Cast & Characters
Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman
Quotes
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"Some straight like you, giant stick up his ass, age what, 60? He's just gonna break bad?"
--Season 1, Episode 1: "Pilot"
"Like I came to you, begging to cook meth. 'Oh, hey, nerdiest old dude I know, you wanna come cook crystal?' Please. I'd ask my diaper-wearing granny, but her wheelchair wouldn’t fit in the RV."
--Season 1, Episode 2: "Cat's in the Bag..."
"Oh well, heil Hitler, bitch. And let me tell you something else. We flipped a coin, okay? You and me. You and me! Coin flip is sacred! Your job is waiting for you in that basement, as per the coin!"
--Season 1, Episode 3: "...And the Bag's in the River"
"This place is falling apart, yo. The tub fell through the ceiling and gave me this black eye. Shit's bananas."
--Season 1, Episode 4: "Cancer Man"
"I got two dudes that turned into raspberry slushie then flushed down my toilet. I can't even take a proper dump in there. I mean, the whole damn house has got to be haunted by now."
--Season 1, Episode 7: "A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal"
"Without even talking to me, you told this insane-ass clown, dead-eyed killer, that we'd give him two pounds a week. No don't talk to me about hours, what about sudo man? How are we gonna get that? You think the meth fairy is just gonna bring it to us?"
--Season 1, Episode 7: "A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal"
"Yeah Mr. White! You really do have a plan! Yeah science!"
--Season 1, Episode 7: "A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal"
"We do things my way this time. Or I walk. You need me more than I need you... Walt"
--Season 2, Episode 6: "Peekaboo"
"Spooge? Not Mad Dog? Not Diesel? So let me get this straight, you got jacked by a guy named Spooge?"
--Season 2, Episode 6: "Peekaboo"
"You don't need a criminal lawyer. You need a criminal lawyer."
--Season 2, Episode 8: "Better Call Saul"
"We got an entire lab right here, alright. How about you take some of these chemicals and mix up some rocket fuel that way you can send up a signal flare, or you make some kind of robot to get us out, or a homing device, or build a new battery. Why don't we just take some stuff off the RV and build something completely different, like a dune buggy, that way we can just dune-buggy our… what, what is it?"
--Season 2, Episode 9: "4 Days Out"
"Right on. New Zealand. That's where they made Lord of the Rings. I say we just move there, yo. I mean, you can do your art, right? Like, you can paint the local castles and shit. And I can be a bush pilot."
--Season 2, Episode 12: "Phoenix"
About
Jesse Pinkman is a former student of Walt's with whom Walt forges a partnership to cook and sell meth. Jesse handles the "street" part of their operation, though he's prone to blunders that require Walt's intervention. During a meth-cooking marathon, for instance, a series of mishaps — all of which Walt blames on Jesse's stupidity — leave the two men stranded in the hot desert sun.
Jesse enjoys brief glory after false rumor has it that he killed a junkie for robbing one of his dealers. Walt takes advantage of the street's newfound fear of Jesse to expand their territory, but the ploy backfires when the truth gets out.
After his parents kick him out of his late aunt's house, Jesse rents an apartment from a recovering drug addict named Jane. The two fall in love, but she suffers a relapse and introduces him to heroin.
With Jesse high on drugs, Walt has to pull off a huge meth deal by himself. "Nice job wearing the pants," taunts Walt after Jane blackmails him for Jesse's share of the profits.
Unaware that Walt stood by while a passed out Jane choked to death on her own vomit, Jesse calls him for help. "I killed her," the guilt-ridden Jesse bawls. Walt checks Jesse into rehab, where Jesse soberly states, "I deserve whatever happens to me."
