Breaking Bad’s Creator Almost Didn’t Write An Important Character In The Pilot – IMDb

“Breaking Bad” chemistry teacher Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and his former student Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) might not have even teamed up if not for Walter’s brother-in-law, Drug Enforcement Agency agent Hank Schrader (Dean Norris), who takes Hank on a ride-along drug bust. However, series creator Vince Gilligan almost did not include Hank in the pilot. 

This might surprise some fans, given that the dramatic irony of Hank hunting down an elusive drug kingpin who turns out to be the brother-in-law he underestimated stands out as one of the major driving forces of the entire five-season story.

Gilligan told Yahoo!