So a coworker brought this up, and while I am loathe to accept this and I’d be slightly upset if it’s not done well…
What if this is all just the dying delusions of a great mind who got stopped short of achieving greatness, watched his son drift away at the cancer diagnosis to his brother in law, and so created a world where he could provide for his family in a way that his brother in law could never approve of, a world where the brother in law who is going to “take care of everyone” afterwards doesn’t fit?
Think about it. Walt Jr talked more about “Uncle Hank.” Uncle Hank is so cool. Uncle Hank stops the bad men. Dad just teaches at the high school. And then goes to work at the car wash working for an asshole.
There’s signs all through, signs of drug use and fugue states and pain and such, but we can’t see it since the entire theme of the show is drug use.
I’m not saying this is what’s going on, it probably isn’t, but isn’t it interesting how Walt does the following:
- Turns one of his loser students around
- Builds a large financial empire
- Becomes a reknowned chemist
- Gets bigger than Grey Matter
- Provides for his family forever
- Uses ingenuity to WIN over everyone.
- And even beats cancer for a bit
And then… it crumbles. Because he didn’t beat it. He hasn’t beaten it. He’s coming to grips with the end of his life, the end of his journey, barren… alone…
Just a thought.
