Breaking Bad extremely playful on set, with Aaron Paul describing him as "a kid trapped in a man's body". Gilligan originally intended for Aaron Paul's character, Jesse Pinkman, to be killed at the end of "Breaking Bad"s first season in a botched drug deal as a plot device to plague Walter White with guilt. However, Gilligan said by the second episode of the season, he was so impressed with Paul's performance that "it became pretty clear early on that would be a huge, colossal mistake, to kill off Jesse". Donna Nelson, a professor of organic chemistry at the University of Oklahoma, checked
Walter White (Breaking Bad) sees Gretchen and Elliott on "Charlie Rose" dismissing his contributions to Gray Matter, and he is determined to return to Albuquerque to put things right. When Walter arrives in Albuquerque – on his 52nd birthday – he intimidates Gretchen and Elliott into putting his remaining money into a trust fund for Walter Jr. He then visits Skyler and gives her the location of Hank's body so she can clear herself as a suspect in his death, and finally admits to her that he entered the meth business for himself, not his family. As a token of appreciation, Skyler lets him