revol68
what, fucking what?
I see what you mean but if you think about it the timeline of the first four series is just a year or so: therefore Walt isn't your ordinary career Sopranoesque villain, he's a school teacher whose gone over to the dark side very recently. His family (and that includes Marie and Hank) are the reason he got into it all and seemingly, until he got into the chess game with Gus, were a brake on his behaviour.
He's got issues and struggles that normal TV baddies don't have and that's what makes BB so interesting. I love all the guns, gangsters and cartels stories as much as you do but you keep getting this feeling that walt's downfall will come from within his family. The latter idea is not as glamorous to the viewer but it's what keeps the tension going so much.
Oh no I get that, it's absolutely vital to the plot, the thing is that as viewers we too are in the same position as Walt of being seduced by the drama and excitement of "beaking bad" and that is why so many viewers find Skylar a bit of a boring nag, not because she is unreasonable or unjustified but precisely the opposite.
Saying that I do think the writers have often neglected Skylar for large parts and had her reduced to very little than a device for bringing everything back down to reality, rather than as a character with her own desires and flaws that extend beyond and even conflict with her role as pragmatic matriarch. Why should it be that it's only Walt that feels trapped and unfulfilled by suburban family life?