Jesse Pinkman

is the deuteragonist of the crime drama series , the main protagonist of its 2019 sequel film , and a minor character in its prequel/sequel series .
He was a small-time methamphetamine cook and dealer from Albuquerque, New Mexico, who was blackmailed by his former chemistry teacher, Walter White, into partnering with him to manufacture and distribute an exceptionally pure form of methamphetamine created by Walt. 
While Walt often treated Jesse like a foolish child in constant need of stern correction, they demonstrated a sense of loyalty towards each other. Like Walt (before he becomes more ruthless), Jesse is highly horrified by the brutality of the higher levels of the drug trade, but always does what he deems to be necessary. He struggles with his feelings of guilt and sorrow over the deaths that result from his and Walt's crimes, especially those of both of his girlfriends, Jane Margolis and Andrea Cantillo, along with Gale Boetticher, whom he reluctantly killed himself on Walt’s orders.
As the series progresses, Jesse becomes more troubled and sympathetic, while Walt becomes more and more ruthless and violent. In the second half of Season 5, Jesse goes to war with Walt upon learning from Saul Goodman that Walt tricked him into helping him bring down drug kingpin Gustavo Fring by poisoning his girlfriend's young son, Brock. As a result, Jesse teams up with DEA agent Hank Schrader, Walt's brother-in-law, to bring Walt down. They are almost successful in arresting Walt in a desert, but are stopped by Jack Welker and his gang. Hank and his partner are murdered by the Neo-Nazis, and Jesse himself is later taken prisoner by the gang, initially permitted by Walt under the assumption that he would be executed, and forced into cooking meth for them. However, he is freed by Walt after the latter kills off the gang, allowing Jesse to escape. Before escaping Jesse makes sure to get his revenge on his arch-enemy and the man who murdered his girlfriend, Todd Alquist, by strangling him to death with his chains.
Following his escape, Jesse becomes a fugitive and suffers PTSD, vowing to escape to Alaska. After killing Neil Kandy, who was involved with his enslavement, and retrieving the money necessary, he manages to finally move on with his life with the help of Ed Galbraith, who gave him a new identity as Mr. Driscoll.
He was portrayed by Aaron Paul, who also played Tobey Marshall in Need for Speed and voiced Chuck from Help! I'm a Fish.
==Personality==
When Walter first meets him, Jesse displays an impertinent, irreverent, and often disinterested attitude, similar to how he was as Walter's student. He is a delinquent, drug-addicted dealer and petty criminal with a rebellious and unruly personality. Despite his arrogance, Jesse frequently appears submissive and even fearful in front of authority figures or high-ranking bosses, such as Krazy-8 or Tuco Salamanca.
Throughout the series, it becomes clear that Jesse, despite his involvement in the drug trade, has solid morals deep down regardless of his often selfish and poor choices. He experiences severe remorse and regret for the deaths of Gale, Jane, and Andrea, self-loathing because of the destructive nature of his actions and believing he shouldn't be forgiven. Jesse also shows significant empathy for children, exemplified by his concern for the neglected young son of two drug addicts, his reaction to the case of Tomás Cantillo, and the rage he felt over the murder of Drew Sharp and the poisoning of Brock Cantillo. In the first example, he helped the child by anonymously alerting the police, and in each of the other cases, he responded by attempting to kill the perpetrators.
Walter's influence on Jesse is evident in several aspects of his personality, particularly in his meticulous approach to cooking methamphetamine. Walter instills in Jesse a respect for hygiene and discipline in their work. He also becomes less submissive and more assertive throughout the series as a result.
Walt's and Jesse's character arcs serve as foils to each other. Walt begins as an ordinary, unassuming chemistry teacher, but becomes increasingly vicious, ruthless, greedy, and violent. Jesse, initially a bumbling, silly street thug, grows kinder, smarter, more serious, and mature. By the final season and in El Camino, Jesse has transformed significantly from his early days, no longer aspiring to be a major drug dealer but instead seeking a normal life in Alaska.
==History ==
===Background===
Jesse Bruce Pinkman was born in September 1984 into an upper-middle-class family in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Jesse met Emilio Koyama in elementary school. At some point in his early life, Jesse created the band "TwaüghtHammër" with his friends, serving as the drummer.
Jesse attended J. P. Wynne High School and was a poor student, largely due to his inattentiveness and apathy. He first met Walter White in his junior year when Walter was his chemistry teacher. Walter, whom Jesse almost always calls "Mr. White," flunked Jesse in his class. Walt later tells Jesse that he "never thought much" of him, though he did frequently write "Apply Yourself" on Jesse's graded quiz papers. When meeting Hank Schrader, Jesse's mother said, "Mr. White must have seen some potential in Jesse; he really tried to motivate him. He was one of the few teachers who cared." In high school, Jesse was already involved in the use, manufacture, and distribution of methamphetamine. On Jesse's website, he mentions that he attended "DeVry University data systems management."
After being forced to leave his parents' residence, presumably because of his continued drug use, the final straw was when he took the blame for the "pot" his parents found in the house, which actually belonged to his little brother, Jake. Jesse moved in with his Aunt Ginny, whom he took care of until her death from lung cancer. Afterward, he was allowed to stay in her home, the ownership of which fell to Jesse's parents. Jesse has been long estranged from his parents due to his drug abuse and its attendant lifestyle.
Jesse has a much younger, overachieving brother, Jake Pinkman, with whom he gets along despite their differences in age and aptitudes, as well as Jesse's spotty rapport with his folks. In fact, Jesse seems to connect extremely well with children in general and avoids exposing them to his own destructive behavior, even when doing so would be criminally inept and risky.
== Quotes ==
== Gallery==
JesseBCS.webp|Jesse in Better Call Saul.
Breaking-bad-felina-5.webp|Jesse as he appears in the final Season of Breaking Bad.
Jesse El Camino.webp|Jesse featured in El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie.
Breaking-bad-jesse-confronts-gus-in-front-of-walter.png|Jesse ignoring Walt's advice and standing up to their boss, Gustavo Fring, for supposedly allowing children to work in the criminal empire.
==Trivia==
*Jesse is the only character besides Walt to appear in every episode of the show. However he has no lines in the episode "Buried", which makes Bryan Cranston the only actor to have lines in every episode of the series.
**"Fly" casted only Walt, Jesse and a common housefly as the characters.
*Jesse claims in El Camino that he did actually graduate from high school and retrieve his diploma. This is despite the fact that others, such as Walt, doubted this.
*In the original pilot script, the character that would become Jesse was named "Marion Dupree."
* Jesse is the only main character in season 1 that isn't related to Walter.
*We find out that Jesse's middle name is Bruce in the episode "Down."
*Jesse was originally scheduled to be killed at the end of Season 1. Before then, however, Vince Gilligan recognized Aaron Paul's excellent potential and acting, and decided to keep him on. No-Doze took this narrative position instead, being punched to death by Tuco Salamanca in "A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal."
*Jesse and Walt are the only main characters to kill another main character.
*Jesse has met every main character except for Walter Junior.
*Jesse has owned several cars & motorbikes, including:
**1982 Chevrolet Monte Carlo.
**Kawasaki GPX 750 R.
**Kawasaki ZG 1000 Concours.
**1986 Toyota Tercel.
* Jesse has several tattoos, including:
**A tribal mark marking on his right hand.
**A dragon on his chest.
**A tiki skull on his back, between his shoulder blades.
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