Shall we anticpate the AMC series "Breaking Bad"? I think I may.

It's better than being a shrewd smart talking TV teen.

― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Wednesday, October 12, 2011 11:32 AM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark

^ this is croosh

he also is a smart kid, he's not just "dad is out of the house a lot, he must be a meth lord" smart

yeah I like walt jr too

one of my favorite bb moments was this

http://www.savewalterwhite.com/

walt jr is kind of annoying dude personally but that doesn't make him a bad character. pretty deeply realistic character as far as teen-from-fucked-up-family-that-masquerades-as-unfucked-family imo. also this

It's better than being a shrewd smart talking TV teen.

― Art Arfons (La Lechera), Wednesday, October 12, 2011 11:32 AM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark

otm x 1,000,000 and one of the best things about the show - walt jr. isn't particularly cute (even though the actor is), show's not trying to cultivate any "and for teens, you can relate to walt jr!" demographic: he's who he is. big plus to the show in that regard

And at least they picked an actor with cerebral palsy instead of acting like they do.

Pretty much the only adult he can relate to these days is Hank, who is totally up on a pedestal for fighting all these evil drug lords. There, surely, has to be a scene in the final season where Walt has to sit in front of his son and try to explain away everything he's done and it's going to be the most painful scene ever to watch.

what if he brings walt jr into the "family business"

i agree that walt jr is a good character but part of that is he is p clueless and self righteous like you know how teens can often be - its not just that he doesnt know abt the meth sitch its how completely he buys into the gambling addiction rhetoric, how hes all nodding seriously and agreeing w/marie abt hank not going to hq to interview hector, how he never looks deeper at the inconsistencies in his parents stories, etc, hes kinda a humorless scold, he takes everything at face value

Given his parents' dysfunction, the stress of his disability, feeling second to that omnipresent baby and his general age, Walt Jr. is basically the best behaved 16 year old male on earth. In real life, he'd be cooking/using meth by now.

he's also a kid who thought his dad was going to die and who has to deal with some srs shit of his own so excuse him for not like being columbo jr over here

(also what josh said)

LEAVE WALT JR ALONE

i loved that scene where his mom was infantilizing him on his birthday and offering him PANCAKES, HONEY and he was just kinda, yeah whatever
thanks for the safe ride :-/

hes kinda a humorless scold, he takes everything at face value <--- just like his mom

fuckin pt cruiser hahaha

lmao that scene was SO BRUTAL

At age 16 my reaction to all that would have been "hmm, what are they up to? Better dig deeper" and more "fuck this, when and how can I get out of here?"

mine would have been *smokes joint and watches terry gilliam movie*

3/4 of Walt Jr. on this show has been him ambling out of bed late and his mom offering him breakfast. I bet they shot all those scenes the same day and just parceled them out.

guys im not criticizing the character, im just talkin abt his qualities, and how he prob wouldnt be that fun to hang around ok

would eat pancakes with

We saw him getting bullied in the first episode but he seems to be reasonably popular at school otherwise?

There's also that scene when they're holed up in Hank's house with the DEA and it's announced that Walt isn't coming and is 'going to the car wash' instead and Junior immediately shoots his mum a look and accuses her of forcing him to work instead of staying safe in the house. His relationships with his parents are totally fucked up and who can blame him?

lol @ blaming skylar for everything

lol @ the idea of a monstrous mom who makes her husband work at a car wash while assassins are out to get him instead of staying in protective custody

haha xp

I'm with ice cr?m. I like Walt Jr's character (and RJ Mitte is great) and I'm sympathetic but he gets on my damn nerves.

MOM WHY DID YOU LEAVE DAD? Just to fuck with you kid.

hideous monster mom who bought him a fukken pt cruiser and made dad return the sweet muscle car

fuckin pt cruiser hahaha

lol this happened to my gf IRL... apparently when she was 16 she wanted a beetle for her birthday, so her rich grandparents wired like 30K from hong kong to buy it for her. the parents kept 20 of it and bought her a pt cruiser. then they insisted it was a beetle. fuckin asians

btw RJ Mitte is an excellent addition to the Actors with Amazing Eyebrows Club (president Peter Gallagher, VP Z. Quinto).

what if he brings walt jr into the "family business"

sure let him work at the car wash why not

also don't forget: "i go by flynn now" *teenage rolleyes*

walt jr is so bershon

"Dad, can you help me with my chemistry homework?"

i am so so glad they have never done a storyline where walt jr tries meth and the parents find out and walt finds the drugs and theyre BLUE AND OMG MORAL DILEMMA

they have avoided a lot of cheap shots w/r/t walt jr's character -- i appreciate that

i have enjoyed today's symposium on walt jr

I LEARNED IT BY WATCH YOU

*cooks 99% pure meth amphetamine*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPWoX4EtULU

come back tomorrow for the tyrus symposium!

I plan on talking about Gomez tomorrow.

gus' muscle roundtable discussion

i do not recall that scene at all!

ep 1 s1 brahhhh

its prob so hard for me to remember since i was like the first person on ilx to watch this show and it was a really long time ago

nah youre just old

how dare you frankly, if i could get up from this recliner id give you such a slap

come back tomorrow for the tyrus symposium!

― am0n, Wednesday, October 12, 2011 12:40 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark

that was yday iirc?

pt. II

let's do marie next. stealing from open houses plotline? not a big fan. thought it was a bit like... "dexter"-ish

better a recliner than a wheelchair with a bell