Aaron Paul "3rd Rock from the Sun". Paul first became known for his role as Scott Quittman on HBO's "Big Love"; he appeared 14 times on the show. In 2008, he began playing Jesse Pinkman on the AMC series "Breaking Bad". His character was originally meant to die during the first season, but after seeing the chemistry between Paul and lead actor Bryan Cranston, series creator Vince Gilligan changed his mind and modified the original plans to include Jesse as a main character in the series. For his role in "Breaking Bad", Paul was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding
Fly (Breaking Bad) television we're likely to see this year." In "TIME", James Poniewozik called it "the most unusual and very possibly best episode of Breaking Bad so far", comparing it favorably to "The Sopranos"<nowiki>'</nowiki> "Pine Barrens". In "Entertainment Weekly", Ken Tucker said he would be "shocked if both Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul don’t use the episode for Emmy consideration", and lauded it for "[opening] up to become an opportunity for Walt and Jesse to explain more fully the sadnesses and regrets they have over everything". Alan Sepinwall, writing for "HitFix", speculated that "Fly" may be "the best bottle show ever" and