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Alexa Shank and Kelsey Fyffe
17. Walter White: What drove him to break bad?
48 minutes Posted Sep 16, 2019 at 11:00 am.
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Was making methamphetamine an inevitable outcome for Walter White? We’ll explore how the diagnosis of a terminal illness could lead a conservative and cautious science teacher to transform into a murderous drug lord.

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