| '''[[Alignment]]:''' '''Neutral Good''' in Season 1 (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 Koyama|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<ref>Season 1, Episode 1 "[https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/Pilot Pilot]"</ref>. 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, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGY4T_Vp8cA 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], [https://youtu.be/aGY4T_Vp8cA?t=112 even apologizing to him after strangling him to death]<ref>Season 1, Episode 3 "[https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/...and_the_Bag's_in_the_River ...and the Bag's in the River]"</ref>. Near the end of Season 1, after witnessing [[Tuco Salamanca|Tuco]] brutally beat and kill No-Doze, he made a vow to Jesse that there would be no more bloodshed involved in their work<ref>Season 1, Episode 6 "[https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/A_No-Rough-Stuff-Type_Deal A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal]"</ref>), '''True Neutral''' in Seasons 2 and 3 (Despite showing himself as a good natured man throughout the first season, Walter would begin to further descend into villainy from there on out. 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 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSSNXdNXcnw forced Jesse to kill] [[Gale Boetticher]], an otherwise completely innocent man, in order to save both of their lives, as [[Gustavo Fring|Gus]] would no longer have a cook capable of producing Blue Sky meth if he killed Walter or Jesse at that point<ref>Season 3, Episode 13 "[https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/Full_Measure Full Measure]</ref>. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqxB2Z0ICD4 When he accidentally flipped over] [[Jane Margolis|Jane]] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqxB2Z0ICD4 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, [https://youtu.be/FqxB2Z0ICD4?t=107 though he is still visibly shaken by his decision]<ref>Season 2, Episode 12 "[https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/Phoenix Phoenix]"</ref>. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtMV-baxuz0 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]<ref>Season 2, Episode 13 "[https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/ABQ ABQ]"</ref>, 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<ref>Season 3, Episode 1 "[https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/No_M%C3%A1s No Más]"</ref>), '''Neutral Evil''' in Seasons 4 and 5 (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<ref>Season 4, Episode 12 "[https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/End_Times End Times]"</ref>. 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<ref>Season 4, Episode 13 "[https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/Face_Off Face Off]"</ref>. 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 Ehrmantraut|Mike]] that they could pull off the heist without anyone finding out, and was quick to excuse [[Todd Alquist|Todd]] after he had shot and killed a child in cold blood for witnessing the end of their heist<ref>Season 5, Episode 5 "[https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/Dead_Freight Dead Freight]"</ref>. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TohDsmT8tA 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<ref>Season 5, Episode 7 "[https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/Say_My_Name Say My Name]"</ref>. He did not hesitate to place hits on and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbbm2-Xt59g 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<ref>Season 5, Episode 8 "[https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/Gliding_Over_All Gliding Over All]"</ref>. 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|Jack Welker's]] gang<ref>Season 5, Episode 12 "[https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/Rabid_Dog Rabid Dog]"</ref>. After the shootout in the desert, he gave away Jesse's position to Jack's gang with the hopes that they would kill him, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjRkXkjehLI and gave his approval to do so after he had been caught]. [https://youtu.be/vjRkXkjehLI?t=35 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] [https://youtu.be/vjRkXkjehLI?t=88 and even told him that he watched Jane die to destroy his spirit and stop him from resisting while he was being carried away]<ref>Season 5, Episode 14 "[https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/Ozymandias Ozymandias]"</ref>. 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<ref>Season 5, Episode 16 "[https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/Felina Felina]"</ref>. 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 Shrader|Hank]] even though he was a major obstacle for him at the time<ref>Season 5, Episode 14 "[https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/Ozymandias Ozymandias]"</ref>, and ultimately was able to make amends with Jesse and saved him from being a slave for Jack and his gang<ref>Season 5, Episode 16 "[https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/Felina Felina]"</ref>) | | '''[[Alignment]]:''' '''Neutral Good''' in Season 1 (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 Koyama|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<ref>Season 1, Episode 1 "[https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/Pilot Pilot]"</ref>. 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, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGY4T_Vp8cA 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], [https://youtu.be/aGY4T_Vp8cA?t=112 even apologizing to him after strangling him to death]<ref>Season 1, Episode 3 "[https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/...and_the_Bag's_in_the_River ...and the Bag's in the River]"</ref>. Near the end of Season 1, after witnessing [[Tuco Salamanca|Tuco]] brutally beat and kill No-Doze, he made a vow to Jesse that there would be no more bloodshed involved in their work<ref>Season 1, Episode 6 "[https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/A_No-Rough-Stuff-Type_Deal A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal]"</ref>), '''True Neutral''' in Seasons 2 and 3 (Despite showing himself as a good natured man throughout the first season, Walter would begin to further descend into villainy from there on out. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaZS1zXjRPo Walter was willing to argue with a cop and get pepper sprayed after refusing to stay in his car]<ref>Season 3, Episode 2 ''[https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/Caballo_Sin_Nombre Caballo Sin Nombre]''</ref>. 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 <ref>Seasons 3, Episode 3 ''[https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/I.F.T. I.F.T.]''</ref>. Although this was technically not illegal, this shows how much Walter has changed. [https://youtu.be/RjKctkOUjZY?t=77 He later tried to beat up Ted for having sex with his wife and almost got arrested because of this] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYaWkZ-Zuc8 and tried to have sex with another women which caused him to get fired from his job as a teacher]<ref>Season 3, Episode 4 ''[https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/Green_Light Green Light]''</ref>. Mike even noted that Walt was mentally a disaster at the time.<ref>Season 3, Episode 4 ''[https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/Green_Light Green Light]''</ref> 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 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSSNXdNXcnw forced Jesse to kill] [[Gale Boetticher]], an otherwise completely innocent man, in order to save both of their lives, as [[Gustavo Fring|Gus]] would no longer have a cook capable of producing Blue Sky meth if he killed Walter or Jesse at that point<ref>Season 3, Episode 13 "[https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/Full_Measure Full Measure]</ref>. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqxB2Z0ICD4 When he accidentally flipped over] [[Jane Margolis|Jane]] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqxB2Z0ICD4 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, [https://youtu.be/FqxB2Z0ICD4?t=107 though he is still visibly shaken by his decision]<ref>Season 2, Episode 12 "[https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/Phoenix Phoenix]"</ref>. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtMV-baxuz0 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]<ref>Season 2, Episode 13 "[https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/ABQ ABQ]"</ref>, 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<ref>Season 3, Episode 1 "[https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/No_M%C3%A1s No Más]"</ref>), '''Neutral Evil''' in Seasons 4 and 5 (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<ref>Season 4, Episode 12 "[https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/End_Times End Times]"</ref>. 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<ref>Season 4, Episode 13 "[https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/Face_Off Face Off]"</ref>. 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 Ehrmantraut|Mike]] that they could pull off the heist without anyone finding out, and was quick to excuse [[Todd Alquist|Todd]] after he had shot and killed a child in cold blood for witnessing the end of their heist<ref>Season 5, Episode 5 "[https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/Dead_Freight Dead Freight]"</ref>. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TohDsmT8tA 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<ref>Season 5, Episode 7 "[https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/Say_My_Name Say My Name]"</ref>. He did not hesitate to place hits on and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbbm2-Xt59g 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<ref>Season 5, Episode 8 "[https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/Gliding_Over_All Gliding Over All]"</ref>. 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|Jack Welker's]] gang<ref>Season 5, Episode 12 "[https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/Rabid_Dog Rabid Dog]"</ref>. After the shootout in the desert, he gave away Jesse's position to Jack's gang with the hopes that they would kill him, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjRkXkjehLI and gave his approval to do so after he had been caught]. [https://youtu.be/vjRkXkjehLI?t=35 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] [https://youtu.be/vjRkXkjehLI?t=88 and even told him that he watched Jane die to destroy his spirit and stop him from resisting while he was being carried away]<ref>Season 5, Episode 14 "[https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/Ozymandias Ozymandias]"</ref>. 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<ref>Season 5, Episode 16 "[https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/Felina Felina]"</ref>. 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 Shrader|Hank]] even though he was a major obstacle for him at the time<ref>Season 5, Episode 14 "[https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/Ozymandias Ozymandias]"</ref>, and ultimately was able to make amends with Jesse and saved him from being a slave for Jack and his gang<ref>Season 5, Episode 16 "[https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/Felina Felina]"</ref>) |