Walter White Was Not The Villain In ‘Breaking Bad’ … He Was Its Tragic Victim
On the surface, the five-season crime drama chronicles Walter’s transformation into the infamous blue meth cook who goes by the alias Heisenberg and his descent into the criminal underworld. But upon closer examination, the series is actually an exploration of how far an inherently good, quiet, intelligent person can be pushed before they snap. To paraphrase Jesse, “Some straight is not all of a sudden just gonna break bad.”