Root, Root, Root for the Bad Guy

I was sitting on my couch this morning contemplating what i was going to do for 12 hours before the final episode of AMC's Breaking Bad tonight. The show leaves watchers with constant cliffhangers after every episode, questions left unanswered and the lingering thoughts that they may never be answered.

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The show stars Bryan Cranston, a household name for some, he also stared as the goofy Dad from Malcolm in the Middle, for all of you 90's children out there. His character in BB (AKA Breaking Bad), is a father and chemist who discovers he has terminal cancer, so he decides to cook meth to leave his family with money when he dies. He realizes that the meth business is a booming one from his DEA brother-in-law, so he becomes apart of it. As the show progresses, viewers start to realize "Walt"(Bryan Cranston) evolves into a not so nice guy, some might say he turns "bad". Personally, I still am very fond of his character, although he is now the bad guy. From what i have read, seen, and been told by my fellow viewers, is that i am not alone, people seem to be rooting for the bad guy.

I wonder why these viewers and myself keep cheering for Walt to succeed, even though we all know he does not deserve too. This point brings to an idea that maybe we all like the bad guy, because he is very relatable, and that maybe we all have a little bad in us...? Of course by bad i don't mean cooking meth and committing many felonies that could put any average civilian away for life, but that no one is perfect, and that although we may have the right intentions, the result is just plain BAD.

"The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything but genius"

-Oscar Wilde