High school chemistry teacher Walter White (Bryan Cranston) is diagnosed with stage three terminal lung cancer, but cannot afford the payment for treatment. On a ride along with his DEA agent brother-in-law, Hank (Dean Norris) he sees a former student of his, Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), fleeing the scene of a meth lab. He contacts Jesse and devises a scheme to "cook meth" with Jesse, and distribute it to pay for his operations.
