Walt is offered a lifeline early in the season. His former partners, Gretchen and Elliott Schwartz, offer to pay for his experimental treatments. Pride—specifically wounded, masculine pride—prevents him from accepting. He would rather die cooking meth than accept "charity" from people he feels betrayed him years ago. As Walt’s brother-in-law Hank (Dean Norris) notes, Walt is a stubborn man who refuses to take handouts.

Released in 2008, the first season introduces (Bryan Cranston), a struggling high school chemistry teacher who turns to a life of crime after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. Alongside his former student Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), Walt begins manufacturing high-grade crystal meth to secure his family's financial future. Season 1 Episode List

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The season introduces us to (Bryan Cranston), an overqualified, underpaid science teacher in Albuquerque. After a terminal lung cancer diagnosis, Walt realizes his family—pregnant wife Skyler and son Walter Jr., who has cerebral palsy—will be left with nothing but debt.