10/10. Essential television.
This episode introduces Walt's complex back-story with Gray Matter Technologies, a multi-billion dollar company he co-founded but sold his shares in for a pittance. When his wealthy former partners offer to pay for his cancer treatment, Walt's toxic pride and deep-seated resentment bubble to the surface. He rejects their charity, choosing instead to double down on his meth cooking enterprise to fund his own medical bills. 6. "Crazy Handful of Nothin'" Breaking Bad Season 1 Complete
Walt's wealthy former colleagues, Elliott and Gretchen Schwartz, offer to pay for his treatment. Walt's pride and bitterness lead him to refuse, choosing instead to fund his care through crime. Rise of Heisenberg: Elliott and Gretchen Schwartz