I decided to attempt a rewatch before the movie comes out. Currently at S02E06. It's great to rewatch if you haven't seen it in a couple of years, I'm really enjoying it.
Walt is way more of an ******* from the start than I remember, though
. He gets so many opportunities to take another road or at least make the conclusion that the drug game is not for him, but he just pushes on, wanting to prove that he can. I'm still rooting for the Walt to be succesful, but I'm much more aware I'm rooting for an ******* than I remember (right from the start of the show, in later seasons it becomes much more clear that Walt is an ass).
I also remember last time that I did not hate Skyler & Walt Junior too much, this is still true at the moment:
Walt Junior his scenes are mostly annoying, but he's a really minor character. I did enjoy his line "why don't you just die already?" when Walt is trying to not have treatment.
Skyler is just fine imo. Sure, she plays a role that is annoying to the viewer who is rooting for Walt/Jesse. But I have yet to come across an action from her that I can't agree with from her point-of-view (I do remember that her worst actions are yet to come, though
).
The show does not make sense without Walt having a family, so he clearly needed one.
They could have made his wife (the major "family" character) more dumb/stupid, but I think that would have hurt the show. I like that Skyler is smart enough to know that Walt is full of ****, and is trying to figure it out.
Also, Walt/Jesse/Hank characters are all so awesome. And Mike/Gus are not even in the mix yet!