Walter White (Breaking Bad) the car wash and is taken to a hospital; there, he is told he has inoperable lung cancer and will likely die in two years. During the ride-along, Hank busts a crystal meth ring; Walt sees one of his former students, Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), fleeing the scene, and deduces that Jesse is part of the operation. Looking to secure his family's well-being by producing and selling meth, Walt tracks Jesse down and blackmails him into setting up an operation. Walt gives Jesse his life savings to buy an RV that they can use as a rolling meth lab. Jesse
Walter White (Breaking Bad) Walter White (Breaking Bad) Walter Hartwell White Sr., also known by his clandestine alias Heisenberg, is a fictional character and the main protagonist of "Breaking Bad". He is portrayed by Bryan Cranston. A chemistry honors graduate of the California Institute of Technology, Walt co-founded the company Gray Matter Technologies with his close friend Elliott Schwartz and his then-girlfriend Gretchen. He left Gray Matter abruptly, selling his shares for $5,000; soon afterward, the company made a fortune, much of it from his research. Walt subsequently moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he became a high school chemistry teacher. "Breaking Bad" begins