I'd disagree and say he was the villain for season 5. With Gus dead Walt is now at the top and he's doing horrible things not to protect himself or people close to him but just to make more money than he could possibly need and to enjoy wielding his power over others. He won't let Jesse do what he wants, he doesn't care about the innocent boy being killed by Todd, he kills Mike. This season has definitely been a turning point for me, I'm rooting for Jesse and Hank, not Walt. I think it's similar to the Sopranos. Early on you want to hope that Tony has some good in him but by the end of the show you just have to accept he's a dickhead. I'll just have to ignore the Youth Adolescent comment or I'll spend all day