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This scene in breaking bad.

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When I first saw it, I quite liked it.
But the more I think about it, it makes little sense.
I get that Walt is really unhappy he just found out he has cancer and may leave his family in debt,
But to blow up someone's car just because he's an entitled douche bag seems psychotic, not to mention that its next to gas station which could of blown up and injured or killed many innocent people and caused $1000s in damage.
 

jviggy43

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Uh the whole point was to show walt is psychotic. The whole show is essentially leading up to him going full ass hole.
 
Odesu

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It's absolutely in line with Walt's character. What I find hard to believe, though, is that no one saw this happening and that there were no cameras in the vicinity. Seems like a weird break with reality to engage with a rather stereotypical framing of the (anti) hero, very much unlike Breaking Bad in its later seasons.
 
Vampirolol

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People defending Walt were wrong and kinda dumb from the first episode. Yes, he was a fucking psychotic.
 
Veelk

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I uh....

I don't think you really understand Walter White's character very well.
 
Laser Man

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I still like that scene, if it makes sense or not for him to do this, who can say? I can see it happening in a situation like this. It becomes quite clear in the beginning that everything Walter does is for himself and not for his family and the dude got on his nerve with his terrible behaviour.
 
osnameless

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Scenes like that is why Season 1 is my favorite season of the series.

It's simply a character study about Walt's descend into villainy. In season 1, the blurred line comes front and center. He is doing a bad thing but with a hint of a moral justification, which basically embodies his journey (his deluded sense that he did all what he died for his family, which comes full circle in the last episode when he acknowledges he did it because he enjoyed it).
 

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The genius of the scene to me is it's the kind of thing people want to see in their fantasies but under no normal circumstances would they ACTUALLY DO because yes, all of those reasons you list.

The show is called BREAKING BAD. The whole premise is a story about a character who goes down a bad road. He's not a good guy so trying to dissect a scene around him doing something demonstrably bad doesn't make a lot of sense.
 
Veelk

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Hey guys, you know that scene in Game of Thrones where Ramsay tortures Theon?

I thought it was a cool twist at first, really unexpected and subverted my expectations, but it makes Ramsay seem a little sadistic when he was so nice to Theon earlier and helped him escape and stuff, kinda wierd don't you think
 
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It's another example of Walt doing antihero morally repugnant things that should* make most people detest him but ends up making 99% of viewers say "oh man, that's soooo badass".
 

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Uh, I think you missed the point of the show if you missed the "part" where Walter White was never a good person.
 
BY2K

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Never underestimate what a man who thinks he has nothing to lose can do.

Also, like others said, that's who he IS, but at that point we haven't realized it yet.
 
PanzerKraken

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It shows how reckless he is and how he is going to turn.

You at first think "fuck yea get that asshole" when he does it, but yea it's him going down a dark path
 
Veelk

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Guys, I'm watching Mad Men, and I don't understand, Don seems to love his wife, but he keeps sleeping with other woman. This seems pretty inconsistent with his character since he is clearly a family man, but this will destroy his family if he keeps doing it, it makes no sense.
 
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SilentRob said:
It's absolutely in line with Walt's character. What I find hard to believe, though, is that no one saw this happening and that there were no cameras in the vicinity. Seems like a weird break with reality to engage with a rather stereotypical framing of the (anti) hero, very much unlike Breaking Bad in its later seasons.
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What?

Committing serious arson, with high chance of harm to people is consistent with Sensible, introvert, boring chemistry teacher.
It's not the same as meth cooking and killing crazy 8, those action were consistent with walts character, but this seemed to rash and sloppy.
I suppose walts rash and sloppy traits do return. I guess this was one of the first one, its like he was multiple personalities
 
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Brewm0nt

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Breaking Bad, to me, is largely about not only examining Walt's downhill escalation into shit person, but is also an observation on the notion of American masculinity. From the Grey Matter storyline and fallout to wanting to feel respected by his wife, family, society, it's all about having power and control. Early glimpses of this desire in season 1 are almost showing Walt having this bubbling rage about life, but not quite knowing where to direct it. Once he commits to "the life" and goes down that path, his...toxic masculinity, if you will, is much more directed and purposeful.
 
Kinthey

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No one there seems particularly worried about a burning car directly next to a gaspump
 
Calabi

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Like everyone says its perfectly in character, before this I cant remember exactly what but he gets angry over petty little things. There's no indication that he's a supposed good person. The cancer is like the limiters being taken off, he just doesn't care to hold himself back from doing these things anymore, because he thinks he's dead anyway.
 
PhilosopherDirtBike

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Like, the whole point of the character is that he's more concerned with being a badass than he is with taking other people into consideration
 

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OOoOOoOOOOOOoooooOOOOOOOOooooohhhhhhhhh
Didn't I treat you right, now?
Didn't IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII?
 
RestEerie

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Anthony Hopkins said:
But to blow up someone's car just because he's an entitled douche bag seems psychotic, not to mention that its next to gas station which could of blown up and injured or killed many innocent people and caused $1000s in damage.
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DeliciousSunnyD!

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You properly assess it right in your OP, so I'm not sure how it doesn't make sense? It is a scene depicting Walter White becoming unhinged. He is psychotic.
 
Veelk

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I don't understand, Dyatlov said that the radiation was not great, not terrible, if the head guy says it's fine, whats everyone so worked up about?
 

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Anthony Hopkins said:
What?

Committing serious arson, with high chance of harm to people is consistent with Sensible, introvert, boring chemistry teacher.
It's not the same as meth cooking and killing crazy, those action were consistent with walts character, but this seemed to rash and sloppy.
I suppose hi rash and sloppy traits do return. I guess this was the first one.
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Walt is rash throughout and is extremely impulsive. He does lots of very stupid things throughout and most of the drama he gets himself into is due to these rash decisions.
 

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Just another scene that highlights that Skylar White, the frumpy housewife that wouldn't let Walter have any criminal fun was the real evil of the series, right?
 
NinjaScooter

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Anthony Hopkins said:
What?

Committing serious arson, with high chance of harm to people is consistent with Sensible, introvert, boring chemistry teacher.
It's not the same as meth cooking and killing crazy 8, those action were consistent with walts character, but this seemed to rash and sloppy.
I suppose walts rash and sloppy traits do return. I guess this was one of the first one, its like he was multiple personalities
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He was never a sensible boring introvert, that's the point. He was always a psycho who suppressed his true nature until his cancer gave him a reason to stop caring and truly be himself, which is, a psychopathic asshole.
 
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