Haha yes, it's funny that it's Walt alone that gets the focus on how terrible he became in season 5, it wasn't a great time for Mike's character either imo, yet that's when the viewers seemed to fall all over themselves to praise him as a badass who knows how to put other characters in their place. I've just never been a fan of characters like that, and yes the whining of what a great set-up they had with Gus didn't do him any favours either. It was actually Jesse who ~messed that up~ (by taking out Gus's dealers for killing kids), but Mike seemed to lay the blame squarely at Walt's feet for protecting his partner, and then refusing to lie down and die in the face in Gus's threats to his family? Jesse was the one who was chaffing under Gus's rule and selling extra on the side, and Jesse was the one to ultimately speak out against Gus's methods (not hating him for that of course, just saying), Walt was the one who kept urging Jesse to keep his head down and not rock the boat, yet it's Walt alone that Mike blames for ruining the good thing that they had going with Gus?!
I do have more of a soft spot for Hank though admittedly, I think the show did a good job of contrasting him and Walt. I liked how they deconstructed Hank's more flashy arrogance and hyper-masculinity by giving him the panic attacks, and then the disability to learn to cope with, while meek and mild scientist teacher Walt turned out to be the one to live his final days by the belief that real man provide for their family, that real man need to make a name for themselves to make their sons proud etc. Whilst Hank did ultimately put being a good person ahead of his pride, he held his hands up and admitted to beating up Jesse, he was able to admit to his superior in the end that he just wasn't able to go back to the place (I forget the name now!) where he witnessed the tortoise bomb, he was the one to say that Walt Jr. doesn't need to drink until he threw up to be one of the men. So yeah, I can understand why viewers got more attached to Hank as his journey was in a way a good counterpoint to Walt's, in the end he seemed to really got the things that mattered in the way that Walt was blind too for so long. (Man I still cannot believe that the actor didn't even get an Emmy nom for season 5b)
I will never understand those that heap praise on Gus and Mike though, while slamming Walt as the worst
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Date: 2015-01-12 08:57 pm (UTC)I do have more of a soft spot for Hank though admittedly, I think the show did a good job of contrasting him and Walt. I liked how they deconstructed Hank's more flashy arrogance and hyper-masculinity by giving him the panic attacks, and then the disability to learn to cope with, while meek and mild scientist teacher Walt turned out to be the one to live his final days by the belief that real man provide for their family, that real man need to make a name for themselves to make their sons proud etc. Whilst Hank did ultimately put being a good person ahead of his pride, he held his hands up and admitted to beating up Jesse, he was able to admit to his superior in the end that he just wasn't able to go back to the place (I forget the name now!) where he witnessed the tortoise bomb, he was the one to say that Walt Jr. doesn't need to drink until he threw up to be one of the men. So yeah, I can understand why viewers got more attached to Hank as his journey was in a way a good counterpoint to Walt's, in the end he seemed to really got the things that mattered in the way that Walt was blind too for so long. (Man I still cannot believe that the actor didn't even get an Emmy nom for season 5b)
I will never understand those that heap praise on Gus and Mike though, while slamming Walt as the worst