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The outrage over "poisoning a child" is ridiculous

posted 10 years ago by DomIsAMoron
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Coming off a season in which Walt had Jesse murder Gale to save their lives - a sweet, innocent guy who wouldn't hurt a fly (he cooks meth but he believes in personal freedoms to choose and I guarantee if the character were real, he would own anyone who tried to take him on in that argument) - the "shockingly horrible" thing he does is...make a kid temporarily sick with some berries in order to prevent Gus from murdering his freak'n family.

People say "poison a child" and leave out the context to make it sound like something completely different...as though he murdered a child.

The way people talk about it, Walt may as well have just used the damn ricin and killed him. Would've saved him a whole lot of trouble with the lie to Jesse. Instead, he deliberately used the berries to make sure the kid survived.

And this was to save his freak'n family's lives. I mean, I'd shoot a kid dead to save my family's lives. I don't give a damn about *someone else* in that situation. That person can blow me.

But no, Walt isn't even allowed to make Brock sick for a few days to keep Gus from murdering his kids. Because poor Brock, the CHILD. He's turned into Heisenbergggggg....eeeeeevillll.

This is the fault of Gilligan, though. Horrid writing, underscored by the fact that they never showed how Walt got the berries from his yard into Brock's stomach. That would have been the most interesting part of the episode, but they skipped it because they either couldn't figure out a good way to explain it, or they stupidly thought the "shock" of seeing it was Walt at the end (not a shock to anyone who isn't extremely gullible/unaware of television tropes) was more important.

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[–] RKOunionII 8 years ago

Agreed.

[–] Klockard23 8 years ago

Damn OP, you stupid.

Walt DID have an easy solution to his problems - Go to the DEA and tell them about Gus. They would have been put into protection immediately and Gus' empire would comne crumbling down in a hurry. But Walt didn't want to take responsibility for his own actions.

[–] mgreen9715 8 years ago

Gale knew the game and for someone as smart as him should have known that him dying in the way that he did was a pretty likely outcome for someone in the business that he was in. He was nowhere near a blameless victim and hew knew better but chose to do what he did anyways.

They didn't need to really show Walt getting the berries and ultimately them being in Brock's system, I'm sure someone could draw their own conclusion if they have enough common sense.

Walt, as smart as he is, wasn't an expertise in horticulture and therefore didn't have a very knowledgeable opinion on the difference between what would "make him a little ill for a few days" or killing him.

[–] everydayboredom1980 8 years ago

Gale knew the game and for someone as smart as him should have known that him dying in the way that he did was a pretty likely outcome for someone in the business that he was in. He was nowhere near a blameless victim and hew knew better but chose to do what he did anyways.

I tend to agree. Gale was a nice guy but anyone with the slightest bit of common sense would know that there's a sizeable chance that being in that line of work could result in prison or getting murdered.

It was still a tough scene to watch him get killed though.

They didn't need to really show Walt getting the berries and ultimately them being in Brock's system, I'm sure someone could draw their own conclusion if they have enough common sense.

Walt, as smart as he is, wasn't an expertise in horticulture and therefore didn't have a very knowledgeable opinion on the difference between what would "make him a little ill for a few days" or killing him.

Yeah, a lot of people say "oh he's a genius and he knew it wouldn't kill him". Each person's body is different and a non-toxic amount for one person could be toxic for another (especially a kid).

From what I've read, death from Lily of the Valley is very unlikely for humans in real life. But in the show, Jesse described it as "touch and go", implying that Brock could have certainly died, and Walt was willing to take that risk to get Jesse on his side.

[–] Jennie_Portrait 8 years ago

It's just another example of Walt's arrogance and confidence in his own brilliance. Brock could have been killed. But it was just another day in the life of someone who killed Jane and indirectly caused a plane disaster that killed over 100 people.

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