
Walter White is a high-school chemistry teacher who receives a terminal diagnosis that changes his life.

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.

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

Tuco is a meth distributor known for extreme violence.

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

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

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

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