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Originally Posted by darklord700
I'm ruminating a question to Walter, was it worth it?
On one hand, you have a man in midlife crisis dying of cancer, teaching chemistry to a bunch of brats for the nth time while being looked down by a thick eye brow man in a car wash.
If none of these had happened, Walter will likely die of cancer anyway leaving heavy debt burden to his family.
Even with what did transpire, Walter died leaving his family in probably, at least financially, a not too worse off situation comparing to the earlier scenario.
In between, Walter got to self actualise his potential in a criminal way albeit. I guess because we like the show, it is satisfying to witness this process instead of shunning it as all moral men should.
Would Walter do it again or would you do it if you were in Walter's shoes?
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The frustrating thing is that he was so close to getting away with it if not for leaving murder investigation evidence in his bathroom for his DEA brother-in-law to find. (I still hate that plot element, but I digress...).
I think he would say it was worth it. He was already dead inside to the point that when he was told he had inoperable lung cancer, he didn't care that much. Like he said; being Heisenberg made him alive. What good is existing a little longer with cancer if you do feel alive?
Also, it wasn't just his professional life that sucked, but even within his own family, he was a beta male to Hank (even if Hank did mean well). On Walt's birthday, they all watched Hank act like a big hero on TV. His own son idloized his brother-in-law more than him.