Jesse Pinkman was one of Walter White's chemistry students and had zero interest in the subject. Years later he lives alone in his late aunt's house, uses what he sells and cooks low-grade meth under the name Cap'n Cook. When his old teacher finds out what he's up to, Jesse gets a partner he never asked for.
Walt blackmails Jesse into partnering with him, and Jesse buys the RV where they cook. On their first attempt to sell, the dealers Emilio and Krazy-8 try to kill them. Jesse is stuck getting rid of Emilio's body and dissolves it in acid in the bathtub, which crashes through the floor.
Later Jesse takes the meth to the dealer Tuco Salamanca, who beats him and sends him to the hospital. Walt settles the debt his own way.
Tuco kidnaps them both, and Hank kills the dealer in the desert. Jesse's parents find the lab in the house and throw him out. He rents an apartment from Jane Margolis, a tattoo artist in recovery, and they fall in love. When his friend Combo is shot on a street corner, Jesse spirals and goes back to heroin with Jane.
Jane wants the money Walt owes Jesse and threatens to tell everything. One night she dies next to Jesse, choking during an overdose. Jesse wakes up and falls apart, unaware that Walt was there.
Out of rehab, Jesse decides he's the bad guy and cooks on his own. At recovery meetings he meets Andrea, Brock's mother. He learns that her little brother Tomás, 11, deals for two of Gus's men and that he killed Combo.
Jesse goes for revenge, and Walt runs the two dealers down before Jesse can shoot. Gus wants Jesse dead, and Walt, to save them both, sends Jesse to kill Gale Boetticher. Jesse knocks on Gale's door and, in tears, pulls the trigger.
Wrecked by guilt, Jesse turns his house into a nonstop party and hands money to anyone who shows up. Gus and Mike try to pull him away from Walt: Jesse starts riding along with Mike, cooks alone for the cartel in Mexico and comes back more confident.
When Brock falls ill, Jesse thinks he was poisoned with the ricin Jesse had been carrying and accuses Walt. Walt convinces him it was Gus. After Gus dies, Jesse thinks it's over. The final shot shows the audience, not Jesse, who poisoned Brock.
Jesse partners with Walt and Mike in a new operation. During the methylamine train heist, Todd kills the boy Drew Sharp and Jesse wants out. He tries to give his money to the boy's parents and ends up tossing the stacks out of his car window. He learns Walt poisoned Brock, tries to burn down Walt's house and starts working with Hank.
Jack's gang captures Jesse at To'hajiilee and keeps him in a pit, cooking as a slave. When he tries to escape, Todd kills Andrea in front of him. Walt comes back and kills the gang, and Jesse strangles Todd with his chain. He refuses to kill Walt and drives off in an El Camino, screaming.
Jesse hides out with Skinny Pete and Badger and goes looking for the money Todd stashed in his apartment. There he runs into two men who are also after it and has to cut a deal. Flashbacks show his captivity and what Todd made him do.
To disappear, Jesse has to pay Ed Galbraith, the man who builds new identities. He's $1,800 short and gets the rest in a shootout with the welder Neil. Ed takes him to Alaska. Before leaving, Jesse leaves a letter for Brock and drives off through the snow under a new name.
Vince Gilligan planned to kill Jesse at the end of season one but changed his mind because of Aaron Paul's performance. Paul won three Emmys for Supporting Actor for the role.
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