IMHO: The article is little more than poetry buffs wishing that their interests in some small way intersect with a pop culture monolith like Breaking Bad.
It makes out like the parallel is an undeniable, inextricable part of the Breaking Bad story arc which, in the opinion of a person who has obsessively watched through all released episodes twice in sequence, is utter BS. In the first season I believe there to be absolutely no intention of comparing White to Whitman. The first mention of Whitman is from Gale in season 3 and IMO it’s (at least until that point) no more than a storytelling convenience employed by Gilligan to help the story unfold in later episodes.
Sorry poetry guys, but What’s next? The Wire is a modern take on A Tale of Two Cities?
