Hank Schrader Is NOT A Hero (Breaking Bad)
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Published 2022-05-27
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All Comments (21)
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Walter Jr is the closest the main cast has to a hero, all he wanted was Raisin Bran Crunch and a Dodge Challanger. I can respect that.
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I’m glad you talked about Hank’s willingness to sacrifice Jesse in order to catch Walter. It always felt like that line of dialogue was there just to show that Hank wasn’t a hero. Hank was just as obsessed with catching Walter as Walter was with getting away with it all. In the end, their obsessions ruined their lives.
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things hank likes: - catching bad guys - getting a tuggy from shania twain - minerals things hank doesn’t like - marie’s cooking - speaking spanish - tortoises
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I have yet to see anyone mention this before, but the fact is that if he not taunted and mocked Walt once he arrested him, and had instead left the scene, the nazis would have never gotten him either. Ego killed hank and walt equally.
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Hank arrests Hugo (Janitor) for a single joint in his car "He's going to lose his job, so he should" Hank smoking illegal Cuban cigars "Sometimes the forbidden fruit tastes the sweetest"
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That’s what makes breaking bad so unique and different from alot of shows. By having alot of realistic characters that are never white but in between black and grey revealing their personalities throughout the series and how it eventually let to their downfalls. Love the breakdown!
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If you re-watch the show, you'll realise how many times he tries to break the rules of police integrity for his own benefit. Practically everything he does in the junkyard scene investigating the motor vehicle with jesse and walt in it is done in malice and was illegal for him to do.
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I can’t believe that anyone would assume that the guy who happily takes selfies with dead bodies is a hero. Hank’s a great character, and he’s a better person than most of the main cast. But that’s not saying much. He harasses people like Wendy and treats even minor drugs dealers worse than animals. He was willing to kill Jesse and constantly uses or endangers people for his own pride. He’s got a lot of good qualities, but he’s very much morally gray. He just seems better than someone like Walt who’s evil.
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Hank isn't a quote on quote "hero", but the journey he went though though out the show made him a much better man by the time of his death than where he started at. And it's not something you can say about most of the characters in the show. His journey was more like walking a path "toward" heroism, sure he never got to achieve that, but again, you can't say that about most of the characters.
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Hank falls into the same trap as Walt and Jesse, where they fly too close to the sun. One more cook, one more hit, one more plan to crack down on Walt and it could all be over, but just as Walt and Jesse lose everything with their last chance, so does Hank. Also, he's not a hero, he's a mineral collector.
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I find Hank is, in many ways, a cautionary tale about taking the law into one's own hands i.e. vigilantism and overestimating your own skills and resiliency, much like modern superheroes, but instead of the consequences being a temporary obstacle to overcome and the reward being a tough, but rich and fulfilling life, it's the reverse; any amount of 'wins' he gets don't outweigh the physical and psychological damage he endured, and the final "reward" he gets is death.
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It felt like he was becoming a better person until he realized Walter's betrayal. Then he started reverting back. Skylar was right he was hardly concerned with what was going to happen to her and junior. He was fine using Jesse to get Walt even if he died in the process. When he caught Walt he acted like the cocky ass he did in season 1 again
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I never really thought about it like that but yeah he really did use his cop privileges to let his wife shoplift..
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I've never considered him a true hero. Just the closest thing this show has one. He's flawed, as is everyone is this show. He has bad moments and good ones. He's made me mad and I've rooted for him. The great thing about this show is everyone is flawed and that's a good thing
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There are just so many layers to the characters of Breaking Bad. An absolutely brilliant show.
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My interpretation of Hank was that he THOUGHT he was the hero of the story, but in reality he was always meant to be a deconstruction of the "morally righteous tough guy" trope rather than one played straight. He's just as layered and nuanced as any other character in this show where no one is truly pure.
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"Tagging trees is a lot easier than chasing monsters."
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Obviously Hank is not a hero, he is a mineral!
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Hank is simultaneously an example of the worst that people assume when they think of cops, and he can also be a really good man at times. In the end his pride lead to his downfall just like Walt, and with all that said there's no way he's a hero.
