Walter White wants to make enough money for his family to be comfortable before he dies. In the greatest screen stories – and Breaking Bad is a class example - the most important question is not 'will the hero achieve the goal?' or even 'how will the hero achieve the goal'? The real dramatic question is: “what is s/he be prepared to do?” The most interesting characters are those that need to change their ways – and/or the world – before they can get what they want. If you want to learn something important about screen drama that many don't get, listen carefully. To hell with the naysayers claiming character change doesn't matter. Now here was Walter White and with him the promise of yet another changing TV hero. In The Wire, Jim McNulty ultimately redeems himself and changes in three fundamental ways. I had only just completed the final episode of The Wire when I was introduced to Breaking Bad on DVD.
Vince Gilligan, writer/creator did, damn well. "Chemistry is the study of … change." This brand spanking new TV character was talking about himself – only he didn't know. When Walter White delivered his speech about chemistry in the pilot episode of Breaking Bad, the screenwriting fan in me could sense we were in for a treat. Over the past ten years, I've had less time, I kicked out my TV set, yet I've watched more than ten times the amount of TV drama.
I'm really a movie person and the only series I watched religiously before 2000 was Twin Peaks. It happened on TV, on the evening of May 24, 2009. Only this one didn't premiere in cinemas. I only know a handful of movies with anything near the emotional power of this movie moment.
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