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Originally Posted by mjkidd
Another thing...on Walt's "con" list for killing crazy 8 he lists that he will likely get PTSD. But he hasn't. At all. And he has done some serious ****, above and beyond the crazy 8 killing. This is relevant because Hank has in fact gotten PTSD for going through stuff that is comparable to what Walt has done. But Walt is completely unfazed. Are we being told that Walt is a sociopath? That Hank's reaction is appropriate and Walt's is not?
yeah that's exactly what i was going to say, that Walt is kind of a sociopath. i've think they've shown us this quite a lot, how he can do some of these horrible things without much of a conscience. and i believe they've actually shown us a number of times how he gets off on being this badass as "Heisenberg". i believe the show starts off in S1E1 illustrating exactly how unhappy and emasculated he is as Walter White, teacher.
and i believe that he's struggled a lot through the series choosing between doing "Heisenberg" things, and what's best for his family, and what he cares more about. and i don't think it's necessarily clear at this point. i mean just the fact that he was cured (was he not? was it partial or complete remission? i forget), but chose to keep making drugs for the money anyway.
i wouldn't be surprised if he gets worse before he gets better, and sells out everyone but himself along the way. then again he could also try to go straight and get out too.