How to Break Bad

Walt's path from antihero to villain

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BAD

SEASON 1

After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, blackmails former student Jesse into cooking crystal meth with him

Commits his first murders, killing one meth distributor with poisonous phosphine gas and another by strangling him

SEASON 2

Attempts to poison Tuco with ricin after the sadistic cartel leader kidnaps him and Jesse

Allows Jesse's heroin-addict girlfriend Jane to choke to death on her own vomit after an overdose

Accidentally reveals to his wife Skyler that he has a second cell phone, which ultimately leads to...

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