6. Walt Lets Jane Die (Season Two, Episode Five)
Throughout Walter Whites journey there have been several turning point moments that see him transition from mild mannered high school chemistry teacher, to murderous drug kingpin. Near the end of the second season (which was really the first full season) one of the first catalysts in this transition of his character occurred the day that he watched Jane die as a result of him accidentally knocking her out of the recovery position. At this point she had established herself as the thorn in Walts side, in one of Breaking Bads weaker moments of forcing her into the role of the femme fatale, by threatening to blow his cover if he didn't give Jesse his share of the money. Some tend to give Walt a bit of pass on this one, as he didn't arrive at Jesses house with any intention of killing Jane, and her death can morbidly be seen as a happy accident. The most disturbing part of the whole ordeal is that when Walt realizes that Jane is on her back throwing up while unconscious, he initially makes the move to return her to the recovery position. He doesn't though. Keep in mind at this point Walt is still honestly doing everything to benefit his family, and the only person that he has killed directly was Krazy-8, in a moment of kill or be killed. So when Walt stops, realizes that if Jane dies he will have nothing to worry about and he might be able to reel Jesse back in, and just sits down and watches her choke to death on her vomit, its one of the more disturbing transitions in Walts character. He isnt full blown Heisenberg at this point, and killing people is not something that comes naturally to him yet. The original versions of this scene were also A LOT more dark and disturbing. They varied from Walt purposely removing Jane from the recovery position, to him injecting her with more heroin to force her to overdose.