Watch this when
Breaking Bad
"I did it for me." Sometimes the most healing sentence is the one you've been avoiding.
Who it's for
Walter White starts as a sympathetic man with a cancer diagnosis and a real grievance about being underpaid and overlooked, so viewers follow his logic step by step and feel how reasonable each rationalisation sounds.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Breaking Bad is an AMC crime drama created by Vince Gilligan that aired from 2008 to 2013 over five seasons and is set in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Walter White, an overlooked high-school chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with stage-three lung cancer and starts producing methamphetamine with his former student Jesse Pinkman to secure his family's financial future.
Where to find it
Originally aired on AMC. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: A suicide attempt and graphic violence.
Age: TV-MA (suggested 17+)
Yet you cannot lay remorse upon the innocent nor lift it from the heart of the guilty.Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, “On Crime and Punishment”
