Breaking Bad is a show about Walter White's transformation into a villain. You can't sell millions of dollars of meth without breaking a few eggs. Here is a list of every character and bystander that has died over the series.
Total |
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271 |
Season One - 2 deaths
Cause of Death | Responsible Party | Last Words | |
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Emilio Koyama | Poisoned by phosphine gas created by mixing red phosphorus with hot water. ("Pilot") | Walter White | (Coughing and spluttering) |
Domingo Gallardo "Krazy 8" Molina | Strangled to death with a bike lock. ("...and the Bag's in the River") | Walter White | "Unlock me, Walter." |
Season Two - 176 deaths
Cause of Death | Responsible Party | Last Words | |
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No-Doze | Beaten to death. ("Seven Thirty-Seven") | Tuco Salamanca | "No Tuco, I'm just...I'm just saying" |
Gonzo | Accidentally crushed by a settling car in a junkyard, which partially severed his arm causing him to bleed to death. ("Seven Thirty-Seven") | N/A | Unknown |
Tuco Salamanca | Shot in the forehead during a shootout with Hank. ("Grilled") | Hank Schrader | "Tell me what you did, Walter" |
Convenience Store Clerk | Stabbed during the theft of an ATM. ("Peekaboo") | Spooge | Unknown |
Spooge | Head crushed with an ATM. ("Peekaboo") | Spooge's Lady | "Skank!" |
Tortuga | Decapitated. ("Negro y Azul") | Marco Salamanca | "Thank you, boss" |
Unnamed DEA agent | Blown up with bomb on tortoise. ("Negro y Azul") | The Cousins | Unknown |
Christian "Combo" Ortega | Shot several times in the abdomen and in the back. ("Mandala") | Tomás Cantillo, on orders from the Rival Dealers | "What are you waiting for, go!' |
Jane Margolis | Asphyxiated on her own vomit while on heroin. Walt chose not to save her. ("Phoenix") |
Herself and Walter White |
Unknown |
167 unnamed passengers on the Wayfarer 515 and JM 21 flights | The flights had a mid-air collision after they were given poor air traffic coordinates by Donald Margolis who was suffering emotional strain after the death of his daughter. ("ABQ") |
Donald Margolis by extension of Walter White's actions |
Unknown/Varies |
Season Three - 27 deaths
Cause of Death | Responsible Party | Last Words | |
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Olive Oil, 9 other Mexican passengers | Shot at close proximity, then left in the back of a truck while it was set afire. ("No Más") | The Cousins | Unknown/Varies |
Coyote driver | Shot in the back while running away, then in the head to kill him. ("No Más") | Leonel Salamanca | "What the hell's going on in there?" |
Mrs. Peyketewa | Killed in an unspecified manner. ("Sunset") | The Cousins | Unknown |
Deputy Bobby Kee | Struck in the back with an axe. ("Sunset") | Marco Salamanca | "On your knees or I'll fire!" |
Unnamed Man | Shot once in the chest and head at point blank range. ("One Minute") | Marco Salamanca | "Jesus" |
Marco Salamanca | Shot once in the head with a hollow point bullet. ("One Minute") | Hank Schrader, via manipulation by Gustavo Fring | "Too easy" |
Leonel Salamanca | Poisoned with an unknown substance. ("I See You") | Mike Ehrmantraut, on orders from Gustavo Fring | "Finish him" |
Juan Bolsa's Two Bodyguards | Shot repeatedly. ("I See You") |
Mexican federales, via manipulation by Gustavo Fring |
Unknown/Varies |
Juan Bolsa | Shot repeatedly. ("I See You") |
Mexican federales, via manipulation by Gustavo Fring |
"What the hell is going on?!" |
Tomás Cantillo | Unknown (presumably shot). ("Half Measures") | Rival Dealers | Unknown |
Rival Dealers | Run over with a van and then shot once in the head. ("Half Measures") | Walter White | "Unknown/Varies" |
4 Cartel Assassins | Shot repeatedly. ("Full Measure") | Mike Ehrmantraut, on orders from Gustavo Fring | Varies |
Gale Boetticher | Shot once in the head. ("Full Measure") | Jesse Pinkman, on orders from Walter White | "You don't have to do this" |
- Notes
- In "Green Light", Walt hears on the radio that Donald Margolis has shot himself and has been rushed to the hospital. His fate is unknown.
Season Four - 28 deaths
Cause of Death | Responsible Party | Last Words | |
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Victor | Throat slit with a boxcutter. ("Box Cutter") | Gustavo Fring | "The steps never change, and I know the steps." |
Los Pollos Driver | Shot at close proximity. ("Bullet Points") | Juárez Cartel assassins | "No, no, no!" |
Two Cartel Assassins | Shot to death. ("Bullet Points") | Mike Ehrmantraut | Unknown/Varies |
Los Pollos Driver | Shot multiple times. ("Cornered") | Juárez Cartel assassins | "No, no no no no" |
Two Los Pollos Guards | Suffocated by exhaust while locked in the back of a Los Pollos Hermanos truck. ("Cornered") | Juárez Cartel assassins | (Gasping for air) |
Max Arciniega | Shot once in the head. ("Hermanos") | Hector "Tio" Salamanca | "I swear to God!" |
Gus' henchman | Shot by a sniper rifle. ("Bug") | Gaff | Unknown |
Eladio Vuente, Benicio Fuentes, Miguel, Dons Paco, Cesar, Renaldo, Artuno, Cisco, Luis, Escalada, and 2 unnamed capos | Poisoned. ("Salud") | Gustavo Fring | "Salud!" |
Gaff | Garroted. ("Salud") | Mike Ehrmantraut, on orders from Gustavo Fring | "Salud!" |
Joaquin Salamanca | Shot many times in the chest and abdomen. ("Salud") | Jesse Pinkman | Unknown |
Hector "Tio" Salamanca | Blown up by a pipe bomb detonated by a wheel-chair bell. ("Face Off") | Hector "Tio" Salamanca and Walter White | "Heavy breathing and grunting" |
Tyrus Kitt | Blown up by a pipe bomb detonated by a wheel-chair bell. ("Face Off") | Hector "Tio" Salamanca and Walter White | "It's clear" |
Gustavo Fring | Right side of face almost completely blown off by a pipe bomb detonated by a wheel-chair bell. ("Face Off") | Hector "Tio" Salamanca and Walter White | "Last chance to look at me, Hector" |
Two of Gus' Guards | Shot many times. ("Face Off") | Walter White | Varies |
Season Five - 38 deaths
Cause of Death | Responsible Party | Last Words | |
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Peter Schuler | Committed suicide by placing one end of a defibrillator in his mouth and the other over his heart. ("Madrigal") | Himself | Unknown |
Duane Chow | Shot once in the head. ("Madrigal") | Chris Mara on orders from Lydia Rodarte-Quayle | Unknown |
Chris Mara | Shot repeatedly in the chest. ("Madrigal") | Mike Ehrmantraut | "Listen, Mike" |
Drew Sharp | Shot once in the chest. ("Dead Freight") | Todd Alquist | Unknown |
Mike Ehrmantraut | Shot once in the gut. ("Say My Name") | Walter White | "Shut the fuck up and let me die in peace" |
Dan Wachsberger, Ron Forenall, Jack McGann, Andrew Holt, Anthony Perez, Isaac Conley, William Moniz, Harris Boivin, and Raymond Martinez | Stabbed, choked, beaten, or bludgeoned to death. ("Gliding Over All") | Prison inmates, on orders from Jack Welker who was contracted by Walter White | Varies |
Dennis Markowski | Set on fire. ("Gliding Over All") | Prison inmates, on orders from Jack Welker who was contracted by Walter White | "No!" |
Eight of Declan's men and his cook | Shot. ("Buried") | White supremacist gang, on orders from Lydia Rodarte-Quayle | Varies |
Declan | Shot once in the head. ("Buried") | Jack Welker, on orders from Lydia Rodarte-Quayle |
(Grunting) |
Steven Gomez | Shot several times. ("Ozymandias") | Jack Welker and the White Supremacist Gang | Unknown |
Hank Schrader | Shot once in the head. ("Ozymandias") | Jack Welker | "Do what you got to do" |
Andrea Cantillo | Shot once in the head. ("Granite State") | Todd Alquist | "Where?" |
Kenny, Matt, Frankie, Lester, and two unnamed gang members | Shot by remote-activated M60 machine gun. ("Felina") | Walter White | Unknown/Varies |
Todd Alquist | Garroted (with chain). ("Felina") | Jesse Pinkman | "Mr. White..." |
Jack Welker | Shot once in the head. ("Felina") | Walter White | "If you pull that trigger you'll never..." |
Lydia Rodarte-Quayle | Poisoned with ricin. ("Felina") | Walter White | Unknown |
Walter White | Shot by his own remote-activated M60 machine gun and bleeds to death. ("Felina") | Walter White | "Goodbye Lydia" |
Top Killers
Parties | Walter White | Donald Margolis | Gustavo Fring | White supremacists | The Cousins | Todd Alquist |
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First-Hand | 16 | - | 13 | 21 | 16 | 12 |
Second-Hand | 15 | 167 | 14 | - | - |
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Third-Hand | 167 | - | - | - | - | - |
Total |
198 | 167 | 26 | 21 | 16 | 12 |
Suicides and Accidental Deaths
All purposeful unless otherwise specified.
- Gonzo (accidental)
- Jane Margolis (accidental, negligent homicide by Walter White)
- Hector "Tio" Salamanca (suicide)
- Peter Schuler (suicide)
- Walter White (accidental)
External links
- Infographic: The Final Death Toll in Breaking Bad by John LaRue, tdylf.com, 29 September 2013
- Every death in Breaking Bad | All the deaths of Breaking Bad | Breaking Bad Tribute by Mayank Gupta, YouTube, 2 January 2014