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** Feminists attempted to rally to Anna Gunn's (Skyler's) defence against her growing [[Hatedom]], claiming that her detractors were simply a bunch of sexists hating on a strong woman standing up to her [[Card-Carrying Villain]] of a husband. Of course for this to work, you have to ignore the fact that Skyler becomes complicit in her husband's crimes and very rarely displays strength when there's risk to herself. She spends the series swaying between berating and trying to hurt Walter, accepting Walter's money and trying to help him in his illegal activities, or cowering in fear of him. Holding up Skyler as an icon of feminist strength is sort of like [[Rooting for the Empire|holding up Emperor Palpatine as an icon of a fair and just head of state]].
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]:
** Arguably, Walt crosses the MEH when he {{Spoiler|gases Emilio in the pilot}}. Shortly thereafter, he {{Spoiler|murders Krazy-8 in cold-blood}} and, with Jesse's help, they {{Spoiler|dispose of the bodies in hydrofluoric acid}}. ''If'' the initial decision to 'break bad' by cooking meth was not bad enough, ''then'' being forced (for self-preservation reasons) to {{Spoiler|murder someone}} in the pilot is a pretty strong candidate for the ''initial'' crossing of the line. From then on, the transgressions build up as things go [[From Bad to Worse]], and arguably all the subsequent entries are examples of where Walt [[
*** TL:DR - If cooking meth is bad, and murder is worse, then the MEH is crossed in the pilot.
** Several conversations between Walt and Jesse indicate that they felt completely justified in their actions right up until {{spoiler|Jane's death}}, which they consider (for different reasons) to be the worst thing they've ever done.
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