Breaking Bad: Real Reason Behind Walt's Downfall Is Not What You Think
Viewers have a habit of blaming Heisenberg for everything that happens on the series.
Sure, Mr. White influenced the fates of those close to him, but fans have come up with a new reason that has proven deadly not only for the chemistry teacher, but for many of the show's characters as well.
Redditor Ok-Deer8144 re-watched the beloved Breaking Bad and found that it did not fall apart when Walt killed a man, or when he finally turned into Heisenberg and shaved his head clean. Things went south with Jesse's greed.
Fans used to defend Pinkman as a victim of circumstance. Walt manipulated his former student to achieve his goals. Jesse lost his family, his girlfriend, and ended up in the hands of a tough gang. The character only got a long-awaited happy ending in El Camino.
But the Redditor doesn't think that's entirely true. It was Jesse who started pressuring Gus for more money, and when the drug lord tried to eliminate the guy, Walt ran over two of Fring's men to save his partner.
The Los Pollos Hermanos mastermind's system was calculated down to the last detail. Walt and Jesse were able to manufacture for years without suspicion, making huge amounts of money they never would have made if they had dealt hand-to-hand like they used to.
Pinkman started whining to Heisenberg that Gus was making a lot more. Even though Fring had paid for them to buy the ingredients they needed to make the drug and had provided them with an incredible cover that was impossible to break. And then Jesse decided to quietly sell the blue meth himself.
It seems to the Redditor that the urge to take risks and go crazy is inherent in Jesse's character, so he shouldn't be pitied so much. Along with his safe job, Pinkman deliberately chooses the path of greatest resistance, dreaming of going back to living in a van in the desert and making drugs again.
So Walt acted incredibly noble and saved his foolish partner, who throughout the story has become his true son. The Redditor believes that if Mr. White had been guided by logic instead of emotion, he would have let Gus kill the guy. And he would have gone on to make $12 million a year protecting his own family.
Source: Reddit