The Felina of Heisenberg

Disclaimer: I have a corgi named Heisenberg, and this blog post is not about her. If you have not seen the entire series Breaking Bad, and you wish to without the whole thing being ruined, please leave now before I start to tell you stuff you don't want to know!

I normally reserve my story telling entries for something that I have recently finished reading, but in this case, I will make an exception for the television show Breaking Bad, which just aired its final episode last week. I have been particularly impressed with Vince Gilligan and his character development and story telling skills which he has managed to sustain for the duration of this excellent show. It truly is a visual novel.

If Joseph Campbell were alive today, he would no doubt have a field day with the mythology painted by Breaking Bad. It brings a whole new meaning to his hero's journey mono myth (not to mention the mantra "follow your bliss"). That one kind of makes me snicker, which means that underneath it all, I mus…