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The setup is perfect. Walter White, an ordinary chemistry professor and family man, learns that he has inoperable lung cancer. He panics over his limited income and his family’s financial future.

Walter White is last seen on his back, dead or dying of the gunshot wound, not to mention the cancer that's likely already weakened his body. It's assumed that if he's not dead, then he's going to ...

Indeed, the first half of last night's episode was all about Walter finding a way to get his fortune in the hands of his son. Walt began Breaking Bad not knowing who he was, but knowing that he ...

The setup is perfect. Walter White, an ordinary chemistry professor and family man, learns that he has inoperable lung cancer. He panics over his limited income and his family’s financial future.