I’m that one person in the U.S. who never watched Breaking Bad so walter white analogies don’t work with me. But I understand what you meant on your previous comment - I think XS’s friend will eventually see that he is being selfish even though he thinks he is not. My Marine made a good comment - that perhaps this guy is not as emotionally secure as he is claiming and it is more his issue with facing death and once his children know he can’t avoid it.
You can’t be the one person in the us bc no one in my house has seen it!