On the Shelf. White Lies: The Double Life of Walter F. White and America's Darkest Secret. By A.J. Baime Marine: 400 pages, $30 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission ...

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.

Even the slippery Saul Goodman couldn’t escape the shadow of Walter White. By the end of Better Call Saul, Jimmy’s fate was sealed—prison became his inevitable destination.

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 ...

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.