Braking Bad Character Analysis

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The crime, drama, thriller, television series Braking Bad has been awarded the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama series, Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series and several more awards in 2014. I recently begin watching Braking Bad and I am obsessed with this Television series. The director Vince Gilligan and editing team of the television series have me bowing down like if they were goddesses. The Television series Braking Bad was filmed in Albuquerque New Mexico, and has portrayed New Mexico people poorly, that’s the only downside to this television series. The cast of Braking Bad makes up for any flaw the tv series has. The main actor Bryan Cranston plays the character Walter White, a father to a retarded son and husband to a pregnant wife. …show more content…
With Chemotherapy, he will live a painful lifestyle over the next few years, without chemotherapy he will have around 9 months left before the lung cancer kills him. Walter white has to provide for his family and pay for the expensive treatment for lung cancer. The salary of both his jobs as a chemistry teacher and cashier in a local car wash is not enough. Walter White brother in law is a member of the DEA and has been arresting meth cookers for quite some time. Walter White has noticed how much a meth cooker can make a month from previous talks with his brother in law. Two years’ salary from both his job will not do any difference finically, but two Years selling crystal meth can provide enough money to pay for his chemotherapy and provide for his family after he is gone for the next 10 years. Walter White past education as a chemistry genius makes him the best meth cooker in New Mexico. As soon as his product gets consuming by customers, customers notice the purity and want

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