#and there’s no killing or meth and eventually the whole white family accepts Jesse

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Walt always insisting his money is for his family and then paying for Jesse’s rehab out of his share, not Jesse’s, despite the fact that he has Jesse’s money and could use that…’we’ll have three kids. eventually.’ Calling him son all the time and calling Jesse family…………..

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Walter White (Breaking Bad): INTJ

Dominant Introverted Intuition [Ni]: Walter always has a plan. When he finds out he has lung cancer, what does he do? He immediately begins coming up with a way to provide for his family once he’s gone. While Walt is on a drug raid with his brother-in-law, he discovers his ex-student, Jesse, has become a meth dealer and immediately sees potential. Walt can cook meth, enabling him to make money to keep on the side for his family. Walter always has his mind on the big picture and can easily think several steps ahead. He knows exactly what he needs to do to accomplish his goals.

Auxiliary Extroverted Thinking [Te]: After Walt gets the idea to start cooking meth, he decides to seek Jesse’s help. How does he go about it? He searches the school records, tracks him down, and blackmails him into assisting. He purchases an RV to use as a rolling meth lab. Walter knows how to devise effective plans. He does whatever he needs to do to serve his Ni vision. He’s direct and cuts to the chase. Walt doesn’t like to explain things. He just want people (particularly Jesse) to do as he says. Walt is rarely sensitive to the needs of others. When he develops a plan, he expects you to go along with it. He has no time for your feelings about it. Just do it.

Tertiary Introverted Feeling [Fi]: Sometimes, Walt’s principles go head to head with his Ni vision. When he and Jesse capture Krazy-8, he knows that he needs to be put down. After all, they were held at gunpoint for the recipe and with Emilio dead, Krazy-8 never would’ve left them alone. Logically, Walt knows this. But the idea of taking someone’s life is morally wrong, and he spends a great deal of time trying to decide what to do. While Walt initially decides to follow his moralistic ideals, he changes his mind when he notices that a piece of the plate he broke is missing. This realization makes Walt see that Krazy-8 will kill him the moment he sets him free. After this, Walt feels he no longer has a choice. Walt doesn’t make a habit of sharing his feelings with others and he dislikes explaining himself. When Jesse asks why he’s doing this, instead of explaining that he has cancer and is trying to earn money to leave for his family, which is a perfectly noble cause, he neglects to tell him anything. He has a lot of pride and will do anything to keep it from being compromised. At first, he refuses the idea of chemotherapy because he wishes to die with honor, as opposed to losing what remains of his dignity by suffering the side effects of treatment. His pride also prevents him from accepting Gretchen and Elliot’s job offer. He then becomes angry with Skyler for asking them for a handout. He refuses financial aid from Hank and Elliot. There are many times where Walt will eventually put his morals aside for the sake of his vision and plans. As he gets deeper and deeper into the drug game, his ego inflates. At a certain point, he revamps his moral code. if you cross Walt, chances are that will be the last thing you ever do.

Inferior Extroverted Sensing [Se]: Despite Se being his inferior function, Walt knows how to think in the moment and can see potential in his environment to help him get out of sticky situations. Walter is very future focused and always has a goal in mind. As time progresses, Walt begins to enjoy being on top. The danger that once terrified him becomes thrilling, and eventually, his goal shifts from being able to provide for his family to being on top. He gets off on taking risks. The danger makes him feel alive.

Enneagram: 6w5 Sp/Sx

Quotes:

Walter:But what good is it to survive if I’m too sick to work, to enjoy a meal, to make love. For what time I have left, I want to live in my own house, I want to sleep in my own bed. I don’t want to choke down 40 or 50 pills every single day, and lose my hair, lie around, too tired to get up, and so nauseated that I can’t even move my head. You cleaning up after me. Me… me some um… some dead man, some artifically alive, just marking time… No. And that’s how you would remember me. That’s the worst part. So… that is my thought process, Skyler… I’m sorry, it’s just I choose not to do it.

Walter: We’re done when I say we’re done.

Walter: Name one thing in this world that is not negotiable.

Walter: Now… Say my name. Declan: Heisenberg. Walter White: You’re goddamn right!

Walter: I am the one who knocks.

Walter: If you don’t know who I am, then maybe your best course would be to tread lightly.

Walter: Sometimes it just feels better not to talk. At all. About anything. To anyone.

Walter: No speeches. Short speech. You lost your partner today. What’s his name – Emilio? Emilio is going to prison. The DEA took all your money, your lab. You got nothing. Square one. But you know the business and I know the chemistry. I’m thinking… maybe you and I could partner up. Jesse: You want to cook crystal meth? You and, uh… and me? Walter: That’s right. Either that… or I turn you in.

Skyler: If I have to hear one more time that you did this for the family… Walter: I did it for me. I liked it. I was good at it. And… I was really… I was alive.

Walter: You didn’t follow my instructions! Jesse: Oh well, heil Hitler, bitch!

Walter: After we finish cleaning up this mess… we will go our separate ways. Our paths will never cross and we will tell this to no one. Understood? Jesse: Oh, what I can talk now?

Walter: Jesse, you asked me if I was in the meth business or the money business. Neither. I’m in the empire business.

Skyler: Where did that come from? And why was it so damn good? Walter: Because it was illegal.

Skyler: Walt, please, let’s both of us stop trying to justify this whole thing and admit you’re in danger! Walter: Who are you talking to right now? Who is it you think you see? Do you know how much I make a year? I mean, even if I told you, you wouldn’t believe it. Do you know what would happen if I suddenly decided to stop going into work? A business big enough that it could be listed on the NASDAQ goes belly up. Disappears! It ceases to exist without me. No, you clearly don’t know who you’re talking to, so let me clue you in. I am not in danger, Skyler. I am the danger. A guy opens his door and gets shot and you think that of me? No. I am the one who knocks!

Gretchen: Let me just get this straight – Elliot and I offered to pay for your treatment, no strings attached. An offer which still stands, by the way. And you turn us down, out of pride, or whatever. And then you tell your wife that in fact we are paying for your treatment, and against our knowledge and against our will you involve us in your lie. And you sit there and you tell me that it is none of my business? Walter: Yeah, that’s pretty much the size of it. Gretchen: What happened to you? Really, what happened? Because this isn’t you. Walter: And what would you know about me, Gretchen? What would your presumption about me be exactly? That I should go begging for your charity? And you waving your checkbook around like some magic wand is going to make me forget how YOU and ELLIOT cut me loose!

Walter: And now you tell my son what I do after I’ve told you and told you to keep your damn mouth shut. You stupid bitch. How dare you? Skyler: I’m sorry. Walter: You, you have no right to discuss anything about what I do. Oh, what the hell do you know about it anyway? Nothing. I built this. Me. Me alone. Nobody else!

Walter: I told you, Skyler. I warned you for a solid year. You cross me, there will be consequences. What part of that didn’t you understand?

Walter: You mark my words, Skyler. Toe the line, or you will wind up just like Hank. Skyler: Walt. Tell me what happened. Where is Hank? Please. We need to know. Walter: You’re never gonna see Hank again. He crossed me. You think about that. Family or no. You let that sink in.

Jesse: Wait. Wait. Hold up. Tell me why you’re doing this. Seriously. Walter: Why do you do it? Jesse: Money, mainly. Walter: There you go. Jesse: Nah, come on, man. Some straight like you, giant stick up his ass all a sudden at age, what, 60, he’s just gonna break bad? Walter: I’m 50. Jesse: It’s weird, is all. Okay, it doesn’t compute. Listen, if you’ve gone crazy or something, I mean, if you… If you’ve gone crazy, or depressed. I’m… I’m just saying. That… That’s something I need to know about. Okay, I mean, that affects me.

Walter White (Breaking Bad): INTJ was originally published on MBTI Zone