Breaking Bad: Mike's Hypocrisy Makes Him Worse Than Walt

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https://www.looper.com/1265412/break...es-worse-walt/

Breaking Bad fans have a lot of about Mike's inherent duplicity

There were quite a few Redditors who noted Mike Ehrmantraut's code as proof he was a better man than Walter White. But u/wolf4968 is one fan who's just not buying that, responding to such a post with, "Bull****. His 'code' is an excuse for him to project a false sense of honor and to bully strangers in moments when his experience makes him slightly superior to them."

Code questions aside, there were quite a few posters who agree Mike is well aware of his hypocrisy. And though he used it to prop himself opposite Walt, he never believed he was any better than the evil man who became Heisenberg. That includes u/Hudre, who claimed, "Mike doesn't think he is a better person than Walt, he thinks he is a better criminal. And he is. IMO Mike does not have a great opinion of himself."

For their part, u/LifeguardSweet whole-heartedly agreed in a lengthy post noting, "As a huge fan of mike, I believe this is part of the point. Mike is not a good person ... At his core, he is corrupt, and now it's like it doesn't matter if he becomes a better man because he's inherently broken." Whatever the case, u/Comfortable-Smoke-56 is among those "Breaking Bad" fans who'd undoubtedly rather have Mike on their side than Walt, commenting, "I'd still trust Mike to have my back over Walt any day. Mike is way more trustworthy than Walt when you're on his good side. Whereas Walt seems to go against everyone at some point." And if you've watched "Breaking Bad" in its entirety, it's hard to argue that point of view.