I have not seen Breaking Bad, but I recently read that Anthony Hopkins sat down and wrote that guy a letter telling him it was the best acting he had ever seen.
Personally, I think it’s one of my all time favorites. It is a compelling transition, but I will warn you it takes one or two seasons for you to get hooked, in my opinion.
To me, it is a story of how medical circumstances and happenstance opportunity practically forces him to become what he always wanted to be, and it is bad. Even given this ‘bad’ persona, there are aspects that lend themselves to a kind of sympathy and identification with him.
He is a very gifted actor that was there in the right place at the right time.