i think the entire point of Breaking Bad

[Split]

Is to show that Walt is repeatedly the most devious and manipulative of everyone around him, and it is a character study that shows the spectrum of definitions of "bad"

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[Killer Aries]

I watch it for the drugs.

[Sharp]

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.

[Zen]

Honestly I was thinking this the other day and if you haven't seen the show don't read this post. Jesse was doing fine, then Walt showed up. Hank was doing fine, now he can hardly walk. Gus was doing AMAZING, now he's dead. Same for Mike. The cartel went to shit partly because of Walt and the cousins. His family life is shit now. Plane collision killed a shit load of people. So yeah he's fucked up everyone's life in Alberquerque

[Zen]

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.

[Fig]

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.

This

The viewers sense of what is morally right and wrong grows more lenient as the show and characters progress. I find myself complying and agreeing with some Characters actions, that I would never agree with if the context was stripped away.

Walters case is a trip though, because he is such a perfectionist and his reasons for delving into evil are so perfectly set up (cancer stricken man that wants to leave behind something for the family) that you as a viewer go, alright, that's not so bad I guess. But even after that perfect plan is gone (walters cancer is in remission, his family is fucked up, especially that little faggot as crippled son) the viewer STILL identifies with him and his actions... at least, I did.

[Split]

season 4's end was written so well.

[PancakeBrah]

Your analysis is correct, but surface and superficial.

[Strikta]

Wrong.

[~RustyGunZ~]

Originally Posted by Figurative

This

The viewers sense of what is morally right and wrong grows more lenient as the show and characters progress. I find myself complying and agreeing with some Characters actions, that I would never agree with if the context was stripped away.

Walters case is a trip though, because he is such a perfectionist and his reasons for delving into evil are so perfectly set up (cancer stricken man that wants to leave behind something for the family) that you as a viewer go, alright, that's not so bad I guess. But even after that perfect plan is gone (walters cancer is in remission, his family is fucked up, especially that little faggot as crippled son) the viewer STILL identifies with him and his actions... at least, I did.

HE IS IN THE EMPIRE BUSINESS

they keep old walts memory alive pretty consistently though, i feel as if his character doesn't really know himself. like when he shot mike he wasn't just like "fuck yeah" you could tell he felt he made a mistake