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Breaking Bad's Walter White: man to monster
Bryan Cranston's character began as a kind chemistry teacher with cancer but with each episode grew into a murderous meth-dealing monster named Heisenberg.
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Humble chemistry teacher Walter White in class during the pilot episode of Breaking Bad.Credit:AP
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Walter White, when he had hair, cancer and morals.Credit:
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Walt's first victims... John Koyama as Emilio Koyama and Max Arciniega as Domingo Gallardo "Krazy 8" Molina, right, in the pilot episode of Breaking Bad.Credit:
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Walter White next to the Winnebago he uses as a mobile meth lab in the pilot episode of Breaking Bad.Credit:AP
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The gentler Walter White getting chemotherapy treatment, with his worried wife Skyler (Anna Gunn), during first season.Credit:AP
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In the early days, Walter's greatest fear was making sure the RV kept running.Credit:
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Walter White and Jesse Pinkman in Breaking Bad season 2, episode 3.Credit:
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Drug dealer Tuco Salamanca (Raymond Cruz), left, staring down Jesse Pinkman, right, as Walter White looks on, during the second season.Credit:AP
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Heisenberg (aka Walter) deals with some shady Mexicans.Credit:
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Walter stashing Jesse's gun in a diaper box in Breaking Bad's Bit by a Dead Bee episode, season 2.Credit:Adam Fulton
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Growing into a franchise ... Walter White at the Los Pollos Hermanos restaurant owned by drug kingpin Gus Fring, in the second season.Credit:AP
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'I killed Jane' ... Jesse Pinkman's girlfriend Jane Margolis (Krysten Ritter), left, in season two.Credit:AP
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New dad Walter White (Bryan Cranston) holding his daughter Holly, while hiding money behind insulation in a scene from season two.Credit:AP
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Working for Gustavo Fring... Walter and Jesse in their laundry lab.Credit:
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Gus Fring never trusted Walt or Jesse.Credit:
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Walt's would-be assassins ... Tio Salamanca, (Mark Margolis), in a wheelchair, with Marco Salamanca (Daniel Moncada), left, and Marco Salamanca (Luis Moncada) in the third season.Credit:AP
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Walter White even kills his fans ... competing chemist Gale Boetticher (David Costabile), left, in the third season.Credit:AP
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Heisenberg (Bryan Cranston), left, and drug kingpin Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito) in the third season.Credit:AP
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Season four's chicken enterprise with Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks), Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and Gustavo "Gus" Fring (Giancarlo Esposito).Credit:AP
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Walter and Skyler's marriage is on the rocks in Breaking Bad season four.Credit:Ben Leuner