Hank

Hank Schrader. To many, he became the hero in Breaking Bad. Why not? He's the good guy, right? He's the cop going after the king pin mass murdering drug lord, otherwise known as his brother in law, Walter White. Is he really a good guy though? I say no, in fact I'll go as far as to say that Hank is no better than Walter. In reality, they're similar in a lot of ways. Lets start off with ego. There was only one ego to start off Breaking Bad. Before there was Heisenberg, on the very first episode, sitting in the White family's living room boasting about his job: is Hank. Hank even has the audacity to make a toast to Walter for his birthday, and then drinks Walter's beer taking it right out of his hand. When the show begins, the ego is Hank. a couple seasons later, Walter has the same personality with every move he makes being controlled by his ego. Why is Walter a bad guy? Sure, he murders people etc., but I mean when, as viewers, did we really begin to hate Walt for the monster he is? I know when I did. it was when i came to the realization that Walt was doing all of these terrible things because he was attempting to make riches that he felt were stolen from him when he sold his share of his future billion dollar company. But, if you think about it, is Hank any better? When Hank makes the realization that Walter is Heisenberg, his goal isn't to being justice to a criminal. His goal is to redeem himself for chasing a man for so long that was literally right in front of his face. He didn't care about what was right or just, he cared about not looking like a complete idiot in front of the whole DEA. Sure, in the beginning he said all of his evidence was circumstantial, but at the point where he cracked Huell and had Jesse willing to testify, what stopped him? The same thing that drove Walt into the murderous path of darkness. His ego. To go beyond that, Hanks took his ego over his life. Hank died because he would rather be the macho super cop instead of... well, alive? Think about it. Walt and Hank, they're not different. Just on opposite sides of the playing field