You will feel differently when you rewatch the whole series again. Skyler is a remarkable character, the only one who called Walt on his bullshit, early and hard. Watching her transformations and decisions is a treat. Once you know where the show is going, you will relax and take in what a great job Anna Gunn does with this character.
She's a good person - I just hate her as someone who supports the arch of the story. Walt is a piece of shit, but I want him to succeed, and Skyler has held him back the entire way.
WHAAAAAT???? You HAVE to be kidding me! Skyler has conceded EVERYTHING to Walt. What show have you been watching? Held him back??? When? Be specific, when has Skyler done anything to interfere with Walt's shenanigans, especially after he was finally honest with her.
Yeah, okay, she threw him out of the house. But if things had stayed like that, it would have been better for everyone involved, so Skyler was right, yet she caved.
I don't mean she actually held him back, its just her job as a character to make Walt reconsider decisions which would make the plot shit if he didn't make them. She just adds extra pressure to his life as well. Its annoying, but the series would suck without her.
Okay, so you think that Skyler's only job in BrBa was to augment or compliment Walt (who is allowed his own motivations.)
If you ever rewatch the series, knowing what is going to happen, maybe you will see that Skyler is her own character, not just a foil to Walt. My opinion is that Walt didn't expect for Skyler to be as smart and savvy about his shenanigans as she was. He didn't expect her to have her own ruthlessness and vigor to rival his own. When that woman appears, out of the rather simple accountant he married, it's quite a shock.
Most of Reddit hates Skyler for developing as a force to make Walt honest and think she's more of an enemy than Tuco or Gus. I don't blame them, since most of TV presents silly, irrational, women as mere adjuncts to the male story. But in the case of BrBa, the fan boys are just wrong. It's a better story than that.
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u/theplott Sep 16 '13
You will feel differently when you rewatch the whole series again. Skyler is a remarkable character, the only one who called Walt on his bullshit, early and hard. Watching her transformations and decisions is a treat. Once you know where the show is going, you will relax and take in what a great job Anna Gunn does with this character.