The main thing Walt wanted out of becoming Heisenberg was control, and his breakfast choices prove it.

When he became Heisenberg, however, Walt made the calls.

Walt’s birthday breakfasts also show that more concisely than anything else inBreaking Bad.

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To quote Kris Kristofferson, “freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose.”

By the end ofBreaking Bad, Walt really had lost everything in his quest for more power and control.

Little details, like the change in Walt’s bacon, mean so much to the story and characters.

Walter White (Bryan Cranston) in Breaking Bad season 1 and in season 5 with a bandage on his nose

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Some of them, like the birthday breakfasts, even highlight important parts of the fantastic storyBreaking Badtold.

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