# Breaking Bad 4.09 "Bug" 9/11

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-4-09-bug-9-11/595986>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 11, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-4-09-bug-9-11/595986 "2011-09-11T22:59:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-4-09-bug-9-11/595986/101 "2011-09-18T14:22:16Z")

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> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#):
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> I liked this show originally because the concept of a genuinely smart guy engaging in criminal activity (and doing so in a rational thoughtful manner) is a premise that appeals to me, but Walt has been so determinedly self-destructive and randomly idiotic (i.e. wasting a day chasing down a fly, closing his eyes while speeding along a highway, trashing that orange Mustang on a whim) that I’m losing interest in him and now Gus is my favourite. Frankly, if he kills Walt and becomes the main character, I’d keep watching and consider it an improvement.

I agree fully with this. Frankly, I think it’s a shame. We don’t follow Gus enough that the show still has that component, and also it’s more fun following someone on the way up, than someone who is at the top.

You didn’t even mention him getting Hank back on the trail. I cannot relate to the character at all anymore.

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