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  • Breaking Bad is widely regarded as one of the greatest television dramas of all time. 1 / 8

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  • But could the series have been even better received if it centered on Jesse? 2 / 8

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  • Centering the series on Walter White provides issues with the premise. 3 / 8

  • It can be seen as glorifying the manufacturing of illicit narcotics for better medical treatment. 4 / 8

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  • And Walter's cancer diagnosis is later demonstrated to be largely irrelevant to his narrative arc. 5 / 8

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  • Centering the series on Jesse transforms the series into a story of redemption. 6 / 8

  • An already powerful ending for Jesse might have been all the more powerful. 7 / 8

  • El Camino, a follow-up film focusing on Jesse is set to hit Netflix on Oct. 11. 8 / 8

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