone, begging his son to listen--Why do you think Walt thought Walt Jr would "easily say sure dad"? Nothing in that scene even came close to intimating that. Walt's first lines were "Son, you have to take it, or it will all be for nothing..Please...I've done horrible...

Again, that's an action. Any example of him twisting a set of events to justify something? Because in every scenario you've described, Walter looks at events, very analytically breaks them down, breaks down the problems--THEN his pride kicks in and his solution is often grandiose and ego...

Again, you're describing actions--not looking at a situation and misconstruing it. As for killing Mike, read what I wrote about having to be impulsive, killing mike was also an ACTION--however, his impetus to kill Mike, the need to kill his men? Spot on analysis to achieve his goals. Gray Matter...

Again, that's an example of Walt's pride distorting his ACTIONS. Give me ONE example where Walt analyzed a situation or wrong incorrectly.

Post is not about that. Underestimating is not the same as seeing a situation for what it is. Walt's always been able to look at something, after he's had some time, and completely break it down very analytically. The only time he's ever failed at this is when it's something pressing, that...

So, no examples of him distorting the realities of a situation in order to convince himself of something? Which is what I said. Walter is extremely analytical in his interpretation of events. He has never shown distortion in his analysis, nor allowed emotions to bias him in said analysis. He...

My prediction didn't get entered. Obviously a conspiracy from the nazi mods to keep me down. Fuk you 50/50 4ever! Kidding, I wasn't as close as Len anyway.

I don't understand this. WHY do people keep saying this? When has Walt ever misrepresented something someone else has done to suit his interpretive needs? It's never happened, not once in the show. Walt's analysis of people, and their plans, is usuallyextremelyaccurate. If anything, his...

They never really explain that. We know Walt was working in a high end government facility when Skylar was first pregnant (On lasers/crystals)--so he for sure stayed in the research field after leaving Gray Matter. But then he seemed to swap to being a teacher. If I had to guess, when Walt Jr...

True. But that's the theme of the whole show, it's all Shakespear based tragedies--tons of bad stuff all based off of no one talking to each other. If I had to guess, Walt really loved Gretchen, and maybe expected her to follow him, and really press for the truth--but maybe she was upset, and...

This is the impression I got. Walt left spur of the moment during a vacation to her families estate. They hinted heavily Gretchen came from money, lots of money. My theory has always been her father pulled Walt aside and said he would not fund the company if Walt was a part of it, because he...

Honestly? When has Walt let his pride dictate blame? You guys say that, a lot, and Walt's pride makes him do very outrageous things (like wanting a meth empire over easy cash). But usually, when he blames someone, or suspects someone of something--his judgement is usually spot on, and his...

Walt: Shoots up Gray Matter, makes it look like Nazi's did it--threatens Gretchen and Eliot with linking them to doing business with the Nazi's if they don't get the money to his family. Goes to the Nazi's with the gun that shot up Gray Matter, and convinces them he will cook for them if they...

Yeah, the second half went from terrible/cringe worthy to mediocre. I wouldn't say good, but definitely wasn't cringing with every line of dialogue. But that's probably because crying girl got less screen time. Also the reason for the power outage has some really cool Sci-Fi elements that can be...

This. Just make sure you pay the value you're going to accrue from owning the house each month, then split the bills after that. I know some guys are joking here, but if she does cook and clean, you should really take that into account, to. Does she do your food shopping? Clean the bathroom...

What we know about Walt's back story. At some point, Gretchen and Walter were a couple, we see them intimate, discussing what the human body is made out of in a S1 flashback. We also know Gretchen, Eliot and Walter started Gray Matter. We know it was Walter's formula on some kind of...

Not insider infoz, but maybe some stuff he was too timid to act on until now. It could be akin to that scene with the bullies in S1, or the douche bag on the cell phone, when Walt blew up his car. The old Walt let tons of stuff slide off his back--stuff that would drive people insane. He was...

Didn't see this earlier. Gray Matter is the origin of all events--the complete irrelevancy they just pushed onto Walter is what sent him over the edge, it doesn't take a pyscho to take personal, and deep, offense to that--especially if Walter believes they conspired to oust him. Gray Matter, as...

Really feels like everyone wanted to give this show an Emmy because it's overall message is important--but the show is powerfully mediocre (Which still means it's far better than network TV), which translates into it being somewhat bad against the backdrop of the "Golden Age" shows on right now...

There's nothing to intimate this, except the fact that gretchen ended up with Elliot. From what we KNOW in the story, Walt and Gretchen were together, and on a trip with her family--which seems to be "old money" (She referred to the vacation as "at my parents summer estate or something). Then...

(Last half of the video especially.) So Louis CK is Duppin, and/or reads Duppin's newsletter.

Would this year's Emmy's be for all of S5 for BB? Or just half?

Best part about Walt possibly rampaging on Gray Matter, is that we might learn what lead to Walt leaving there. I really hope they close up that plot line. That shit would have rubbed me raw too, if I was the one that formulated their big breakthrough and then they reduced me to "the name"...

Heisenberg rides again! And it looks like the Skylar freak out gene has been passed on to Walt Jr. I love this show, but I get so tired to Shakespearen miscommunication being the foundation of all the drama. Meh, don't get me wrong, happy he's going out with a bang. I just wish shows didn't...

I posted this earlier in the thread--they say he's from Harlem, the "numbers" bankers were the "black mafia" of their day. snip It might be based off of the "Numbers" bankers of Harlem during this period. They had a lot of interactions with the Genovese family and Luciano specifically in...

lol, whenever I see some supernatural thing that seems like it "can't be hurt by mundane weapons!", I always think of this Robot Chicken skit. The whole time I was watching the Headless Horseman I was thinking of this. Overall? Show seems decent, had to stop 15 minutes before the end...