Mileages vary depending where you live, I guess. I do sort of think the Whites were living above their means a little bit. Two cars in the driveway, $100K house, name brands everywhere, etc. I tend to figure they were quite fine when Walt and Skyler were both working, but after she quit, they had trouble keeping up and toning down their spending.
Walt, I think, is a guy who feels he gets stepped on (the dude with the car cutting him off, for instance). It's not really about money or any of that, even though he claims it is. It's the prestige he's after.
My take from Fly was that Walt originally made a deal with the Devil, so to speak. Like you said, he could do whatever because he didn't think he'd have to live with the consequences. Then he just kept slipping further down.
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Date: 2013-04-16 09:54 pm (UTC)Mileages vary depending where you live, I guess. I do sort of think the Whites were living above their means a little bit. Two cars in the driveway, $100K house, name brands everywhere, etc. I tend to figure they were quite fine when Walt and Skyler were both working, but after she quit, they had trouble keeping up and toning down their spending.
Walt, I think, is a guy who feels he gets stepped on (the dude with the car cutting him off, for instance). It's not really about money or any of that, even though he claims it is. It's the prestige he's after.
My take from Fly was that Walt originally made a deal with the Devil, so to speak. Like you said, he could do whatever because he didn't think he'd have to live with the consequences. Then he just kept slipping further down.