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Walt Jr was an absolute moron

posted 2 years ago by [deleted]
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It only took Skyler like 20 episodes to piece together that Walt was in the drug business. She would have found out much sooner if Walt wasn’t such a convincing liar early on.

But Walt Ja Ja Junior, goes pretty much the entire series as to being completely oblivious that his father is a meth cook who murders people and blows up nursing homes……excuse me?

How many clues did he need until his pea sized brain could put 2 and 2 together? Let’s look at all the obvious red flags…..

* His dad kept disappearing at all hours of the night
* Cookware from Walt’s Lab goes missing
* His mom kicks Walt out of the house
* Walt buys him an expensive new car
* His parents who both aren’t working can somehow afford to buy a car wash
* Skyler attempts suicide in their pool
* Walt starts coming home with fist marks on his face and bandages on his nose
* The house smells like gasoline and cartel members are showing up uninvited and taking tours of the house

I mean come on Shelly!!! His character was physically disabled but even a retard could have put the pieces together for crying out loud.

[–] peterkneter (383) a year ago

There are many things a teenager does not think about in his teenager yeras.
Like how expensive is it to run a household or why do grown ups keep fighting when they are in a relationship.
And some things he refused to see. He did not want to know if his dad did anything illigal because it was impossible
to think of for him. His dad was always his hero.
His character was not always likable but it was well delivered by the Actor. He played an understandable teenager.