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Originally Posted by AmeliaG
Still kinda want to know how would you define morality differently? You must have some selection criteria for why you would think of Hank and dismiss Jesse.
There is a HUGE difference between kidding around with your peers and bullying someone. When Hank was hanging out with the other DEA guys, he wasn't such a big man, didn't joke around, didn't play dominance games, didn't really act tough -- in point of fact, wasn't tough. But when Hank is with his mild-mannered cancer-ridden high school chemistry teacher brother-in-law, all of a sudden, he wants to be manly man and push someone around.
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i'm not seeing how this is about defining of morality. isn't it about metaphors for morality used on television? characters constructed and what they represent..... i think we can all agree that different version/levels etc of morality isn't really the point when we are talking about children being killed, crystal meth being cooked, bodies melting in acid, blowing up hospitals, etc. the morality line has been made very clear by the writers, there are no morals for most all, if not all of the developed characters. so re: the show and morality, shrader's character seems to me to be the lesser immoral one of all the dev'ed characters.
i've recently re-watched every episode (again rewatched) to prep for this final season, i recall several scenes where shrader acts tough shit with his fbi bros. in fact, that's mostly all he did, when he wasn't blowing off his marie. for me, his character has remained steadfast up until the garage door closed.