 A chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer turns to manufacturing and

selling methamphetamine with a former student in order to secure his family's future.
 Walter H. White is a chemistry genius, but works as a chemistry teacher in an
Albequerque, New Mexico high school. His life drastically changes when he's diagnosed
with stage III terminal lung cancer, and given a short amount of time left to live: a mere
matter of months. To ensure his handicapped son and his pregnant wife have a financial
future, Walt uses his chemistry background to create and sell the world's finest crystal
methamphetamine. To sell his signature "blue meth," he teams up with Jesse Pinkman, a
former student of his. The meth makes them very rich very quickly, but it attracts the
attention of his DEA brother in law Hank. As Walt and Jesse's status in the drug world
escalates, Walt becomes a dangerous criminal and Jesse becomes a hot-headed salesman.
Hank is always hot on his tail, and it forces Walt to come up with new ways to cover his
tracks.—halo1k, jackenyon
 A once loyal father and chemistry teacher, Walter White, turns to a life of crime due to
developing stage 3 terminal lung cancer. He is told he has two years to live. Teaming up
with one of his high school students, Jesse Pinkman, he grows in power, battles anyone in
his way and raises a family - all whilst hiding from his brother-in-law who works for the
DEA.—joshchristian-142-732069
 The mishaps of two drug dealers trying to survive in the complicated and corrupted world
of crime, leading them from the point of working for money to working to survive; all
starting with an honest high school teacher trying to make money for his family after
finding out cancer hadn't left him much time. While the men are forced to continue the
business, they slowly start to figure a way to leave the job as soon as possible and at any
cost.—J. S. Golden
 Breaking Bad follows protagonist Walter White, a chemistry teacher who lives in New
Mexico with his wife and teenage son who has cerebral palsy. White is diagnosed with
Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of two years left to live. With a new sense of
fearlessness based on his medical prognosis, and a desire to secure his family's financial
security, White chooses to enter a dangerous world of drugs and crime and ascends to
power in this world. The series explores how a fatal diagnosis such as White's releases a
typical man from the daily concerns and constraints of normal society and follows his
transformation from mild family man to a kingpin of the drug trade.—ahmetkozan
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Synopsis

 Season 1

A struggling high school chemistry teacher, Walter White (Bryan Cranston), is diagnosed
with inoperable, advanced lung cancer. On a ride along with his DEA agent brother-in-
law Hank Schrader (Dean Norris), Walter sees a former student of his, Jesse Pinkman
(Aaron Paul), fleeing the scene of a meth lab. He later contacts Jesse and devises a
scheme to become partners in an attempt to combine their skills to manufacture and
distribute methamphetamine, with Walter cooking the product and Jesse using his street
connections to distribute it. Walter says he wants to provide financial stability for his
pregnant wife, Skyler (Anna Gunn) and disabled son, and to pay for his expensive cancer
treatment. During Walter and Jesse's first days of selling Albuquerque's finest meth, they
encounter a series of problems with local drug dealers. Walter takes to selling the meth he
produces to a local druglord, Tuco Salamanca (Raymond Cruz), using the alias
'Heisenberg'.

Season 2

Walter continues to find himself facing insurmountable medical bills from his cancer
treatment. Despite having had several bad experiences while producing meth with Jesse,
Walter agrees to rejoin his partner. The two begin producing meth but run into multiple
problems. Jesse's friend Badger (Matt L. Jones) is arrested while selling meth in a sting
operation. Walter hires a lawyer, Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk), to help Badger. Walter
and Jesse drive a recreational vehicle into the desert and produce meth for four days.
Later, Combo, another of Jesse's friends and distributors, is killed by a rival gang for
selling meth in their territory. Saul suggests the two find a new distribution model.
Throughout this, Jesse has been building a relationship with his neighbor and landlord,
Jane Margolis (Krysten Ritter). Jane, who is a recovering addict, relapses and the two
begin doing heroin. Saul finds them a new business partner, Gus Fring (Giancarlo
Esposito), who is willing to pay $1.2 million for the 38 pounds of meth they produced.
Walter hastily delivers the product to Gus, but misses his daughter's birth. Walt withholds
Jesse's half of the money because of his drug use, but Jane finds out about it and
blackmails Walt. Walt visits Jesse's house and witnesses Jane overdosing and choking on
her own vomit, but perceiving her as an enemy, sits idly beside her and lets her die.
Skyler confronts Walter about his frequent absences and excuses. She begins to piece
together his secret life and demands that they separate.

Season 3

Walter wishes to reunite his family, but Skyler is still suspicious of Walter's second life.
Walter believes he can mend the tension between them by confessing to her that he has
been producing meth. Skyler is appalled by the confession and demands a formal divorce.
Meanwhile, Gus offers to pay Walter $3M for three months of his service. He even offers
to provide Walter with a state-of-the-art production facility and a brilliant lab assistant,
Gale (David Costabile). Jesse is continuing to produce and sell meth by himself.

Hank is working with the DEA to investigate Jesse and is slowly gathering evidence to
make an arrest. He survives an assassination attempt made by Tuco's twin cousins and
manages to kill one of his assailants and critically injure the other, who later dies in the
hospital. Hank suffers critical wounds but survives.

Jesse threatens to report Walter to the police if he is arrested, but Walter offers him Gale's
position at the lab. After obtaining the position, Jesse begins stealing meth from the lab
and selling it in secret on the side. Jesse gets romantically involved with a woman he
meets in his rehab group and learns her kid brother, age 11, was put up by Gus and his
street dealers to kill Combo. Jesse decides to avenge Combo. Walter aids Jesse in
escaping from Gus's wrath. Gus begins to lose trust in Walter and asks Gale to take over
the lab. He orders his henchmen to kill Walter and Jesse. After he is abducted by the
henchmen, Walter instructs Jesse over the phone to kill Gale in order to force Gus not to
kill Walter (and, by extension, Jesse) lest he eliminate his only remaining trained chemist.

Season 4

Jesse follows Walter's instructions and murders Gale. Gus decides to discipline the two
by enforcing stricter policies at the lab. He also tries to break Walter and Jesse's
friendship by assigning them to separate work details. While Walter works in the meth
lab, Jesse escorts Mike (Jonathan Banks), one of Gus's enforcers, to retrieve payments
and provide back-up. Walter and Jesse become increasingly distant from, and hostile to,
each other. Meanwhile, Hank, who has been recovering from his last engagement with
the cartel, finds evidence linking Gale to Gus. He believes Gus is a major drug distributor
and starts looking for tangible evidence to file charges. Gus realizes Walter's close ties
with Hank could jeopardize his entire operation. Gus fires Walter and informs him Hank
will be killed. He also warns Walter that if he intervenes his entire family will be
murdered. Jesse and Walter put their differences aside and agree to murder Gus,
convincing former cartel enforcer Hector Salamanca to detonate a suicide bomb; Hector
succeeds in this endeavor, killing himself, Gus, and Tyrus, Gus's henchman. Walter and
Jesse then destroy the meth lab and Walter declares to his wife, "I won."

Season 5

Following Gus Fring's death, Walter partners with Jesse and Mike to create a new meth
production and distribution operation. Mike handles all business aspects of the
partnership, while Walter and Jesse work with a team of house fumigators to produce
meth in tented houses. Hank and the DEA are able to identify nine prison inmates and
one lawyer with criminal ties to Mike. Walter kills Mike, and is fearful that the
informants will flip on Walter's operation since Mike is no longer able to pay them to
keep quiet. He hires Jack Welker, the leader of a neo-Nazi gang, to kill the ten informants
from within prison. Walter's business continues unimpeded until he decides to retire after
accruing $80 million, which he buries in the desert.

Later, Hank is invited to the Whites' home, where he unintentionally stumbles upon one
of Walter's books with a signed message from Gale Boetticher. He realizes that Walter is
the infamous Heisenberg and secretly restarts the investigation. Hank forms an alliance
with Jesse, who now despises Walter for all his wrongdoings. Left with no options,
Walter hires Jack again to murder Jesse. Walter attempts to confront Jesse in the desert,
but instead Hank traps and arrests him. The neo-Nazi gang arrives and engages Hank in a
fierce firefight. Jack executes Hank despite Walter's pleas. Jesse is captured and forced
into slavery, producing meth for the gang. Before leaving, Jack and his gang take a
majority of Walter's money, leaving him with only $11 million.

Skyler and Walter Jr. are distraught over Hank's death and hold Walter accountable. They
refuse to leave Albuquerque with Walter and instead contact the police. Walter spends
the next several months hiding in a cabin in New Hampshire while struggling with
cancer. He returns to New Mexico in order to visit his family one final time and seek
revenge against Jack. Later that night, Walter executes all of the gang's members and
frees Jesse, who escapes from the compound before the police arrive. Walter realizes he
is mortally wounded from a gunshot and slowly succumbs to his injury as the police
search the compound.