
Walter White is a high-school chemistry teacher who becomes a meth manufacturer after learning he has cancer.

Skyler White is Walter White's wife, a mother of two and the head bookkeeper at Beneke Fabricators.

Jesse Pinkman is a former student of Walt's and his meth-making partner.

Born with cerebral palsy, Walter White Jr. is Walt and Skyler's teenage son. He idolizes his dad and his Uncle Hank.

Hank is Walter's loud-mouth brother-in-law. He is also a DEA agent.

Marie is Skyler's sister and the wife of DEA agent Hank Schrader.

Saul Goodman is Walt and Jesse's attorney. He's the quintessential shady lawyer.

Gus Fring is the owner of a fast food chicken restaurant and a major meth distributor.

Mike is Saul's go-to guy to when his clients find themselves in sticky situations.

Gomez is Hank's DEA partner investigating Heisenberg's blue crystal.

Tuco is a meth distributor known for extreme violence.

Ted Beneke is Skyler's boss who also harbors romantic feelings for her.

Jane is Jesse's landlady and girlfriend and also a recovering drug addict.

Gretchen is the wife of Walt's grad school pal Elliott Schwartz and Walt's former lover.

Elliott Schwartz is Walt's grad-school colleague and Gretchen's husband.