20 Unsympathetic Characters You Sort Of Understand

Walter White begins with cancer, medical bills, humiliation, and a genuine desire to provide for his family. Then the mask slips. His empire becomes less about survival and more about ego, control, and finally being feared after decades of feeling overlooked. That is what makes him so disturbing. The first step is understandable. The destination is unforgivable. Walter is not a good man corrupted by circumstance. He is a wounded man who discovers power and calls it destiny.