Walter White

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Walter White
Origin
Origin	Breaking Bad
Gender	Male
Age	50 - 52
Status	Deceased
Alignment	Neutral Good (Season 1), True Neutral (Seasons 2 and 3), Neutral Evil (Seasons 4 and 5)
Occupation	Chemist, Co-Owner of Gray Matter Technologies (Formerly), High School Teacher (Formerly), Meth Cook, Drug Kingpin

Walter Hartwell White Sr., better known by his alias Heisenberg, is a chemist and drug lord living in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was once a high school chemistry teacher at J. P. Wynne High School, but after receiving a terminal lung cancer diagnosis, he began manufacturing crystal methamphetamine alongside his former student Jesse Pinkman. His goal was to pay for his treatment and provide financial security for his wife Skyler, his son Walt Jr., and his infant daughter Holly.

Because of his expertise in chemistry and his obsession with quality, the meth he produces is exceptionally pure and strong. It also has a distinct blue tint due to the unusual chemical method he uses to make it. This product, known as "Blue Sky," draws attention from dealers eager to profit from such high-grade merchandise, as well as the DEA, who are determined to trace its origin. To protect his identity, Walt adopts the name Heisenberg and steadily rises through the criminal underworld, eventually becoming a notorious and feared figure on an international scale.

Background

The following synopsis contains massive spoilers for Breaking Bad.
During the 1980s, Walt co-founded Gray Matter Technologies alongside his friend Elliott Schwartz and his then-girlfriend Gretchen. He left the company and Gretchen not long after, selling his share for only $5,000. Elliott and Gretchen later married and turned Gray Matter into a multi-billion dollar enterprise. Walt never received credit for his early contributions, and he harbored resentment toward them for years. To make ends meet, he worked as a high school chemistry teacher and also at a car wash. When he was diagnosed with lung cancer, he feared leaving his family without financial support and began looking for other ways to make money. After joining his brother-in-law Hank, a DEA agent, on a drug bust and learning about the profits involved in the trade, Walt decided to use his chemistry expertise to manufacture drugs. He recruited Jesse Pinkman to help produce and sell his meth. Using a P2P method with methylamine, Walt created an unusually pure blue product that became known as "Blue Sky." Its potency quickly made it a dominant force in the market. Though Walt was initially hesitant to use violence, he gradually came to accept it as necessary and eventually became a ruthless drug lord driven by pride, ego, and greed. Early on, he and Jesse only made small amounts of money through street sales and faced many setbacks. After forming and later ending deadly partnerships with distributors Tuco Salamanca and Gustavo Fring, Walt eventually built his own empire with the help of Jesse, Mike Ehrmantraut, and Lydia Rodarte-Quayle. His operation became the largest meth manufacturing network in U.S. history, reaching as far as Eastern Europe, with Skyler helping him launder the profits. After accumulating over $80 million and experiencing a resurgence of his cancer, Walt retired from the drug trade. However, Hank accidentally discovered evidence that Walt was Heisenberg. Although Walt tried to frame Hank as Heisenberg, Hank cornered him with Jesse's help after Jesse turned against him. Walt fell into a trap and was arrested, but Jack Welker's gang appeared after Walt had called them for help. A shootout followed, resulting in Steve Gomez's death and Hank's execution. Jack's gang stole most of Walt's money, leaving him only one barrel. Walt then betrayed Jesse to Jack, who took him as a slave to cook meth. Walt returned home and tried to flee with his family, but Skyler and Walt Jr. resisted. He left them, briefly taking Holly before returning her. In a phone call with Skyler, he deliberately made himself sound threatening to protect her from legal trouble. With his family and law enforcement against him, Walt went into hiding in New Hampshire for nearly a year. He eventually returned to Albuquerque to give Skyler the coordinates of Hank and Steve's bodies so she could negotiate a deal, settle old scores, and ensure his family's financial future. Walt confronted Jack's gang, killed them all, and executed Jack in the same manner Jack had killed Hank. He freed Jesse and, after being wounded by a ricochet, died in a meth lab, having finally addressed many of the consequences of his actions.

General Information

Name: Walter White, Walt, Heisenberg, Mr. White, Walt Jackson ("Negro y Azul"), Mr. Mayhew ("Better Call Saul"), Grandpa Anus ("Abiquiú"), Mr. Lambert ("Granite State"), David Lynn ("Felina"), Dr. Chemistry ("Team S.C.I.E.N.C.E."), Dr. C ("Team S.C.I.E.N.C.E."), Mr. Mayhew ("Ethics Training")

Origin: Breaking Bad

Gender: Male

Age: 50 - 52

Classification: Human, Chemist, Co-Owner of Gray Matter Technologies (Formerly), High School Teacher (Formerly), Meth Cook, Drug Kingpin

Status: Deceased

Alignment

Season 1: Neutral Good (While Walter is willing to enter the meth business in order to make money, he mainly does so in order to provide money for his family so that they'll be able to live comfortably even after he dies. While he killed Emilio in the pilot episode, he only did so out of self defense, as he and Krazy-8 had threatened both his and Jesse's lives^[1]. Even after Krazy-8 escaped from Walter's red phosphorous attack and was subsequently captured, Walter was unwilling to kill him due to his own moral standards, despite killing him being the most logical decision to make due to the threat Krazy-8 posed to Walter, Jesse, and both their respective families had he been let go, and was only able to bring himself to kill him after he figured out that Krazy-8 stole a large plate shard and was going to kill him with it after he had been released, even apologizing to him after strangling him to death^[2]. Near the end of Season 1, after witnessing Tuco brutally beat and kill No-Doze, he made a vow to Jesse that there would be no more bloodshed involved in their work^[3])
Seasons 2 and 3: True Neutral (Despite showing himself as a good natured man throughout the first season, Walter would begin to further descend into villainy from there on out. Walter was willing to argue with a cop and get pepper sprayed after refusing to stay in his car^[4]. Walter was also willing to break into his own house and stayed even after Skyler threatened to call the cops on him and reveal the truth ^[5]. Although this was technically not illegal, this shows how much Walter has changed. He later tried to beat up Ted for having sex with his wife and almost got arrested because of this and tried to have sex with another women which caused him to get fired from his job as a teacher^[6]. Mike even noted that Walt was mentally a disaster at the time.^[7] While he and Jesse were justified in killing Tuco to free themselves and save their own lives, Walter would become increasingly more complacent with violence, to the point where he forced Jesse to kill Gale Boetticher, an otherwise completely innocent man, in order to save both of their lives, as Gus would no longer have a cook capable of producing Blue Sky meth if he killed Walter or Jesse at that point^[8]. When he accidentally flipped over Jane while trying to wake up Jesse, she began choking on her own vomit due to a heroin overdose, and Walter let her die, presumably either to save Jesse from becoming a heroin addict or so that he would have greater control over Jesse with her out of the picture, though he is still visibly shaken by his decision^[9]. Letting Jane die indirectly caused the Wayfarer 515 disaster, as her death inflicted her father with PTSD and caused him to seize up during his job as a plane coordinator^[10], and while Walter did not knowingly or willingly cause this, he tried to downplay the tragedy of the event during a school assembly when he was given the mic to state his thoughts, which would ultimately end up having the mic taken away from him due to the insensitive nature of his comments^[11])
Seasons 4 and 5: Neutral Evil (At some point in Season 4, Walter's motivation began to drift away from the desire to provide for his family and towards obtaining money and power. This is best exemplified by him poisoning Brock, an innocent 7 year old child, in order to manipulate Jesse into helping him kill Gus^[12]. Walter had also constructed a bomb with which to kill Gus with, which he was justified in doing to protect his family, though he had no qualms with blowing up part of a nursing home just to carry out the plan when he was unable to kill Gus out in the open^[13]. By Season 5, Walter had fully settled into his role as a villain, showing even less remorse for his actions and resorting to violence to resolve his problems. He was initially willing to kill two innocent men to rob a train before Jesse convinced him and Mike that they could pull off the heist without anyone finding out, and was quick to excuse Todd after he had shot and killed a child in cold blood for witnessing the end of their heist^[14]. He shot and killed Mike after he insulted his ego and called him out on his pride getting in the way of his work, doing so both out of retaliation and to make sure that Mike would no longer be a problem for his operation^[15]. He did not hesitate to place hits on and kill off all nine of Gus's former associates in order to prevent his operation from being potentially compromised by having them spill information to the DEA^[16]. After Jesse had refused to talk with him and threatened him further after learning the truth about Brock, he had given up on protecting Jesse and was willing to have him killed to ensure his own safety, placing a hit on him through Jack Welker's gang^[17]. After the shootout in the desert, he gave away Jesse's position to Jack's gang with the hopes that they would kill him, and gave his approval to do so after he had been caught. Even though Jack's gang ultimately did not kill Jesse so that they could use him as a slave to cook meth, Walter was fine with it and even told him that he watched Jane die to destroy his spirit and stop him from resisting while he was being carried away^[18]. He was willing to harm his own wife and kidnap her baby in order to teach a lesson. While a argument could be made that this was technically self-defense as she pulled a knife on him, the latter had nothing to do with self-defense and he was directly insulting her and calling her a stupid bitch which is something the old Walter would have never done^[19]. He was also willing to break into Elliot and Gretchen's house so that he could force them to launder his money to his family, tricking them into believing they were being targeted by hitmen to ensure that they would do it^[20]. Despite all of this however, there is still some good left in Walter, as he still went out of his way to protect his family from any possible danger, refused to let Jack kill Hank even though he was a major obstacle for him at the time^[21], and ultimately was able to make amends with Jesse and saved him from being a slave for Jack and his gang^[22])

Codex Statistics

Tier: 10-B, 9-C to 9-B with various weapons, 9-B to 9-A with explosives

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Power Source: N/A

Attack Potency: Average Human level, Bone level to Wall level with various weapons (Has wielded various guns across the series. Constructed a turret using an M60 machine gun, which was capable of firing rounds through the walls of a building in Jack Welker's hideout and killing all of the gang members inside^[23]), Wall level to Room level with explosives (A single piece of fulminated mercury had enough explosive power to heavily damage Tuco's office when thrown at the ground, damaging furniture and destroying the windows. Threatened to destroy Tuco's office altogether with the full bag if he was not given his money, which would have killed everyone present in the process^[24]. Constructed a pipe bomb in order to kill Gus^[25], which ended up destroying the nursing home room that Hector had been staying in^[26])

Durability: Average Human level

Striking Strength: Average Human Class

Lifting Strength: Average Human

Travel Speed: Average Human, Superhuman with various cars

Attack Speed: Average Human, Supersonic to Supersonic+ with various guns

Reaction Speed: Average Human

Stamina: Average

Range: Standard Melee physically, Hundreds of Meters with guns

Intelligence: Genius Intelligence (Constructed a turret from scratch and used it to wipe out Jack Welker's gang, despite having no formal background in engineering^[27]. Constructed a pipe bomb from scratch^[28] and was able to lure Gus into a trap so he could kill him with it^[29]. Walter was capable of thinking of a quick way to escape Mike's handcuffs by using wires but he burned his hand by doing this^[30])

Knowledge: Master level (Despite only being a high school chemistry teacher, Walter is an extremely skilled chemist, being the self-proclaimed best meth cook in all of America, and possibly the entire world^[31]. After switching to a p2p cook, the purity of his meth reached as high as 99.1%^[32], making it by far the most valuable meth on the market, even catching the attention of Gustavo Fring, who at that point was the single most powerful drug kingpin north of the Mexican border. Trained Jesse Pinkman to be almost as good of a meth cook as himself, despite Jesse having no formal background in chemistry and even having flunked his chemistry class in high school, with his meth reaching purity levels of up to 96.2% unassisted^[33], outclassing even the likes of Gale Boetticher, who graduated with a bachelor's degree in chemistry and learned Walter's formula. Co-founded Gray Matter Technologies with Elliot Schwartz and Gretchen Schwartz, which would go on to be worth $2.16 billion. Managed to hide his underground meth operation from his relatives, including Hank Shrader, who was a DEA agent and one of the best investigators on his team, for over a year, with Skyler and Hank only finding out through specific moments of carelessness from Walter, and even put together a fake confession painting Hank as the one running his meth operation so that Hank would be unable to expose him after he found out the truth^[34]. Came up with a plan with the help of Jesse to rob a train completely undetected, taking 1,000 pounds of methylamine from one of the train cars and replacing its weight with about 920 pounds of water^[35]. Figured out that Krazy-8 was planning to kill him after he collected the shards of the plate he accidentally broke and placed them together to deduce that a large chunk of it was missing, taken by Krazy-8 so he would have a weapon to kill him with once freed^[36]. Outsmarted both Mike and Victor even when he was backed into a corner by them, creating an opportunity for Jesse to kill Gale so that Gus would still need both of them^[37]. Convinced Declan to become his distributor, despite the fact that he originally wanted to get the Blue Sky meth off the streets and was unwilling to compromise on the methylamine sale^[38]. Walter and Jesse were capable of breaking into a lab to get a barrel of methylamine^[39])

Powers and Techniques

Genius Intelligence
Human Achievements (Walter is an extremely skilled chemist and considers himself to be the greatest meth cook in the entire country, with his Blue Sky meth reaching purity levels of up to 99.1%^[40])
Social Influencing (Walter is an extremely skilled manipulator, constantly pulling strings to get what he wants from other people and to hide his drug empire from those close to him. Constantly manipulates Jesse into doing what he needs, the biggest example being when he poisoned Brock in order to convince Jesse that Gus did it so he would be willing to help kill him, which succeeded even though Jesse was almost certain that it was Walter and was ready to kill him for it^[41]. Walter was capable of tricking Emilio and Krazy-8 into thinking that he was going to teach him his recipe and ended up killing Emilio and knocking out Krazy-8 instead^[42]. Manipulated Hank by throwing him off trails that would lead him back to his operation, which he had successfully done for over a year despite Hank being an experienced DEA agent and one of the best investigators on his team, and had even made a fake confession tape that he had planned to use to frame Hank for his drug empire so he could prevent Hank from exposing him to the DEA^[43]. Convinced Gus to work with him to sell his meth, despite the fact that Gus is extremely cautious about who he deals business with and was initially unwilling to work with Walter since he saw him as too careless and thought that his loyalty to Jesse made him a hindrance^[44]. Convinced Declan to become his distributor, despite the fact that he originally wanted to get the Blue Sky meth off the streets and was unwilling to compromise on the methylamine sale^[45])
Preparation (With preparation, Walter is capable of producing various tools to harm others with, being able to construct an automated turret^[46], a pipe bomb^[47], synthesize fulminated mercury^[48], and produce ricin^[49])
Weapon Usage (Has wielded various guns across the series, a list of which can be found here)
Explosion Manipulation via various explosives (Used a piece of fulminated mercury to damage Tuco's office^[50] and constructed a pipe bomb to kill Gus with^[51])
Poison Manipulation via red phosphorous, ricin and Lily of the Valley (Threw red phosphorous into boiling water to create a toxic gas, which he used to incapacitate Emilio and Krazy-8^[52]. Shown to be capable of producing ricin^[53], and had seamlessly slipped it into Lydia's tea to kill her^[54]. Poisoned Brock with a berry from a poisonous plant that he had potted in his backyard called "Lily of the Valley"^[55])
Fragrance Manipulation via red phosphorous (Capable of producing a toxic gas by throwing red phosphorous into hot water^[56])
Magnetism Manipulation via car magnets (Used a powerful magnet hooked up to 42 car batteries in order to destroy the evidence that was present on Gus's old laptop, which had been seized by the DEA and taken to a special facility for storage^[57])
Acid Manipulation via hydrofluoric acid (Usually disposes of bodies by dissolving them in hydrofluoric acid^[58])

Equipment

Ruger LCR: A polymer-framed revolver. Walter bought one with the intention of using it to kill Gustavo Fring.
Ricin: Ricin is a poison that Walter White prepares twice. Even though it is not the fastest-acting method of killing, Walt prefers it because it leaves behind little or no trace of its use on a victim.

Optional Equipment

Smith & Wesson 4506: Walter was in brief possession of one after stealing it from its original owner, Krazy-8, though would later dispose of it by dissolving it in hydrofluoric acid.
Smith & Wesson M945: A .45 caliber semiautomatic pistol. Walter stole one from one of the rival dealers that killed Tomás and used it to execute him after he had ran him over.
M4A1 Carbine: An assault rifle. Walter briefly possesses one after he steals it from Tuco Salamanca.
M60: A gas-operated, air-cooled, belt-fed, general-purpose machine gun that fires from the open-bolt position and is chambered for the 7.62 mm NATO cartridge. Walter bought one from Lawson so that he could construct a turret with it, with the intention of wiping out the entirety of Jack Walker's gang.

2004 Pontiac Aztek: The Pontiac Aztek was Walter White's car. It has a faded factory paint job and is missing the factory alloy wheel on the drivers' rear corner, replaced with a far less attractive replacement steel wheel. This vehicle is notorious for being an under-achieving ‘crossover’ model, being neither a decent minivan, nor an SUV, and is also well-known for having an ugly, plastic appearance. In this sense it is a metaphor for Walter White's own life, having done research contributing to a Nobel Prize and helping found a now multi-billion dollar company in itself upstart years.
1964 Chevrolet C-10: The 1964 Chevrolet C-10 is the vehicle bought by Walter White from its original owner, Joseph Prado, after he ran out of gas in the middle of the desert.
2012 Chrysler 300 SRT-8: The Chrysler 300 SRT-8 is the car that Walter White leases for himself for his 51st birthday.
2009 Toyota Yaris: The Toyota Yaris was the rental car Walter White drove while his Pontiac Aztek was being repaired after he intentionally steered his car into oncoming traffic to avoid having to take Hank Schrader to the industrial laundry where the superlab was hidden
2011 Dodge Charger: The 2011 Dodge Charger is the car used by Walter White and Jesse Pinkman to meet Mike Ehrmantraut in Mexico after Gustavo Fring's death.
1977 Ford F-350: The Ford F-350 is the vehicle used by Walter, Jesse, and Mike to destroy evidence from Gus's laptop.
2007 Chevrolet Express: The 2007 Chevrolet Express is the van Walter White uses to hide his money in the desert.
1990 Volvo 240: The 1990 Volvo 240 is the car Walter White stole in order to return to Albuquerque from New Hampshire.
1977 Cadillac Sedan DeVille: The 1977 Cadillac Sedan DeVille was Walter White's car for the final day of his life. He returned to Albuquerque in this vehicle to tie up all the loose ends of his drug empire.

Blue Sky: Blue Sky (also known as Big Blue, Blue Magic, Fring's Blue, or simply Blue) was the street name coined for the notoriously potent and 99.1% chemically pure crystal methamphetamine manufactured by Walter White and Jesse Pinkman. There were a few temporary accomplices who helped Jesse and Walter cook with the blue meth formula: Gale Boetticher and Todd Alquist. Victor also apparently memorized the method to cook Blue Sky by watching Walt and Jesse, though he never finished the batch, and the purity was never measured.
Methamphetamine: Methamphetamine or meth (C10H15N) is a psychostimulant of the phenethylamine and amphetamine class of psychoactive drugs. The molecular formula indicates that each molecule contains 10 carbon atoms, 15 hydrogen atoms and one nitrogen atom.
Pseudoephedrine: Pseudoephedrine, also known as Pseudo or Sudo for short, is a chemical compound commonly found in anti-allergy medicines. It is also frequently used as the primary ingredient in the production of methamphetamine, which resulted in its use being heavily regulated by law.
Phosphine Gas: Phosphine Gas (PH3) is a deadly gas created by a mixture of red phosphorous and moisture in the presence of heat.
Hydrofluoric Acid: Hydrofluoric Acid (HF) is a solution of hydrogen fluoride in water. Hydrofluoric acid is a highly corrosive acid, capable of dissolving many materials, especially oxides. Because of its high reactivity toward glass and moderate reactivity toward many metals, hydrofluoric acid is usually stored in plastic containers (although polytetrafluoroethylene is slightly permeable to it).
Thermite: Thermite is a pyrotechnic combination of metal powder that, when ignited by heat, undergoes a exothermic-reduction oxidation reaction. In Breaking Bad, Walter White is seen making it with aluminum powder and powdered iron oxide.
Methylamine: Methylamine (CH3NH2) is an organic compound. The gas is a derivative of ammonia, but with one H atom replaced by a methyl group. It is the simplest primary amine. It is sold as a solution in methanol, ethanol, THF, and water, or as the anhydrous gas in pressurized metal containers.
Mercury(II) fulminate: Mercury(II) fulminate, or fulminated mercury is an explosive substance with the chemical formula Hg(CNO)2. The substance was used as an example of an explosive chemical by Walter White during chemistry class in the episode "Crazy Handful of Nothin'". A bagful of it looks like crystal meth. Later in that episode, he uses a finger sized crystal of it to blow up Tuco Salamanca's headquarters and uses a bagful of it to acquire $50,000 to cover the stolen pound of meth ($35,000) and injuries to Jesse Pinkman, and negotiate a sales agreement.
Mercury Battery: A mercury battery (also called mercuric oxide battery, or mercury cell) is a non-rechargeable electrochemical battery, a primary cell. In Breaking Bad, Walter White builds a mercury battery to jump start the RV when he and Jesse Pinkman were stranded on the desert for four days.
Diethyl Ether: Diethyl ether, also known as ethyl ether, sulfuric ether, simply ether, or ethoxyethane, is an organic compound in the ether class. Diethyl ether is a common laboratory solvent often used for liquid-liquid extractions (generally called solvent extractions).
Lily of the Valley: Convallaria majalis, commonly known as the Lily of the Valley, is a poisonous flowering plant found in New Mexico. It was frequently shown in Season 4 of Breaking Bad.
Pipe Bomb: A Pipe Bomb is an improvised explosive device which uses a tightly sealed section of pipe filled with an explosive material. The containment provided by the pipe means that simple low explosives can be used to produce a relatively large explosion due to the containment causing increased pressure, and the fragmentation of the pipe itself creates potentially lethal shrapnel.
Pink Teddy Bear Eye: The Pink Teddy Bear is an object from Wayfarer 515, the plane which crashed onto another in the air near Walter White's house. Seconds after the crash, the bear landed in Walter's pool. As a result of the plane explosion, the pink bear lost an eye and sustained a burn to its left side. The eye bobbed at the surface of Walter White's pool while the bear itself sank and was later fished out and put in an evidence bag by NTSB investigators. It likely belonged to a child onboard Wayfarer 515. Walt later finds the missing eye in the pool filter. He decides to keep it.

Other

Standard Tactics: Walter uses a mixture of stealth and shooting when he thinks someone is nearby but doesn't know where they are. Otherwise, Walter always goes for shooting to kill his opponent. In situations that he cannot possibly win in, he always comes up with a strategy such as making it to where the person cannot kill him in the first place (such as when he managed to get Jesse to kill Gale so that Mike couldn't kill him at the Laundromat) or he will convince them to not kill him (such as when he convinced Krazy-8 and Emilio to not kill him). If Walter is given preparation, he will always prepare a weapon such as a bomb (As he planted a bomb on Gus' car and in the hospital that he was visiting) or a gun (Such as when he built a machine gun into his car). He also uses his scientific knowledge to his advantage such as when he used crystals of fulminated mercury in order to blow up Tuco's office. He also uses ricin in order to kill people although this is unusable in combat and more so in very specific situations like when Tuco had Walter at his house and when he poisoned Lydia.

Weaknesses: While Walter is a very intelligent man, he is greatly hindered by his overwhelming sense of pride. This is reflected in many occurrences across the series, the most egregious of which being his refusal to join back Gray Matter Technologies and have Elliot and Gretchen pay for his treatment, despite the fact that accepting this deal would have allowed him to fully live out his life and provide for his family without having to resort to illicit means of income. Walter was diagnosed with lung cancer relatively early in the series, which can sometimes hinder him by causing him to cough uncontrollably, temporarily making him defenseless and giving away his position.

Trivia

Trivia about Walter

Walter is one of only two characters to appear in every episode of Breaking Bad, the other being Jesse Pinkman. Furthermore, Walter is the only character to have spoken dialogue in every episode; Jesse has no dialogue in the episode "Buried."

Walter sold his share of Gray Matter to Elliot for $5,000. By the end of the series, his share would have been worth over $720 million. This storyline was inspired by the real-life story of Apple co-founder Ron Wayne, who sold his 10% stake in Apple to Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs for $2,300, ultimately missing out on billions of dollars.

In 2016, Vince Gilligan finally revealed the true reason Walter left Gray Matter: he felt inferior to Gretchen and her wealthy family, confirming that his ego and pride were the driving factors behind his departure.

Walter was born in 1958. This is established through context clues: Jane Margolis's father mentions she will turn 27 next month, and her birth date is given as April 1982, placing the year at 2009. The events of the "Pilot" episode must therefore take place in 2008, since Walter's 50th birthday occurs in September of that year. "Fifty-One" then takes place in 2009, and "Felina" in 2010. This timeline is further confirmed by Vince Gilligan, who stated in an interview that Better Call Saul takes place in 2002, six years before Saul meets Walter White.

Bryan Cranston developed much of Walter's backstory and also had input on his wardrobe. He described wanting Walter's mustache to resemble a dead mouse.

Walter's doctor initially gave him a best-case prognosis of two years to live. He ultimately survives for nearly two years after his diagnosis, missing the two-year mark by only one day.

In the series finale, Walter's fatal gunshot wound is located on the right side of his lung, on the opposite side of the same spot where he shot Mike.

Walter is responsible for the deaths of a total of 201 people, whether directly or indirectly, including his own.

Walter has the final on-screen death of the series.

Walter stands 5'11" (180 cm) and weighs approximately 165–170 lbs (75–77 kg).

According to Aaron Paul's audition tape, Walter was originally intended to be 41 years old, rather than the age he is in the final version of the show.

References

References for Walter

↑ Season 1, Episode 1 "Pilot"
↑ Season 1, Episode 3 "...and the Bag's in the River"
↑ Season 1, Episode 6 "A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal"
↑ Season 3, Episode 2 "Caballo Sin Nombre"
↑ Seasons 3, Episode 3 "I.F.T."
↑ Season 3, Episode 4 "Green Light"
↑ Season 3, Episode 4 "Green Light"
↑ Season 3, Episode 13 "Full Measure
↑ Season 2, Episode 12 "Phoenix"
↑ Season 2, Episode 13 "ABQ"
↑ Season 3, Episode 1 "No Más"
↑ Season 4, Episode 12 "End Times"
↑ Season 4, Episode 13 "Face Off"
↑ Season 5, Episode 5 "Dead Freight"
↑ Season 5, Episode 7 "Say My Name"
↑ Season 5, Episode 8 "Gliding Over All"
↑ Season 5, Episode 12 "Rabid Dog"
↑ Season 5, Episode 14 "Ozymandias"
↑ Season 5, Episode 14 "Ozymandias"
↑ Season 5, Episode 16 "Felina"
↑ Season 5, Episode 14 "Ozymandias"
↑ Season 5, Episode 16 "Felina"
↑ Season 5, Episode 16 "Felina"
↑ Season 1, Episode 6 "Crazy Handful of Nothin'"
↑ Season 4, Episode 12 "End Times"
↑ Season 4, Episode 13 "Face Off"
↑ Season 5, Episode 16 "Felina"
↑ Season 4, Episode 12 "End Times"
↑ Season 4, Episode 13 "Face Off"
↑ Season 5, Episode 6 "Buyout"
↑ Season 5, Episode 7 "Say My Name"
↑ Season 5, Episode 7 "Say My Name"
↑ Season 5, Episode 15 "Granit State"
↑ Season 5, Episode 11 "Confessions"
↑ Season 5, Episode 5 "Dead Freight"
↑ Season 1, Episode 3 "...and the Bag's in the River"
↑ Season 3, Episode 13 "Full Measure
↑ Season 5, Episode 7 "Say My Name"
↑ Season 1, Episode 7 "A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal"
↑ Season 5, Episode 7 "Say My Name"
↑ Season 4, Episode 12 "End Times"
↑ Season 1, Episode 1 "Pilot"
↑ Season 5, Episode 11 "Confessions"
↑ Season 2, Episode 11 "Mandala"
↑ Season 5, Episode 7 "Say My Name"
↑ Season 5, Episode 16 "Felina"
↑ Season 4, Episode 12 "End Times"
↑ Season 1, Episode 6 "Crazy Handful of Nothin'"
↑ Season 2, Episode 1 "Seven Thirty-Seven"
↑ Season 1, Episode 6 "Crazy Handful of Nothin'"
↑ Season 4, Episode 12 "End Times"
↑ Season 1, Episode 1 "Pilot"
↑ Season 2, Episode 1 "Seven Thirty-Seven"
↑ Season 5, Episode 16 "Felina"
↑ Season 4, Episode 12 "End Times"
↑ Season 1, Episode 1 "Pilot"
↑ Season 5, Episode 1 "Live Free or Die"
↑ Season 1, Episode 2 "Cat's in the Bag..."

Gallery

Images & Artwork

Walter White in a poster for Season 1
Walter White in a promo for Season 1
Walter White in another promo for Season 1
Teaching how to change the color of fire
It's veggie bacon. Watching our cholesterol... I guess.
Walter White beating up people for making fun of his son
I SAID FUCK YOU! AND YOUR EYEBROWS!
WIPE DOWN THIS
Walter White stealing chemistry supplies
Walter taping a message
Walter White hiding money
Walter White at Gray Matter
Cleaning up a body
Jesse's drawing of Walter WHite
Walter White killing Krazy 8
Walter White hiding money in the vents
Walter White going to a wedding
Walter White's gift
Walter White bald
Walking away from a destroyed building
Heisenberg's first appearance

Season 2 poster
Season 2 cast
Walter White shaving
Walter White's missing poster
Walt and Jesse at Tuco's house
Walter White naked
Talking to Jesse
Dressed up
We should talk about that. It should be much, much harder for people to track you down. My P.I. charged me for three hours, so I seriously doubt it took him more than one.
Save Walter White.com
I deserve this
Walter White making his own fucking son drink
Walter White at Los Pollos Hermanos
Walter White meeting with Gus Fring
Walter watching Jane die
Walter watching the plane crash that he indirectly caused
Stay out of my territory
Walter White's photo under a wanted sign

Walter White in Season 3's poster
Walter White in a promo
Drawing of Heisenberg
Walter White Pepper Sprayed
Walter trying to kick Ted's ass
And he failed
"You want this Pizza? Well it's on the house!"
Walter and Jesse trying to hide from Hank
Gus showing Walter the super lab
Wearing lab gear
Walter with a homemade fly swatter
Walter saving Jesse
Run
Walter confronting Gus after his men were killed
Young Walter White

Walter White in Season 4's poster
Heisenberg in a Season 4 promo
Walter White in a Season 4 promo
Walter White with a fresh barrel of blood
Flipping off a camera
You got me
I am the danger
Walter spending Bogdan's first dollar
Walter exploding a car
Hank and Walt listening to audio from the bug
Walt Jr. seeing Walter White hurt
I will kill your wife, I will kill your son, and I will kill your infant daughter.
Walter being watched
Walter goes insane
Walter trying to kill Gus
Walter with a gun
I won

Walter White in the Season 5A poster
Season 5 cast
Walter White in Season 5
Walter's 52th birthday
A older Walter at a diner
Walter and Walter Jr. watching a movie
Walter's birthday
Todd, Walter, and Jesse stealing meth from a train
Walter explaining why he won't sell out to Jesse
Walter confronting Mike
Now, say my name
Walter's piles of money
Hank finding out the truth

Walter White on Season 5B's poster
Heisenberg
Walter breaking into his old house
Hello Carol
Walt telling Lydia he's out of the business
If that's true, if you don't know who I am, then maybe your best course... would be to tread lightly.
Burying his money
Walt and Hank talking
Hugging his son
Coward
Walter after seeing Hank die
Waiting to start a new life
The last time Heisenberg would appear
Forcing Gretchan and Elliot to give his son his money
Building a turret for his car
I did it for me. I liked it. I was good at it. And I was really... I was alive.
Walter's last time seeing his baby
Walter White is dead

Walter White at Hank's wedding
Walter White as Dr. Chemistry

Walter White in a flashback of El Camino

Cameo of Walter White under the name "Mr. Mayhew"
Walter White in the Better Call Saul episode Breaking Bad
Walter White in Saul Gone

Heisenberg Figure
Walter's official picture on Save Walter White.com
Walter White's Obituary
Walter White and Jesse Pinkman statues
Happy hallomeme

Songs:

Breaking Bad Intro

Breaking Bad Theme

Negro Y Azul

Walter singing A Horse With No Name

Battle Records

None.

Versus Threads

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[1] Season 1, Episode 1 "Pilot"

[2] Season 1, Episode 3 "...and the Bag's in the River"

[3] Season 1, Episode 6 "A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal"

[4] Season 3, Episode 2 "Caballo Sin Nombre"

[5] Seasons 3, Episode 3 "I.F.T."

[6] Season 3, Episode 4 "Green Light"

[7] Season 3, Episode 4 "Green Light"

[8] Season 3, Episode 13 "Full Measure

[9] Season 2, Episode 12 "Phoenix"

[10] Season 2, Episode 13 "ABQ"

[11] Season 3, Episode 1 "No Más"

[12] Season 4, Episode 12 "End Times"

[13] Season 4, Episode 13 "Face Off"

[14] Season 5, Episode 5 "Dead Freight"

[15] Season 5, Episode 7 "Say My Name"

[16] Season 5, Episode 8 "Gliding Over All"

[17] Season 5, Episode 12 "Rabid Dog"

[18] Season 5, Episode 14 "Ozymandias"

[19] Season 5, Episode 14 "Ozymandias"

[20] Season 5, Episode 16 "Felina"

[21] Season 5, Episode 14 "Ozymandias"

[22] Season 5, Episode 16 "Felina"

[23] Season 5, Episode 16 "Felina"

[24] Season 1, Episode 6 "Crazy Handful of Nothin'"

[25] Season 4, Episode 12 "End Times"

[26] Season 4, Episode 13 "Face Off"

[27] Season 5, Episode 16 "Felina"

[28] Season 4, Episode 12 "End Times"

[29] Season 4, Episode 13 "Face Off"

[30] Season 5, Episode 6 "Buyout"

[31] Season 5, Episode 7 "Say My Name"

[32] Season 5, Episode 7 "Say My Name"

[33] Season 5, Episode 15 "Granit State"

[34] Season 5, Episode 11 "Confessions"

[35] Season 5, Episode 5 "Dead Freight"

[36] Season 1, Episode 3 "...and the Bag's in the River"

[37] Season 3, Episode 13 "Full Measure

[38] Season 5, Episode 7 "Say My Name"

[39] Season 1, Episode 7 "A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal"

[40] Season 5, Episode 7 "Say My Name"

[41] Season 4, Episode 12 "End Times"

[42] Season 1, Episode 1 "Pilot"

[43] Season 5, Episode 11 "Confessions"

[44] Season 2, Episode 11 "Mandala"

[45] Season 5, Episode 7 "Say My Name"

[46] Season 5, Episode 16 "Felina"

[47] Season 4, Episode 12 "End Times"

[48] Season 1, Episode 6 "Crazy Handful of Nothin'"

[49] Season 2, Episode 1 "Seven Thirty-Seven"

[50] Season 1, Episode 6 "Crazy Handful of Nothin'"

[51] Season 4, Episode 12 "End Times"

[52] Season 1, Episode 1 "Pilot"

[53] Season 2, Episode 1 "Seven Thirty-Seven"

[54] Season 5, Episode 16 "Felina"

[55] Season 4, Episode 12 "End Times"

[56] Season 1, Episode 1 "Pilot"

[57] Season 5, Episode 1 "Live Free or Die"

[58] Season 1, Episode 2 "Cat's in the Bag..."

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