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I think the problem is that the dad isn't likeable at all... like from what I saw he has few redeeming features as a human being but is also boring so you sort of... don't care if he fails and gets killed by organised criminals. Like that wouldn't be a terrible ending.

He plays more or less the same character as Michael Bluth in Arrested Development, except the whole point of the character in that was that he was the boring not-that-likeable straightman to juxtapose all of the completely weird characters (basically everyone else). And... what made Breaking Bad somehow work was that Walter White is oddly charismatic and compelling whilst being a selfish criminal arsehole and a terrible husband/dad. He's a completely awful person and yet you can't take your eyes off him.

He's a decent actor but this show needed a more compelling lead IMO.