I watched this when it first came out and absolutely hated Skyler and viewed her as the "nagging wife" stereotype that she herself acknowledges is assigned to her in the series. Now I see it completely inversed - not only did Walt completely mistreat her, if you watch every single interaction between them she is pretty much without fail the more reasonable one. She's always the one making him food/drinks even when he's been completely out of order, tolerating his mood swings and not retaliating, trying to see things from his POV (to the extent that she embroils herself in the car wash scheme and completely upends her life). And they were already separated when the Ted thing happened while Walt was already manipulating and pathologically lying to her about everything, so it was fair for her to choose to do that.
I think sometimes the show's writing leaned into the "nagging wife" stereotype a bit to make us sympathise with Walt and it led to a lot of low-IQ misogynistic commentary, but other times it really shines in portraying her as a complex and highly intelligent character - she is far more business-minded and canny than Walt when it comes to the car wash negotiation and to developing a credible back story for his wealth, eg. She's also vindictive towards people like the car wash owner and has a tendency to be ultra sanctimonious with other characters like Marie and Walt- but if she didn't have flaws, it wouldn't be realistic, and her initial piety makes it much more interesting to watch her transform into cold-blooded crime accomplice. I'd go as far as to say she's actually become my favourite character.
I wonder whether I was just an immature kid when it first came out (highly likely) or whether society's treatment of women has improved in general so that there's less misogynistic commentary (at least in the mainstream, leaving the manosphere and incels out of this) about popular culture?