"Breaking Bad" unfolds exactly where "Walter White" meets "Heisenberg." Walter, a quiet family man and low-paid teacher, is very different from Heisenberg, the top meth maker and dangerous drug dealer. Yet, both characters exist in the same person.

Halfway through the story, I started to envy Walter. Diagnosed with cancer and facing death, a wake-up call stirred a powerful force within him, pushing him closer to the core of life. Walter's new goal is to make a fortune, supposedly for his family – tens of millions of dollars, he claims. But this is the big lie he tells himself, a lie that lasts almost until the end.

The family falls apart towards the end, not in the usual social or moral sense, but as a cover-up. When Walt's wife defends herself with a kitchen knife, a fight breaks out, and their teenage son calls the police. These chaotic moments show Walt's frantic attempts to keep the facade up and avoid the truth. In a panic, he tells his broken family, "No, no, we are a family... we are a family."

"Jesse" is the story's hidden conscience, representing the lonely and suffering part of society. Even though Heisenberg tries to get rid of him quietly, Walter White finally frees Jesse, seeing him as a part of the family that no longer exists. "Hank," the brave and determined man in the story, risks everything to catch Heisenberg and manages to handcuff him. "Skyler," caught between being a mother, wife, and dealing with Walt and Heisenberg's split personality, shows her helplessness and confusion, saying at one point, "I don't know you anymore. I don't even have the strength to keep you away from my bed," leading her to make a lasting decision.

Although death shadows Walter White throughout the story, it isn't death that finally gets him. Instead, he plans his own end to reveal the truth—a truth beyond good and bad, shown by stepping through a metaphorical curtain. Walter proudly admits that his actions were not just for his family or anyone else but for himself, fully embracing Heisenberg.