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** Walt himself has his moments of this, namely in the latter two seasons. He fully becomes one in the series finale.
** Jesse displays some measure of this when he screws his parents over to get his aunt's house back. (How much of this was magnificent and how much of it was bastardy probably depends on what you thought of his parents' earlier actions.)
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Heisenberg is the quantum physicist who came up with the 'uncertainty principle': Walt's diagnosis with cancer means his future is uncertain (and that of his family). Also, his nefarious activities and constant lies to Skyler indicate that his character is uncertain, even to those closest to him.
* [[Misaimed Fandom]]:
** All the supporters of Walt [[Draco in Leather Pants|who find his crimes justified, are rooting for him to come out well-off from having committed them, and think of him as a sort of cool, inspirational figure or even role model]]...''very clearly'', the entire point of the story and Walt's character went over their heads.
** Feminists attempted to rally to Anna Gunn's (Skyler's)
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]:
** Arguably, Walt crosses the MEH when he {{Spoiler|gases Emilio in the pilot}}. Shortly thereafter, he {{Spoiler|murders Krazy-8 in cold-blood}} and, with Jesse's help, they {{Spoiler|dispose of the bodies in hydrofluoric acid}}. ''If'' the initial decision to 'break bad' by cooking meth was not bad enough, ''then'' being forced (for self-preservation reasons) to {{Spoiler|murder someone}} in the pilot is a pretty strong candidate for the ''initial'' crossing of the line. From then on, the transgressions build up as things go [[From Bad to Worse]], and arguably all the subsequent entries are examples of where Walt [[Irredeemable|crosses the line again and again]].
*** TL:DR - If cooking meth is bad, and murder is worse, then the MEH is crossed in the pilot.
** Several conversations between Walt and Jesse indicate that they felt completely justified in their actions right up until {{spoiler|Jane's death}}, which they consider (for different reasons) to be the worst thing they've ever done.
** Saul, Tuco, and Gus each have several things that could be considered this.
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** The last five minutes of ''[[Wham! Episode|Crawl Space]]''. Oh, God, [[Laughing Mad|that laughter...]]
** Gus {{spoiler|calmly adjusting his tie with ''half his freaking face blown off.''}}
** Gus quietly changes into overalls and coldly {{Spoiler|slashes}} Victor's {{spoiler|throat with a box cutter}} in the lab, before changing back into his work clothes and leaving. Dark.
** Not as graphic as the rest of these, but when Gus says {{spoiler|I will kill your infant daughter}} a shiver will run down your spine.
** The couple who rob Skinny Pete in ''Breakage'' and own the creepy, disgusting house in ''Peekaboo''.
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