Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown Bryan Cranston & Aaron Paul return in their Emmy winning roles of Walter White & Jesse Pinkman in the fifth explosive season of Breaking Bad With Gus Fring dead Walt's transformation from a well-meaning family man to ruthless drug kingpin is nearly complete Forming a partnership with Jesse & Mike (Jonathan Banks) Walt proceeds to make a killing in the meth business until the fruits of his murderous schemes are threatened by a new development in the investigation led by his relentless brother-in-law Hank (Dean Norris) Executive produced by Vince Gilligan & Mark Johnson the fifth season charts the murderous rise of Walter White as he reaches new highs & new lows