8. Walter Could Have Got Out Of The Meth Business And Didn't
Even if you do accept Walters transformation, he is given the perfect opportunity to get out of the meth cooking business and he doesnt take it. The final episode of season four sees Walt murdering Gustavo Fring. The collapse of Frings drug empire would have given Walt the perfect way out. Nobody comes after him (after Mikes prison pals are murdered, that is) and forces him to cook again he chooses to do so entirely of free will. His greed gets the better of him. Surely a better way forward would have been for him to team up with someone to kill Mikes comrades and then retire until the cancer finally took him? This way he would have been able to spend the time he had left with his family and the money he had already earned. Alas, no. Walter willingly chooses to go back into the meth cooking business. And for what? No real reason is given. The carnage enacted by his choice is titanic, resulting in the death of several dozen people and possibly himself. It also sees his brother-in-law Hank finally piece together that he is Heisenberg and the financial ruin of his family. In a list of worst decisions ever, this has to be the icing on the cake. Unfortunately it isn't his only one though.
