Originally Posted by bhutocracy

Bleh. It's falling apart. Top 3 stupid things from last night:

Skylar takes Marie's word instantly that Walt is in custody, despite, y'know, this being a person she has gone to great lengths to blackmail in a really sneaky way. But no, let's just immediately believe her for no reason. Fuck Marie could have pulled this 4 episodes ago and the series would have been over. Didn't even so much as ask to check for a wire, for ANY kind of proof, to speak to someone on the phone etc etc. Walt hasn't discussed with her any ways Hank would try and trap them? BAD WRITING.

Walt can't get his family into the car and doesn't really try except in the sure-to-backfire way. Even though it would be INSANELY EASY to say "A murderous nazi meth gang killed everyone and is after us, they know where we live, RUN" Turn fear to advantage when it's obvious it looks like you've just been digging your own grave.

Walt Jr, witnesses his mother's unprovoked attack on his father who is only showing signs of concern for them and INSTANTLY flips and lies to the police in a very calculated way.. not "help my parents are stabbing each other with a knife" or ANY other variation on this theme that is just as bad and would get the police just as quickly. His mom who he just been angry at all afternoon for a reason that could have been totally avoided with a single brain cell on Skylar's behalf just attacked his cancer-dad. And HOW does it even get to that point? "Hey Skylar, YOU killed Hank, you expressly told me to take care of Jesse even though I didn't want to, after I called a hit squad on him like you wanted me to, Hank turned up with him and they killed everyone and stole most of our money even though I BEGGED for his life" "PS now they're after us get in the car" "PS Walt Jr, your mom told me to murder someone and now she's attacking me with a knife and it's not to cut out my cancer".

Most of the episode just felt like the writers moving the chess pieces around in an obvious way. If the characters needed to do this they should have added another episode and stuffed in whatever exposition and story required to get them there in a semi-believable way. It's one of my all time favorite shows and it's falling apart right when it should be peaking. If Skylar is going to blab her guts out, at least give her the intelligence and steely reserve initially that she has shown lately, ask her to check for bugs.. *have Hank send Marie a pic of Walt in handcuffs from the cellphone he just used that she then shows Skylar* fuck that would have easily and instantly made it believable. Instead it's fucking WEAK. Have Walt Jr call the cops without taking sides, or, if he needs to side with his mother, give him more time and a better excuse. This "everything is crazy so everyone is stupid and everything can happen" excuse is lame.

Also stupid was telling the Nazi's about the money, there is no way in that situation a group of murderous thugs don't just take it. It's basically just a writer's device to show Walk isn't Heisenberg anymore.. Even though, y'know.. Hank punched him, Walt threatened him and both Hank and the Nazis are clear and present threats to his family. I think Walt telling Jesse about his girlfriend was a bit superfluous but I can see why he might have. Of course he should have killed Jesse about 3 seasons ago because he has been nothing but a liability. It's a really silly blind spot given the danger he posed and created for his family.