![]() Then, when he is diagnosed with apparently terminal lung cancer, our investment in his plight only grows. And he is treated with rampant disrespect by almost everyone around him. ![]() ![]() His physically-handicapped son is mocked in public. The ‘Ned Flanders’ look added to the sense of a pathetic but well-meaning ‘nice guy’ (Photo: AMC) When we meet him, he’s a downtrodden high school teacher juggling sneering, ungrateful students with a demeaning second job at a car wash. Gilligan’s masterstroke with the opening episode of the drama, which first aired 10 years ago this week, was to make Walt a thoroughly sympathetic protagonist from the outset.
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