Breaking Bad is an American crime drama television series created and
produced by Vince Gilligan. Set and produced in Albuquerque,
New Mexico, Breaking Bad is the story of Walter White, a struggling high
school chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer
at the beginning of the series. He turns to a life of crime, producing
and selling methamphetamine,
in order to secure his family's financial future before he dies, teaming
with his former student,
Jesse Pinkman. Heavily serialized, the series is known for positioning
its characters in seemingly inextricable corners and has
been labeled a contemporary western by its creator.
Devotion to family
The show explores most of the main characters' connections to their families in great detail. Walt justifies his decision to cook crystal meth and become a criminal because of his desire to provide for his family.[52] In the third season he tries to exit the business because it has driven Skyler to leave him. Gus convinces him to stay, telling him it is a man's job to provide for his family, even if he is unloved.[53] In the final episode of the series, however, Walt finally admits to Skyler that the main motivation for his endeavors in the meth business was his own interest, in spite of secretly securing the 9.72 million dollars (which is all that he had managed to salvage) for her and the children. Jesse's loneliness in the early seasons of the show can be partly explained by his parents' decision to kick him out of their home due to his drug-related activities. This parental disconnect brings him closer to Jane, whose father berates her for her drug use. When Walt crosses paths with Jane's father, he refers to Jesse as his nephew and laments the fact that he can't get through to him. Jane's father responds by telling him to keep trying, saying "Family. You can't give up on them, ever. What else is there?"[54] Jane's subsequent death,
which Walt purposefully did not prevent, is a
major factor in her father causing the airline crash at the end of the second
season
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