In the last episode of season five, “Gliding Over All” Whitman makes another appearance. The title of the episode is referencing Whitman’s poem in Leaves of Grass. This represents change. The science high school teacher becomes the emperor of meth. He gains control over his life even though ironically, he is dying. This new power gives him the ability to murder, lie to his wife and family, and even be treacherous to his business partners. In season four, episode six, Walter announces “I’m not in danger, I am the danger.” He is able to glide all through this. “The voyage of the soul- not life alone, Death, many deaths I’ll sing” (Whitman, 4-5). White is not afraid of death; he is afraid of losing the power that death has brought him. To keep this power, to keep this freedom, he will stop at nothing even if “the waters are advancing” (Whitman, 3). …show more content…
Nevertheless, it’s the small details that remind the viewers through each episode as to why Walter White is Walt Whitman. In season three episode twelve, Walt and Junior are in the living room watching Jeopardy. In the episode you can hear Alex Trebek read “This famous transcendental poet is known for his yawp.” Walter answers, “Walt Whitman.” A yawp is a cry. Walter is crying for his freedom. “I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable, I sound the barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world” (Whitman, 3-4). Walter is not able to express his want for freedom, instead his yawp is silent. It is not through his words that he expresses this need of control, but it is through his actions that he cries for control over his