In all honesty, I haven’t watched it again since it first came out. When did he have opportunities to pay for his treatment? I don’t remember that. I definitely remember the megalomaniacal development that you mention in his character arc.
The best opportunity was when he meets up with his former partners, Gretchen and Elliot. They feel sorry for Walt’s diagnosis and the fact that he left the company the three of them started before it became profitable, and offer to fully pay for his cancer treatment.
He then lies to his wife, saying that they are paying while he continues to make meth and sell it to fund his treatment.
There are others, but this one happens early on (around S2 I believe).
You’re right. I remember that now. I think I’d enjoy a second watch through.
The only episode I’ve watched multiple times is The Fly. It has almost nothing to do with the story, but it’s a legitimately brilliant standalone art house short story.
The Fly was definitely a polarizing episode. My biggest complaint about it was that it completely threw off the pacing of the story that season.
If you haven’t seen it yet, I would highly recommend you check out the spin-off series Better Call Saul. I ended up enjoying it even more than Breaking Bad, although it does spend a long time setting up the pieces before everything starts falling into place.
Funny story. The show was over budget so they had to do something cheap. ‘The Fly’ let them do a bottle episode with an existing set and no new actors.
“Bottle episode” comes from Star Trek TOS. They once had an episode where the ship was trapped in a bottle because of budget.
In all honesty, I haven’t watched it again since it first came out. When did he have opportunities to pay for his treatment? I don’t remember that. I definitely remember the megalomaniacal development that you mention in his character arc.
The best opportunity was when he meets up with his former partners, Gretchen and Elliot. They feel sorry for Walt’s diagnosis and the fact that he left the company the three of them started before it became profitable, and offer to fully pay for his cancer treatment.
He then lies to his wife, saying that they are paying while he continues to make meth and sell it to fund his treatment.
There are others, but this one happens early on (around S2 I believe).
You’re right. I remember that now. I think I’d enjoy a second watch through.
The only episode I’ve watched multiple times is The Fly. It has almost nothing to do with the story, but it’s a legitimately brilliant standalone art house short story.
The Fly was definitely a polarizing episode. My biggest complaint about it was that it completely threw off the pacing of the story that season.
If you haven’t seen it yet, I would highly recommend you check out the spin-off series Better Call Saul. I ended up enjoying it even more than Breaking Bad, although it does spend a long time setting up the pieces before everything starts falling into place.
Funny story. The show was over budget so they had to do something cheap. ‘The Fly’ let them do a bottle episode with an existing set and no new actors.
“Bottle episode” comes from Star Trek TOS. They once had an episode where the ship was trapped in a bottle because of budget.
I really should. I’ve been a fan of Bob Odenkirk since Mr. Show. I’ll give it a watch.