Currently, my favorite television series is Breaking Bad. The entire show is set up in a serial format which is basically a requirement for me to enjoy anything shown on television. The show is beautifully written and a breathe of fresh air among the midst of bland, repetitive, and predictable shows. I will attempt to briefly sum up the premise of the show. A chemist who left his research in order to raise a family is diagnosed with stage III lung cancer. He feels he must provide for his wife and son after his inevitable death, and he ultimately decides to cook methamphetamine.
The main character of the show, Walter White, is an amazingly complex character. He is a high school chemistry teacher who moonlights as a producer of methamphetamine and constantly stumbles while "learning the business." He must keep this source of income secret from his family, and especially from his brother-in-law, a DEA agent who he often comes dangerously close to while working his "second job." The complexity of the story cannot be fully conveyed through words, but Walter White is another example of the concept I refer to as the NEW American Hero. Circumstantial justification is awesome, well, unless your in remission.
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