breaking Badis back, and once again we find ourselves in the criminal underworld of Albuquerque, New Mexico, where being a killer becomes second nature and nothing but guilt separates the likeable characters from the black baddies of heart. With the show promising to wrap up Walter White's journey from defeated science teacher to meth kingpin before the season finale, this seems like a good time to review each character's moral compass. From the achingly naïve Walter Jr. to the major players in the Southwest's drug trade, we rankbreaking BadCharacters from least to most morally reprehensible, after the jump.
Walter Branco jr.
After four seasons, Walt and Skyler's teenage son with cerebral palsy remains an intriguingly underdeveloped character. He is absent from each episode, appearing from time to time to emphasize how much his father (and later his mother) have strayed from their original middle-class lifestyle, briefly changing his name to "Flynn" when matching his namesake is dissatisfied. behavior, start aSitio „Salbe Walter White“(which later becomes a useful money-laundering tool) to raise money for his father's cancer treatment and to support Walt's fabricated gambling habit in the hopes it will help him. Although he can be selfish, greedy, and constantly pestering someone to make him breakfast, Walt Jr.breaking BadHe is a genuine innocent, a character whose transgressions never amount to more than the usual youthful selfishness.
Maria Schrader
Marie isn't exactly the nicest person in the world: shallow, snooty, and snobby, she harbors a decor-destroying obsession with the color purple that would be remotely acceptable in a teenager. Also, she has this little kleptomania problem that once led her to stealing a framed photo of a poor couple during an open house, for which she created an entire fictional identity. But she genuinely loves her poor recovering husband and extended family, and has never caused anyone serious physical harm, and that's all it takes to be the second most righteous character alive.breaking Bad.
Hank Schrader
At first we didn't think we would like Hank. For one thing, he was a DEA agent, and we personally think the war on drugs is a bunch of expensive, ineffective bullshit feeding rather than destroying an international black market. He's also the kind of person who believes having black friends and colleagues gives him carte blanche to call Mexicans "beans," and working for the government entitles him to certain contraband perks like Cuban cigars. When he manages to locate Walt and Jesse's meth-making trailer, but they escape by tricking him, he gets out of control and shows up at Jesse's place to beat him up. But despite his notable flaws, Hank is basically a good-hearted family man who's been through a tough few months, from panic attacks triggered by a gruesome stay at an even more dangerous prestigious base in El Paso to his suspension from the DEA to a debilitating injury. . in the hands of two brutal cartel members.
Skyler Branco
Were you surprised when Skyler finally jumped on the Heisenberg bandwagon and decided to help her meth-addicted husband launder money? We weren't particularly, because despite her utter disapproval of Walt's activities, not to mention being a bit naive about the extent of his involvement in dangerous criminals, she wasn't exactly innocent. Remember when she slept with Ted Beneke and helped him commit tax fraudbreaking Badsecond season? All of this, of course, pales in comparison to her activities in recent seasons, when Skyler tricked Bogdan into selling his car wash to white people for an insultingly low price, disguised as a bum to fool the IRS that the books were fake, and Ted was honest . . He made a mistake, so he sent some of Saul's henchmen to his former boss's house to force him to pay the government. Now Ted is in the hospital and Skyler has joined the long listbreaking BadCharacters with grievous bodily harm on their conscience.
Jesse Pinkmann
It's no coincidence that Jesse occupies the middle position on this list. Did he do unforgivable things? Absolutely. He influenced his ex-addict girlfriend Jane to return to heroin, which resulted in her death; used Narcotics Anonymous as a platform for selling methamphetamine; and most importantly, he's a hitman who shoots Gale to save himself and Walt and kills a bunch of cartel members to protect Mike and Gus. But that's the thing about Jesse, who happens to be our favorite character inbreaking Bad: has a soul When Combo is shot, Jesse sets out to avenge him. When Mike is injured by the cartel, Jesse is upset that Gus' doctor doesn't prioritize him. When Andrea's son Brock is mysteriously poisoned, Jesse drops everything and risks his own life and freedom to save him. His guilt over the pain and death he's caused is crippling, and wallowing in meth-fueled debauchery is the only way to salve his conscience. And of course, almost everything horrible Jesse has done can be traced back to Walt's manipulation.
Mike Ehrmanntraut
For four seasons, Mike remains a mystery. As the seemingly ubiquitous ex-cop, private eye, go-between and assassin, he has always served Saul, but his true allegiance is with Gus. While Mike doesn't seem the least bit troubled by the crimes he commits, he's also not overly interested in baseless cruelty or shooting his way to the top of the meth lord's food chain - he'll do anything what it takes to move forward. .protect you and your boss with a minimum of egocentricity and drama. He is also very fond of his grandchildren.
saul gutmann
His classic crooked lawyer, Saul Goodman, may look like a goofy guy chasing an ambulance on TV, but he turns out to be pretty good at his job: manipulating the legal system to help criminals in exchange for a large chunk of his profit. He's also one of the top liaisons in the underworld, connecting Walt and Jesse to everyone from Gus Fring to a guy who can erase all traces of an entire family's existence. Saul doesn't have a great moral compass; even murder doesn't concern him unless it somehow jeopardizes his interests, and he's always willing to put one client's interests ahead of another, for the right price. However, we do get a glimpse of his ethical limitations in the season 5 premiere where he attempted to cut ties with a mad Walt after learning he had been used to send a child to the hospital.
walter blanco
Now we come to the man for whom the term "Breaking Bad" was apparently invented, a character who creator Vince Gilligan has said will become a full-fledged villain by the time the series ends at the end of this season. For our part, we first understand that Walt was capable of profound evil when, after sneaking into Jesse's room, he saw Jane choke on her own vomit, leaving her to die because she was between him and her mate was standing. As an indirect result of this passive murder, Jane's air traffic controller father caused a horrific plane crash, proving that the ramifications of Walt's selfish actions are limitless. Since then he has caused a string of other deaths and feels less guilty with each murder. But by far his most morally reprehensible act was poisoning little Brock at the end of last season to get Jesse to help him kill Gus. While the boy didn't die, he certainly could have, and the endangerment of an innocent child's life confirms that Walter White has finally lost his last shred of humanity.
Gustavo Fring
The last and most terrible, the late Gustaf Fring -breaking Badis the sign of evil. Underneath the guise of smooth speech and good manners, the owner of Los Pollos Hermanos was an extremely powerful meth dispenser who didn't hesitate to commit murder with a stiletto just to scare off his minions. Whether it was drug dealers or children, human lives meant nothing to Gus and he would do anything to neutralize his enemies and maintain control of his territory. And yet there are indications that it did not begin entirely soulless. Gus has always seemed to have no personal life, but by the end of last season we learned that he had very personal reasons for wanting to kill his older nemesis, Hector. Though we don't have any details prior to his dramatic death, the clue confirms our suspicion that Gus once looked a lot like Walter.