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Breaking Bad (Seasons 1-5; 2008-2013)

“I did it for me. I liked it. I was good at it. And I was… really… I was alive.”

At the end of 68 episodes and 50 over hours later, Walter White realised that his transformation from a bored high school teacher to a methamphetamine cooking drug lord, Heisenberg, was not, after all, to leave a legacy of bottomless supply of wealth for the family after he was diagnosed to have terminal lung cancer but for himself. After losing many opportunities in life and teaching a group of uninterested students, and leading a simple life, he thought of leaving something behind for the family to lead a comfortable life. But, after meeting many resistances in his shortcut to luxury, he persevered all in the name of providing for the family.

In the end, he died an unhappy man. Hated by his wife, humiliated by his son, who was ashamed of his father's background, his earnings refused by the family, dying on the run as a criminal, having his beloved brother-in-law dead were not his idea leaving the family in a serene environment. But, in the end, Walter realised that he did what he did because he was good, liked it and was appreciated for it.
Indeed this is a funny place to learn about the more delicate things in life amongst killers and drug peddlers. But, interestingly, there are many subtle things that the mind wonders as you watch this addictive saga which ended its seasons in September 2013.