But here's where I'm confused - why should that make Walt someone worth rooting for?
Yeah, I don't think the 'rooting for' argument holds up for me. You want Walt to fix as much as he can, but he's already destroyed everything. He does what he sets out to do, but that's because he broke things to begin with. And things are by no means fixed. Things will never be fixed again.
IDK, I think too much time is spent by reviewers debating what Walt 'deserves'. Like if Walt fails, that would be fitting because that's what he deserves, and if he succeeds, then that's bad because he's done bad things and shouldn't get any sort of favorable outcome. I don't think the show has a duty to be so moralizing. Nothing has ever been black and white, and if Walt wins or loses or gets something in between, that's because it was most fitting to the story. And I think he did get something in between. He neither got off scott free nor was punished for his sins. He destroyed things, but made it as right as he could with what he'd been handed, and did go out on his own terms. But he still died, and his family still hates him, and his brother in law is still dead.
Oh, and it's so ironic that he gives Elliot and Gretchen the money to give his family, because he's the one who wouldn't take their money in S1 because of his pride.
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Yeah, I don't think the 'rooting for' argument holds up for me. You want Walt to fix as much as he can, but he's already destroyed everything. He does what he sets out to do, but that's because he broke things to begin with. And things are by no means fixed. Things will never be fixed again.
IDK, I think too much time is spent by reviewers debating what Walt 'deserves'. Like if Walt fails, that would be fitting because that's what he deserves, and if he succeeds, then that's bad because he's done bad things and shouldn't get any sort of favorable outcome. I don't think the show has a duty to be so moralizing. Nothing has ever been black and white, and if Walt wins or loses or gets something in between, that's because it was most fitting to the story. And I think he did get something in between. He neither got off scott free nor was punished for his sins. He destroyed things, but made it as right as he could with what he'd been handed, and did go out on his own terms. But he still died, and his family still hates him, and his brother in law is still dead.
Oh, and it's so ironic that he gives Elliot and Gretchen the money to give his family, because he's the one who wouldn't take their money in S1 because of his pride.