i think the entire point of Breaking Bad

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Originally Posted by Sharp Nine

i thought of it as kind of a study of the audience - finding out how deeper into that bad shit walt could get while the majority of watchers still identify with him.

True too. I think Vince Gilligan said he wanted to turn Mr. Magoo into Scarface lol. It's weird watching in the first season and then seeing him gradually transform into this fuckin monster. Great character development by the writers.