If you are making the effort, try to fixate, on the evolution/devolution of Walter. And as you go along, take notice of the criminal acts, of those in his circle. (see above).
Everyone who finally sits in judgement of Walter, has comitted direct criminal acts.
Irony says hello.
Maybe women don’t respond the same to Walt. I think most men of a certain age identify with the fantasy of flying away from the mundane and doing something bold.
He’s an everyman hero when he starts.