The transformation from Walter White (Bryan Cranston) to Heisenberg took far longer than anyone imagined, including Breaking Bad's own showrunner, Vince Gilligan. Rather than having him turn completely to the dark side at the end of Season 1, the high school chemistry teacher-turned-crystal meth cook underwent a methodical decay of his soul. By the beginning of Season 3, Walt's internal conflict and guilt over his past actions left audiences questioning whether he would bow out of the drug trade entirely. After straddling the line between honest family man and drug kingpin for three seasons, the most critical inflection point occurred during what appeared to be a benign conversation between Walt and Skyler White (Anna Gunn) in Season 4’s "Cornered." When Walt proclaimed, to cap off a rousing monologue that reminded Skyler of his authority in the meth trade enterprise, "I am the one who knocks!" everyone realized that they weren’t dealing with, to put it in Gilligan's words, Mr. Chips anymore.
Bengali (Bangladesh) · 
English (United States) ·