You ever notice what a smug asshat Tom Preston (Andrew Dobson) and how he has no idea what the word “sociopathic” means?
You ever notice how he’ll always ALWAYS vilify men because “UGH, MEN” but insist upon the purity and innocence of women as a whole?
You ever notice Dobson makes sweeping generalizations like this and then talks about how “debating is bad!” because he can’t actually back up any of the bullshit he says?
You ever notice that Dobson is just a creepy lesbian fetishist in his late 30’s trying to come across as the best male feminist LGBT ally ever?
Because a sign of good story telling is conflict set up and character growth. When we first meet Walter, he is a put upOn teacher who works 2 jobs to support his family. He has a pregnant wife and disabled son. He is a brilliant but unlucky man who gets cancer on top of everything else.
We all watch him go through the struggles of continuing to be legally good but leave his family in debt, or go down the dark road and “save them”.
And the darkness is cathardic for many. They see Walter as someine who gets shit on so much, when he stands up for himself and his son it makes people happy because he’s not taking shit anymore. It’s been years since ive been breaking bad, but I remember 2 scenes very clearly.
The first is when he 8balls someone’s car. He blows up a car of a douchebag. We like that because it is something we would want to do.
The second scene is when he attacks a group of people making fun of his disabled son. We all would want to do that in real life.
Of course Walter becomes more unhinged and obsessed as time goes on, but we see HOW it happens. We want to see how a decent family man can become a hardcore drug kingpin. It serves as a tale of caution almost.
It’s complex. It’s catharsis. It’s well written. It could even be considered a power fantasy.
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