Something I noticed is that the show very often makes the character who’s in the right look totally insane to us, the viewers. It’s great at it. It does it most often with Skyler, but an example with Walt is after Jesse is tricked into thinking he saved Mike from those guys on a pickup run. The whole thing was a ruse. Walt correctly identifies this and tells Jesse, but to the audience it sounds like Walt is being mean and condescending to Jesse even though he’s dead right and we KNOW he’s right.

I thought this videos has hundreds of thousand views. So good and detailed

Great job Claire! I wish you success here on KZread! 😊

finally, a proper nuanced analysis on the characters of walter and skyler, thank you and keep up the good work

shes also just very annoying all the time

@haha610

5 ай бұрын

Not as bad as Marie honestly

@charlieharris150

15 күн бұрын

She was a victim though. You only found her annoying because Walter was just more interesting because of how Evil he was. Yes I know Skylar did some bad things but when you in a abusive relationship with a guy who does meth, you tend to do dumb stuff.

@charlieharris150

15 күн бұрын

​@@haha610I loved her acting in the last few episodes but yeah she was annoying but she wasn't exactly a bad character.

She has good moments like tricking the IRS, strongarming the carwash negotiation, tricking the locksmith, commandeering Saul's henchmen team for her own purposes, intimidating Ted into silence...she's kind of an evil mastermind on her own like 20% of the time. The problem is the annoying nervous wreck she's the other 80%. I don't like using the word hysterical when talking about any woman, but she specifically just is and it is grating. For being emotional there's already Jesse.

During my binge watching of the series I didn't mind Skylar's Character all that much. To me, she felt the most grounded of them all--My only gripes with her character was when she cheated on Walter with Ted, and tried to divorce him and of course, her hypocracy. While I don't think it was a bad move--per se--there were much better ways she could've gone about it. Like ya know _not_ boning Ted. On the whole you can understand her motives, and doing what she does, but I can't help but feel there are better options that could've been taken. Had Walter potentially told her early on, while she might've hated his guts, we're shown that she grew to understand it and while not necessarily support his business at least ensure he was doing it right.

In regards to the 'cheating' I don't see it as cheating at all. To her, they are separated, the relationship is over and Walt wouldn't let her leave. She was a hostage. Her sleeping with Ted was to show Walt that their marriage is definitively over, regardless of whether he allows it to be so on paper.

@1x4

5 ай бұрын

By law they are married. Therefore, cheating. It doesn't matter how she FEELS.

@mr.dinglebop3895

5 ай бұрын

@@1x4 Least misogynistic Breaking Bad fan

@szeddezs

5 ай бұрын

@@1x4 A marriage license isn't a title of ownership over another person's body.

@1x4

5 ай бұрын

@@szeddezs What the flck does that have to do with her cheating?

@szeddezs

5 ай бұрын

@@1x4 Because you seem to believe that when a relationship is over but the couple is still married on paper they're not allowed to sleep with other people, which the word "cheating" (which Skyler didn't do) implies.

Hated character.. not person,we all know Walter is worse

I’ve always found the ‘’misogyny’’ argument for why people dislike Skylar, as an easy and inaccurate answer… and I’m glad that you’ve come with different conclusions. I find it natural to find a Moral, responsible and normal person irritating or boring, in a show that is about Breaking bad… It’s simply working against what makes the show entertaining. It’s very clear that Skylar is a character, that tries to prevent Walt from ‘’Breaking bad’’ which for the viewers means, that Skylar actively tries to stop the entertaining parts of the series… because she’s the responsible, morale and right person... but is very clearly becoming annoying because of that, and seems to give of the ‘’don’t do that, it’s dangerous’’ kind of person vibe. Skylar is of course also not without her faults and her controlling behavior, her sometimes inability to see things from other perspectives (like the talking pillow argument with Marie) plus her infidelity and in many cases her huge overreactions, her manipulative behaviors… makes her more settable to be seen as annoying. I don’t particularly find Skylar very annoying, and I found many of her behaviors natural in the context of her situation, but I can at the same time understand why people would find her annoying… and I can’t see why her being a Woman (other than women sometimes tent to be more responsible than most men) should be the problem. I would maybe wish that people had more sympathy for her, but I think it’s fair to state that she has annoying characteristics, but so do many from the show. I for once found Jesse to be annoying in the beginning… and of course Marie, Lydia, Todd and many others have been annoying (even Saul yes!) Overall… Skylar can be quite annoying, and it’s not because she is a woman… it’s because she is annoying sometimes. And btw, great video!

@clairelucywilliams

5 ай бұрын

100% totally agree! Jesse in the begging I also found to be really annoying so I’m really glad he got the character arc he did

As a loser, i love to see walter transform from the lil shmuk he was to Heisenberg even considering what he did i still understand why did it

@johnlemon-rf5lf

5 күн бұрын

Great video btw idk why people hate skyler that much

Good video

@clairelucywilliams

5 ай бұрын

Thank you! :)

great video british person

* Spoiler Alert * it broke my heart, seeing Walt so lonely and paying for friends in the end 😢 … I wish Skyler/family wasn’t so stiff acting and more understanding… The things that Walt did is very wrong and no excuses for them… ( especially the Jane, Brock, Gail, plane incident) ..however, I truly believe that he only attacked those that was a threat to him first #rip

I actually don't hate Skylar so much as I hate the writing for her. Whenever Skylar is in a scene the show feels like it grinds to a screeching halt and I just want to turn it off or look at my phone instead. Sure she is annoying and supposed to be a foil for Walt but you can have that and still write an interesting character and that's where Skylar fails. She is just so incredibly boring to watch.

1. Stonewalling Walter and Marie instead of trying to understand them and help them. 2. Not listening to her lawyer 3. Cheating on Walter out of revenge 4. Giving 600K that Walter earned to Ted without telling Walter 5. Just being self centered and a buzzkill.

@daintydalmatian

Ай бұрын

Wah wah wah you hate her cuz she is based

Marie is arguably worst just from how annoying she is

@clairelucywilliams

5 ай бұрын

I can get behind that honestly 😭

@GenerationalDisappointment

5 ай бұрын

I'd argue against this. As annoying as she is, and she is very annoying, she's shown herself to be a very caring and devout wife to her stressed out husband. Through thick and thin, she was right there beside him supporting him and giving him the motivation he needed to be the best version of himself. Really strong character shown there. Whatever Marie did, she never smoked cigarettes while pregnant and slept with her boss while married. First season I would have agreed with you but throughout the show, she really grew on me.

@1x4

5 ай бұрын

​@@GenerationalDisappointmentyou can have the most caring person in the world, but if they're annoying, you still don't want to hang out with them or be near them.

Skyler was the most evil character in the series. Bar none.

@charlieharris150

15 күн бұрын

So you support Walter? Someone who is far worse evil then anyone in the entire show? This says alot about you.

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Skyler was a c unt

@charlieharris150

15 күн бұрын

She was a victim. You need to re-watch the show and pay more attention to her character.

How objectively wrong can someone be about Skyler's "cheating"? (Cheating is when one party in a monogamous relationship sleeps with an outside party, and since Walt and Skyler weren't in a relationship, monogamous or otherwise, it wasn't cheating) Walt wouldn't accept that their relationship was over and that Skyler wanted Walt and the accompanying mortal danger his illegal activities bring out of the house and away from the children. Walt called Skyler's bluff about reporting him to the police, so with no options left she threw her sexcapade with Ted in his face.

Because she’s annoying. End of video

@charlieharris150

15 күн бұрын

She isn't annoying. Walter was the annoying one. Skylar made a few mistakes but overall was trying to do the right thing but Walt was a manipulative bastard.

Didn’t watch Breaking Bad, so I won’t watch this, cause I still want to watch it, so untill then…. Hi.

@leonrekkar

5 ай бұрын

Understandable, have a nice day.

@clairelucywilliams

5 ай бұрын

Hi! You definitely should watch it! I rewatched it all just for this video and fell in love with it again 😭