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| “ | Jesse, you asked me if I was in the meth business or the money business... Neither. I'm in the empire business. | „ |
| ~ Walter White |
Heisenberg's Empire, also known as Walter White's Drug Empire, are the main protagonists of the 2008 crime drama Breaking Bad.
They are a drug dealing operation who are the successors to Los Pollos Hermanos.
History[]
Establishment and success[]
Members of Heisenberg's Drug Empire.
Following the death of drug kingpin Gustavo Fring and the destruction of his crime syndicate, his former employee Walter White stepped in to fill the power vacuum left behind - partnering with both his protégé Jesse Pinkman and also Gus' head of security Mike Ehrmantraut to set up a new criminal organization. They soon found themselves working with businesswoman Lydia Rodarte-Quayle, drug kingpin Declan and his crew, and a group of white supremacists led by Jack Welker. The group's first course of action was to conduct a train heist to steal 1,000 gallons of methylamine, an ingredient they would need in their production. The robbery was a huge success, and the participants celebrated their glorious victory. Unfortunately, a young boy named Drew Sharp witnessed the crime; he was instantly killed by Jack's nephew, Todd Alquist, after the latter shot him dead. Jesse and Mike were so disgusted by the murder that they decided to leave the game, but Walt decided to continue with the business.
Soon the empire set up operations, using Vamonos Pest as a front for their cooking of Blue Sky from time to time; Walt and Todd handled the production, while Lydia worked in distribution alongside Declan and his crew. Meanwhile, criminal attorney Saul Goodman continued to operate as Walt's consigliere - managing all legal matters in relation to the business. Jack and his Gang worked as enforcers for the empire, and were given the most important of tasks by Walter.
Later on, after Walt kills Mike in a confrontation between them, Walt ordered the assassinations of the remnants of Gus's associates in the hopes of tying up all loose ends connecting his new business with the legacy of Gus. This action resulted in the DEA losing track of the empire, allowing it to enjoy three months of economic prosperity. When Walter's estranged wife Skyler White showed him the extent of his success, he decided to retire from the game with his millions.
After Walt's retirement[]
In light of Walt's departure from the business, Declan took control of the empire. But he soon found himself in debate with Lydia over Todd's permissions to cook. Lydia attempted to drag Walt back into the game with no avail, and when Declan denied Todd the position of cooking again, Lydia ordered Jack and his gang to eliminate Declan and massacre his crew at their lab in an arizona junkyard. Lydia would promptly take over the empire, with jack and his men as her partners.
Trouble soon emerged when Walt came at loggerheads with his brother-in-law Hank Schrader, an alpha-male DEA agent who had been determined to expose the notorious criminal mastermind known as "Heisenberg" - who turned out to be Walt from the start. Once Hank had finally discovered that Walt was Heisenberg all along, he and his DEA partner Steven Gomez resolved to put an end to Walt's criminal reign at all costs. This ultimately failed, however, after Jack ends up killing Hank and the Neo-Nazis murdered Gomez in a desert. Soon the empire began to collapse, after which Walt himself fled to New Hampshire with the help of Saul's contact Ed Galbraith - henceforth leaving behind the legacy of his life as a kingpin. Jesse was captured by the white supremacists and enslaved into cooking Blue Sky, continuing business as usual. Lydia continued distributing the blue sky to their buyer in the Czech Republic, while Jack and his gang mostly handled street dealings.
Destruction[]
Months after his escape, Walt returned to New Mexico to end his story once and for all. He barged into a meeting between Lydia and Todd in a café, whereupon Walt proceeded to spike Lydia's tea with ricin under the façade of proposing a new efficient way of producing Blue Sky. That night, Walt launched an attack on the Neo-Nazi compound, killing all but Jack and Todd with a mounted machine gun he had illegally purchased and saving Jesse from a fatal shot. Jesse would strangle Todd to death, avenging the deaths of both Jesse's girlfriend Andrea and Drew himself in the process. Moments later, Walt executed Jack to avenge the deaths of both Hank and Gomez respectively.
With the white supremacist gang all but wiped out, Walt and Jesse parted ways; Jesse escaped on his own whereas Walt himself would bleed to death in the meth lab of the compound, ironically in the same place he felt the most alive.
Aftermath[]
The empire had caused the deaths of many players of the criminal game both during and at the end of its reign, both directly and indirectly. Walter White's involvement as the kingpin soon fell into the public spotlight, with one news report stating Walt's drug empire was the biggest meth dealing operation in the entirety of the United States' history. Some time after the events of El Camino, Lydia would die from her tea poisoning.
Following Walt's death and the destruction of his empire, Saul and Jesse were among the few survivors of the game. Saul managed to escape to Omaha with assistance from Ed and assume the identity of Gene Takavic, but was unable to bring with him the riches and assets he had acquired during his time working with the criminal underworld; these belongings of Saul would later be seized by the authorities, who would eventually apprehend Saul that resulted in him getting jailed for his involvement with Walt's empire. Elsewhere, Jesse would eliminate his remaining captors Neil Kandy and Casey after coming across them during the aftermath of his ordeal. Thereafter he fled to Alaska to start a new life from himself, finally free from the drug trade at long last.
With nobody to produce it, Blue Sky fell from the black market - with regular-lower quality meth taking its place.
Membership[]
- Walter White - founder and original boss
- Jesse Pinkman - founding member and former cook
- Mike Ehrmantraut - founding member and former distribution manager
- Saul Goodman - founding member and legal advisor
- Lydia Rodarte-Quayle - manager of distribution and third boss
- Declan - distributor and second boss
- Skyler White - owner of A1A car wash, and money launderer
- Ira - manager of Vamonos Pest
- Todd Alquist - primary cook and Vamonos Pest crew member
- Jack Welker - gang leader and enforcer
- Kenny - gang member and enforcer
- Frankie - gang member and enforcer
- Matt - gang member and enforcer
- Lester - gang member and enforcer
- Huell Babineaux - bodyguard and fixer
- Patrick Kuby - enforcer and fixer
- Fernando - Vamonos Pest crew member
- Sandor - Vamonos Pest crew member
- Shattuck - gang member and contact
- 32 Unnamed Neo-Nazis - gang members and hitmen
- 8 Unnamed Arizona Men - distributors and muscle
