Hank is a misogynistic, bigoted blowhard that admittedly does improve towards the end, but mostly by contrast to Walts own horribleness. Mary has her own problems that she fights against addressing and won’t take anyone’s else’s input. Jr is just a kid, so most of his dickishness can be attributed to that, but he can be a knob in his own right.
Hank was racist (albeit more of a “tells racist jokes and uses slurs” than a “uses his police powers to murder minorities”) and that scene where he harasses that woman as a “lesson” for Walt Jr was disgusting. It captures the ACAB thing pretty well, especially since I’m not sure Hank was meant to be a bad guy by those writing the scene.
And Marrie was a kleptomaniac, iirc even going into people’s homes under the guise of being a potential buyer to steal shit from them.
Andrea and Brock were ok. Andrea had an addiction but seemed to have her life pretty together by the time Jesse meets her. The most questionable thing she does is gets involved with Jesse when there were warning signs. But even with that, she creates some distance after recognizing the signs, though I don’t recall how exactly they left things off the last time they spoke.
Breaking Bad is the greatest TV show ever, but all characters except for Hank, Mary and Walt Jr are horrible people.
Jesse turning his life around and realizing that he can be a good person, is one of the central themes of the show.
It’s not just about who the good people and who the bad people are. It’s also about what these characters are becoming.
Hank is a misogynistic, bigoted blowhard that admittedly does improve towards the end, but mostly by contrast to Walts own horribleness. Mary has her own problems that she fights against addressing and won’t take anyone’s else’s input. Jr is just a kid, so most of his dickishness can be attributed to that, but he can be a knob in his own right.
Even Hank and Mary were a bit questionable
Hank was racist (albeit more of a “tells racist jokes and uses slurs” than a “uses his police powers to murder minorities”) and that scene where he harasses that woman as a “lesson” for Walt Jr was disgusting. It captures the ACAB thing pretty well, especially since I’m not sure Hank was meant to be a bad guy by those writing the scene.
And Marrie was a kleptomaniac, iirc even going into people’s homes under the guise of being a potential buyer to steal shit from them.
Andrea and Brock were ok. Andrea had an addiction but seemed to have her life pretty together by the time Jesse meets her. The most questionable thing she does is gets involved with Jesse when there were warning signs. But even with that, she creates some distance after recognizing the signs, though I don’t recall how exactly they left things off the last time they spoke.