Breaking Bad: 10 Worst Things Walter White Has Ever Done

Meth, murder and manipulation.

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Since first hitting screens all the way back in 2008, Breaking Bad has become universally loved, and a consensus pick in any conversation about the greatest shows in the history of TV. While there are so many reasons for the its popularity, one of the key aspects is undoubtedly the character it is all based around - Walter White.

The mild mannered high school chemistry teacher, whose life is turned upside down when he is diagnosed with cancer, transitions into a completely different man by the time the credits roll on the last episode of season five. By the time he is caught and surrounded by the police, there is nothing left of Walter White. Instead Heisenberg has grown from a pseudonym to the character's entire personality.

Though Walt's intentions were good when he first contacted Jesse Pinkman, in order to make and maintain the eventual millions of dollars he would produce, he had to become someone truly awful, with absolutely no hint of a conscience.

On his way to becoming the kingpin of an enormous drug empire, Walter White became someone with no problem killing, manipulating, or endangering others, so long as it protected his own self interests.

10. He Made And Distributed Crystal Meth

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When Walter White was diagnosed with lung cancer the day after his 50th birthday, naturally he started contemplating the future. Though he has a brilliant mind and is incredibly over-qualified for his chemistry teaching job, bad decisions and mistakes in the past have left him with virtually nothing to leave Skyler, Walt Jr. and their soon to be born daughter, Holly.

Turning to his former student Jesse Pinkman for help, the two start cooking crystal meth as a way for Walt to make sure his family will be stable once the cancer takes him. At the start of this project, Walt's magic number was $777, 000. A figure large enough to make sure the family never had to worry about grocery money, could continue the mortgage payments, and send both kids to college.

Of course it wasn't that easy for Walt, who had to keep pouring more and more money into his venture to make any meaningful cash, and only found himself sinking deeper and deeper into the double life of a drug lord.

None of the following things on this list would have ever happened if Walt had not joined Hank on that drive along and began cooking with Jesse Pinkman.

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