Anyway, as the final half of the final season will air in August; I feel it best to look back on the series as a whole, and think about our beloved anti-hero, Walter "Heisenberg" White. Listen, I love him as much as the rest of the fans do, but it doesn't excuse what a cold-hearted bastard he is. Not to mention that Jesse is the true hero of the show; not Walt. After rewatching seasons 1 through 5A; I finally came to the conclusion that Walt is nothing more than your average sociopath. How so, you may ask? Well, allow me to elaborate:
1. Lack of Empathy
Think about it; whenever Jesse has a problem, Walt pretends to care about him in order to make him think he's a good friend, only if it's in his best interest. Walter is responsible for everything wrong in Jesse's. For starters, had Walt never flunked Jesse and tried to help him learn instead of making him feel stupid, he wouldn't have went into making meth. Next, he pretty much forces Jesse to cook with him, threatening him with the possibility of turning him into the police if he doesn't do as he wishes. Then, he makes him go and sling crystals while he's safe-and-sound in the RV. Then, he let's Jane die, making Jesse feel to blame. Then he makes Jesse kill Gale to save himself. Not to even go into how he almost killed Brock to get Jesse back on his side; almost getting him arrested for knowing about ricin. Jesus H. Christ! You are such an unempathic asshole, Walt.
2. Superficial Charm
"I am the one who knocks." Walter tells Skyler in season 4. He is so full of himself as being the forerunner of an empire, and being 'the greatest cook in the country' boasting about his 99.1% pure meth. He acts like he is the shit; and no one else can touch him. "I won." He ends his conversation with Skyler in the final episode of season 4. Yes, you did, you smug son-of-a-bitch; but at what cost?
3. Lack of Remorse, or Guilt
How many goddamn people has Walter even killed? Well, there's Emilio and Krazy-8 in season 1, ran over a drug dealer, then shot his friend in the head and let Jane die, and then instigated Jane's father into colliding the two planes killing 167 in season 2, forced Jesse to kill Gale, supplied the bomb that Hector used to kill Gus and his henchman, Tyrus as well as two of Gus' other henchman in season 4, then he shot Mike and mortally wounded him and instigated ten of Gus' ex-employees. Does he give two shits? Nope.
4. Criminal Diversity
Well, let's see:
- Stealing lab equipment from his own class
- Making meth.
- Stealing a barrel of methylamine.
- Killing seven people first-hand
- Killing one-hundred-eighty-two people second-hand.
- Lying religiously to everyone.
5. Pathological Lying
Again, no comment.
Well, I dare say; Walter, you don't become a sociopath, you're born one. Walter was always an evil, evil bastard. He just realised he could be it after his diagnosis.
Yes, thank you for saying everything that I've been telling people since I started watching this weird show! I can't comprehend why everyone like Walt so much, when he's being a total sanctimonious asshole to everyone, ruining everyone's lives.
ReplyDeleteSounds about right, I've never seen the show but seeing how much people call him a "badass" I'm left concerned here.
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ReplyDeleteYet everyone thinks skyler's the bad guy. Just think for one second what it would be like to be in skyler's shoes and tell me you'd be totally cool with what Walt has done. Walt is a cunt.
ReplyDeleteWalt is a total bitch, self centered, egotistical prick. Also, aside from him being a sociopath, has anyone noticed how narrow minded was at times? He is supposed to be this genius but the most basic things escape his grasp of understanding. 5 seasons deep now on S5E4 and I can barely take anymore of Walter fucking White. Bryan Cranston is great, I'm solely talking about Walter
ReplyDeleteWalter is a control freak, first with his students then when he turns in to a drug producer practices his control over poor Jessie, Skyler, his son, his in-laws and everybody else around him. Walter kills hundreds of people either directly or indirectly.
ReplyDeleteHe is a thief, a drug dealer, a murderer, a liar & a domestic abuser. Why people think he is a hero is insane.
Jesse, Skyler, Walt Jr. & Hank are the Hero's.
You don’t seem to understand what an actual sociopath is. Zero of Walts initial reasoning and many of his actions in the first few seasons would be anything a sociopath would even consider, like~unable to consider by definition of sociopathy. Just sayin‘
ReplyDeleteDid he ultimately become obsessed with power and enjoy what he did? Was he increasingly unhinged and callous? Absolutely. It doesn’t make him a role model but it also doesn’t mean sociopath.