This changed, however, in the final season of Breaking Bad when Walt's actions were unearthed. Walt Jr. was disgusted by his father and vowed to protect his mother and baby sister. In doing so, he permanently dropped his birth name and went by Flynn to further wipe his connection to Walt.
Walter Hartwell White Jr.
(also known as Flynn) is a fictional character in the crime drama series Breaking Bad. Played by RJ Mitte, Walt Jr. is the son of protagonist Walter White and his wife Skyler. He has cerebral palsy, as manifested in speech difficulties and impaired motor control, for which he uses crutches.
starts calling himself "Flynn" in the Season 2 episode "Down". He does it to distance himself from his father. From Wikipedia: He grows apart from Walt due to his father's absences and bizarre behavior, being taught to drive by his friends and wanting to be called "Flynn."
Actor RJ Mitte rose to fame at the age of 14 when he was cast as Walter White Jr in cult series Breaking Bad. He has cerebral palsy and was bullied when he was younger because of his disability.
Walter White doesn't show one symptom of autism. He relates to the people around him just fine, has no sensory issues whatsoever, and expresses his emotions in a rather unremarkable way.
By examining the social and internal interactions of the character Walter White, it is clear that he could be clinically diagnosed with a narcissistic personality disorder.
The sides of his personality — sociopath and family man, scientist and killer, rational being and creature of impulse, entrepreneur and loser — are not necessarily as contradictory as we might have supposed. Or rather, if we insist on supposing that they are, it may be for our own sentimental reasons.
Trivia. In 2016, Vince Gilligan finally revealed the true reason why Walter broke up with Gretchen and left Gray Matter: he felt inferior to her and her wealthy family, confirming that it was due to his ego and pride.
In 2008, he assumed the iconic role of Walter White on Breaking Bad, which made him his fortune. Bryan Cranston's salary per episode was $225,000 and it even earned him the Primetime Emmy award for outstanding lead actor three times.
He is now beyond five years out from treatment and free of disease.” Starting with his very first chemotherapy session, Walter documented his progress in photos. Six years later and still in remission, Walter has no lasting side effects other than scar tissue from the radiation and some anxiety.
I had it coming,” Walt confesses. Walt isn't just crying because he's ruined the only real relationship he had (both business and personal), but he's crying because he's realized the mess he's made of his life, and those around him.
After Breaking Bad
In an interview, show creator Vince Gilligan confirmed that Walter Jr. eventually received his father's drug money through Gretchen and Elliott Schwartz, which he had arranged beforehand.
But the truth is, Walt Jr. was cast as having cerebral palsy—as he does in real life—because it is an easy disease for insurance companies to call a pre-existing condition.
It's ironic that Jesse and Walter Jr., Walt's biological son, never cross paths in the show. This actually invokes a sense of sadness in realizing that Walt seems to outwardly show more love and affection for Jesse than he does his own son. He demonstrates this after being blackmailed by Jesse's girlfriend, Jane.
The title of this episode refers to Walter's demand for Declan to call him Heisenberg during their confrontation by urging him to "say my name". Mike Ehrmantraut is the second main character to die in Breaking Bad, and the sixth overall across Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul.
Jesse calls Walter "Walt" for the first of only two times in the series run. All the other times Walt is referred to by Jesse as "Mr. White."
Net Worth of Aaron Paul
He is best known for his role as Jesse Pinkman in the AMC television drama series Breaking Bad (2008–2013). As of 2021, Aaron Paul's net worth is estimated to be $25 million.
Of course, Bryan Cranston is the richest member of the Breaking Bad cast.
Assuming his previous product (which was less pure) netted him about $70 million every three months, he'd still be making $280 million a year even before working with Walt. Note that meth wasn't Fring's only source of income.
Vince Gilligan stated in an interview that Elliot and Gretchen never stole anything from Walt and that he chose to leave Gray Matter himself due to his ego being damaged after meeting Gretchen's wealthy family.
Walt had a host of reasons to get rid of Lydia - she was a threat to his family, which he was no longer able to protect (and she's already shown she has no qualms getting rid of people, regardless of the size of the threat); she was both the distributer of the blue meth and a potential supplier of methylamine; she was ...
Elliott Schwartz is the former graduate school science partner of Walter White and co-owner of Gray Matter Technologies, a successful scientific research company he co-founded with Walter. He runs the company alongside his wife, Gretchen Schwartz.
Throughout Breaking Bad, Jesse finds himself constantly suffering as a result of his involvement in Walter's business. He's beaten, nearly killed multiple times, imprisoned, and suffers severe anxiety and depression as a result of his experiences.
His father was his greatest hero, but became his ultimate villain. Walter Jr. hates Walt. He despises him.
Numerous characters in television shows are informally described as psychopaths. Examples include Natalie Buxton in Bad Girls, Sean Slater and Michael Moon in EastEnders, Dexter Morgan in Dexter, Tuco Salamanca in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, and Frank Underwood in House of Cards.