"breaking Bad" Pilot(2008) -

On the day after his 50th birthday, Walt collapses at his second job at a car wash and is diagnosed with inoperable Stage III lung cancer.

Bryan Cranston won his first for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for this performance. "Breaking Bad" Pilot(2008)

Desperate to secure the financial future of his pregnant wife, Skyler, and their teenage son, Walter Jr., who has cerebral palsy, Walt decides to use his chemistry expertise to manufacture high-grade methamphetamine. On the day after his 50th birthday, Walt

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The episode follows Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a brilliant but unfulfilled chemistry teacher in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

After witnessing his former student, Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), escaping a DEA raid led by his brother-in-law Hank Schrader, Walt blackmails Jesse into becoming his partner and distributor.