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Originally Posted by PowerPlayoffs06
I think it's because Mike was made into a sympathetic character by all the parallels between himself and Walt. His suggested honest beginnings and fall into crime. His love for family and the motive of providing for his grand daughters future with the accounts in her name. Even his eventual bonding with Jessie and going from thinking he's a complete waste and a lost cause to seeing his potential and trying to steer him right. Mike slowly gets revealed to be more than just a villian while at the same time Walt falls from noble intentions into becoming a villian himself.
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While i see the parallels, the biggest difference is the transition into the life of crime.
Walter's worsening condition with cancer and financial troubles pushed him into making meth. No doubt it was a reluctant choice as Walter had once left making meth but returned realizing he had less and less time to live and couldn't bear to leave a financial burden on his family.
I understand that Mike was trying to leave enough money for his granddaughter's future, but there was nothing that suggests that he was forced him into crime to make that money. Mike could've remained a cop or held multiple jobs. Even if he was blacklisted as being a cop, he could've worked in security for an honest employer and worked part time as a PI. He had so many choices but decided to take the easy way out. Much like how Jesse did when he saw his friend work as a bank mascot.