According to a coherent theory, a small scene in the Breaking Bad pilot already anticipated Walter White’s most important character developments.
The series masterpiece Breaking Bad has always impressed with its attention to detail, through which even small moments could play an important role again later.
But some clues are more hidden or rather theories that are not officially confirmed. This includes a really good explanation about the Breaking Bad pilot episode, in which a short scene is said to have already anticipated the most important developments of Walter White.
Chemistry explanation from Walter White already reveals his own Breaking Bad fate
Over the course of five seasons, the initially staid family man Walter White (Bryan Cranston) transforms into a cold-blooded drug lord who doesn’t even shy away from poisoning a young boy. As Screen Rant explains, this development was foreshadowed in the very first episode of the hit series.
In the Breaking Bad pilot, there is a scene where Walt, as a teacher, explains to his class the study of chemistry as a cycle of three parts. These, he says, are growth, decay and transformation. This also perfectly sums up the personal development of the main character.
First there is the lung cancer that grows in Walt and drives him to slide into drug crime. The decline could refer to the disease itself or to Walt’s relationship with his immediate family. The end result is the transformation into Heisenberg, Walt’s criminal alter ego mastermind.
There is no confirmation of this theory from the series executives. With Breaking Bad, however, it would not be surprising if this clever allusion is no coincidence either.
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