And really how disgraceful that Walt and Skyler were talking having to spend 90 thousand for medical care, I really don't know how people cope in America with having to pay thousands of pounds when they're already ill and fighting cancer :/
Heh, someone once called this show the best argument for health care reform in the U.S.
It's not like Elliot was just blatantly offering him a cheque out of charity, he was tactful enough to flatter Walt's ego when trying to offer him a job, plus Walt himself claims that he was a part of the company by rights and got cheated out of his share, so surely he should be happy to take the job offer if he secretly thinks of the company as partly down to him anyway?
I think no matter how Elliot phrased it, it was always going to seem like charity to Walt, and his pride would never allow him to accept it from anyone, but especially from Elliot. He sees the job offer as an insult - like he'd be fooled by the pretense that this was anything other than charity? - and he doesn't want what he's "owed" from the company if Elliot's only doing it out of pity.
But more importantly, I think Walt needs to cling to his victimhood, he needs to feel like he's the wronged party with Gretchen and Elliot, and accepting help would mean he'd have to forgive and make up with them. If he'd wanted back in the company, he could've done it years ago, since Elliot obviously still thinks of him as a friend. But he'd rather just be bitter and hold a grudge.
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Date: 2013-04-08 08:55 pm (UTC)Heh, someone once called this show the best argument for health care reform in the U.S.
It's not like Elliot was just blatantly offering him a cheque out of charity, he was tactful enough to flatter Walt's ego when trying to offer him a job, plus Walt himself claims that he was a part of the company by rights and got cheated out of his share, so surely he should be happy to take the job offer if he secretly thinks of the company as partly down to him anyway?
I think no matter how Elliot phrased it, it was always going to seem like charity to Walt, and his pride would never allow him to accept it from anyone, but especially from Elliot. He sees the job offer as an insult - like he'd be fooled by the pretense that this was anything other than charity? - and he doesn't want what he's "owed" from the company if Elliot's only doing it out of pity.
But more importantly, I think Walt needs to cling to his victimhood, he needs to feel like he's the wronged party with Gretchen and Elliot, and accepting help would mean he'd have to forgive and make up with them. If he'd wanted back in the company, he could've done it years ago, since Elliot obviously still thinks of him as a friend. But he'd rather just be bitter and hold a grudge.