Why is Walter White so good at cooking meth?

Originally Answered: Why is Walter White so incomparably good at cooking meth? Because he is a quality differentiator. Most meth cooks would probably put quantity and turn over rate above quality driving them to use shortcuts and lower quality ingredients.

Why does Jesse cook meth?

Jesse began making meth because he needed money, and he liked to get high. He smoked his own product. He wasn’t serious about dealing to a large market. He wanted to fund his habit, and keep some street connections.

Was Walter White a good chemist?

“The chemistry must be respected.” So says Walter White. Walt is a brilliant research chemist who has to leave his work and take up a career teaching high school chemistry. After discovering he has terminal cancer, he turns his skills to methamphetamine production in collaboration with former pupil Jesse Pinkman.

Why did Walter start cooking?

The *initial* reason Walter White cooks meth is to sell through a “middle man” (Jesse, his friends, crazy 8, Tuco etc.) to provide financially for his family before and after he (inevitably) dies of terminal lung cancer. Side note, cancer treatment is crazy expensive even if you have insurance.

Did Jesse cook as good as Walt?

He managed to do a little better than the average cook, but never produce the top quality product. The point of the series is that the drug trade was, both for Walt and Jesse, a rare place where they could really achieve. Walt was brilliant, but had never managed to succeed at anything he tried.

How did Walter and Jesse meet?

Jesse 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.

Why did Walt stop cooking?

Why does Walter stop cooking? The Heisenberg project may have begun as a terminally ill high-school chemistry teacher’s last-ditch attempt to raise money for his family, but in the past few seasons pride has subsumed cash as Walter’s primary motive. It’s about “empire,” stupid.

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