blog post 4: not so happy ending

Breaking Bad is just about to end with only two episodes left. In this week’s episode we hit what most people would suspect to be the climax. We watch Walt finally get caught and everyone learn his secret. We also watch Hank, a big player throughout the whole series, die. For me watching Hank die was almost weird. Being an avid follower of the series it was almost surreal and kind of emotional. Along with Hank, his partner Gomez is killed as well.

Throughout the series you watch Walt’s actions ruin many lives. Walt makes bad choices one after another. This shows how the drug lifestyle can cause a butterfly affect on people’s lives. I believe that people often think that because they aren’t using the drug and only selling it they are superior or justified. Throughout every season you see Walt talk down to Jesse because he uses and calls him a “junkie”. But is that really fair? In this week’s episode you see that Walt’s actions in turn actually had worse repercussions that Jesse’s and he was the one actually doing drugs.

This episode goes to show that any participation in the drug industry has risks. I think that’s a big misconception in today’s society. People do not truly understand the effect drugs have whether taken or sold.