The sad part is Chuck was absolutely right. If not for the coincidental event that almost left him dead and terrified him into shaping up (though, not necessarily enough to stop him from doing brazenly unethical and illegal things: just make him hesitate and feel bad about it) then there would have been no real…

I don't think Walt ever seemed good. If things went differently for him earlier he would have wound up being somebody like McNamara or a ruthless CEO, dispassionately making decisions without actually being bothered about the human cost, he wouldn't have been a goody two shoes. That aspect of himself had no reason to…