I was late to hop on the Breaking Bad bandwagon. I discovered the show when they were in Season 3 and went back and watched the first two seasons in a couple of marathon sessions and got caught up and followed along from there. The show is ending this season after only a few more episodes. The show is extremely well written and full of symbolism, character development, clever plot twists and smartly raises questions about morality for the viewer before resolving them in it's own unique way.
For those of you who haven't seen it, the premise is that a gifted chemistry teacher (Walter White) who is diagnosed with lung cancer and hasn't done enough to provide for his family after his death, is drawn into the easy money of making crystal meth in order to provide for his family after he dies. From there, the story follows his descent into ever darker and more evil acts in order to keep his source of incredible income up and running. At some point along the way, most people stop cheering for Walt as he crosses the various lines of morality that require increasingly immoral or evil acts.
