Season 1 introduces us to Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a brilliant chemist stuck teaching unmotivated high school students in Albuquerque, New Mexico. To make ends meet, he works a demeaning second job at a local car wash. Walt's world shatters when he is diagnosed with inoperable Stage IIIA lung cancer. Desperate to ensure the financial security of his pregnant wife, Skyler (Anna Gunn), and his son, Walter Jr. (RJ Mitte), who has cerebral palsy, Walt makes a radical choice.
: In the episode "Crazy Handful of Nothin'," Walt shaves his head and confronts drug lord Tuco Salamanca using fulminated mercury, adopting the alias "Heisenberg". breaking bad season 1 complete upd