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I didn't see Walter White was BPD

Breaking Bad on television's AMC network just has to be mentioned here. I'd begun following the series rather late in the game, so I've relished catching up with reruns of early episodes prior to this season's opener (7/15/12). What I missed in the later shows I'd seen, was the depth of Walter White's pathology. There's so much I want to say about this bright, highly manipulative character~ but for the sake of brevity, he's a rageful, impulsive, egomaniacal Borderline ("nobody can reproduce my meth formula"), who's a pathological liar and murderer. Deliberately letting Jesse's girlfriend choke to death on her vomit served his selfish agenda, but his narcissistic myopia caused the demise of numerous others. While we see Walt's transient struggle with guilt/remorse, he defends against these feelings by minimizing the tragedies he's catalyzed with his 'glass half-full' rationale to a high school audience, that makes you wanna throttle him! Yes, he's (intermittently) a great guy and 'Super Dad,' but that mask erodes when he plies his sixteen year old son with tequila, during a celebratory party for Walt's cancerous tumor remitting (many Borderlines have trouble with good feelings, success and victories, which interfere with their death wish). The entire cast of this incredible show does a spectacular job, and the writing is stellar. My favorite character is Jesse Pinkman, brilliantly played by Aaron Paul~ but major kudos to Bryan Cranston and the rest of the gang, for giving us the best TV ever! Find a way to start watching it from season one.