老白的说法是不符合事实的，是他后悔+偏执二十多年、给自己找台阶、扭曲的解释，而实际发生的是Gretchen所说的，不再赘述。但是，她并不清楚老白为什么离开，因为白老师一直没告诉任何人。
首先，不存在任何三角恋，经常看到这种说法，国内外都有，完全没有任何根据。
当年老白和Gretchen是恋人，差不多到谈婚论嫁，当时是国庆节（Gretchen说的七月四号），老白这个毛脚女婿上门，发现对方家里特别有钱，而自己是个穷小子，他是必须要做provider的人，就是养家的人，必须是家庭支柱（空姐都不怎么工作的，在小泰公司也只是兼职记账，不是而且不如会计，a part-time bookkeeper，这是老白自己说的，而他情愿让老婆在家歇着，自己打两份工，当然第二份也是兼职），但人家是富家千金，谁养谁啊？至少不用老白养吧？老白自尊心太强（情愿出生入死制贩毒，也不接受他所谓的“施舍”），接受不了潜在的（婚后）低人一等的家庭地位，就像Gretchen说的不辞而别了，二十多年也不说原因。
当时老白和硕士同学Elliott已经合办了灰质公司，而Gretchen是公司员工，比较普遍的说法是，她是老白的助手。但他们分手了，而他又不说也不想说原因，自然不能再一起工作了，只能主动离开公司，就以五千美元卖掉了他的公司份额，给合伙人Elliott。至于后来这两个人怎么恋爱结婚的，剧里剧外都没有交代，因为也没人关心。
因为剧里没有以最直白的方式说明老白为什么离开，造成很多人不理解，甚至严重误解。有些人因为无脑支持主角，几乎任何事都站队老白，所以误解。有些人认为是三角恋，我觉得非常莫名其妙，他们也没说是怎么解读出来的。
最终Gretchen的演员Jessica Hecht、本剧创作者和编剧Vince Gilligan、编剧Peter Gould分别在采访中做出了最直白的解释，翻译过来基本上就是我前面说的，有兴趣或者信不过我的翻译的话可以看原文。
"Breaking Bad" actress Jessica Hecht, who plays Gretchen, mentioned in an AMC Q&A that Walt left the company and their relationship because he felt inferior. Gilligan confirmed this was true to HuffPost, saying, "She's correct, and that's what I explained to her and to [Bryan Cranston] before they shot that big scene between the two of them where they were at the restaurant."
The scene Gilligan is referring to takes place in the Season 2 episode "Peekaboo."
"It ends with him being so nasty to her saying, 'Fuck you,' and then she leaves tearfully," said Gilligan. "In my mind, the interesting thing here -- and I always kind of hate to nail it down so explicitly -- but let's put it this way, most viewers of 'Breaking Bad' assume Gretchen and Elliott are the bad guys, and they assume that Walt got ripped off by them, got ill used by them, and I never actually saw it that way."
Gilligan explained that the truth is more nuanced. It all stemmed from White's feeling of inferiority while spending time with Gretchen's family.
"I think it was kind of situation where he didn't realize the girl he was about to marry was so very wealthy and came from such a prominent family, and it kind of blew his mind and made him feel inferior and he overreacted. He just kind of checked out. I think there is that whole other side to the story, and it can be gleaned. This isn't really the CliffsNotes version so much. These facts can be gleaned if you watch some of these scenes really closely enough, and you watch them without too much of an overriding bias toward Walt and against Gretchen and Elliott," said Gilligan.
Gould added, "I think the interesting thing is not exactly what happened but the fact that Walt hasn't let it go over all these years. He has no perspective on himself. He gets to the point where all he can really do is try to justify everything that he’s done."
Gould believes Walt did finally change at the very end. "He was there for one thing: to take care of his family," he said.
"The short answer here is that I think people tend to think of Gretchen and Elliott as the villains because they're a couple of rich happy people, and they seemed to be arrayed against our hero, 'Walter White,' but the truth may be not so quite on the nose," said Gilligan.
首先，不存在任何三角恋，经常看到这种说法，国内外都有，完全没有任何根据。
当年老白和Gretchen是恋人，差不多到谈婚论嫁，当时是国庆节（Gretchen说的七月四号），老白这个毛脚女婿上门，发现对方家里特别有钱，而自己是个穷小子，他是必须要做provider的人，就是养家的人，必须是家庭支柱（空姐都不怎么工作的，在小泰公司也只是兼职记账，不是而且不如会计，a part-time bookkeeper，这是老白自己说的，而他情愿让老婆在家歇着，自己打两份工，当然第二份也是兼职），但人家是富家千金，谁养谁啊？至少不用老白养吧？老白自尊心太强（情愿出生入死制贩毒，也不接受他所谓的“施舍”），接受不了潜在的（婚后）低人一等的家庭地位，就像Gretchen说的不辞而别了，二十多年也不说原因。
当时老白和硕士同学Elliott已经合办了灰质公司，而Gretchen是公司员工，比较普遍的说法是，她是老白的助手。但他们分手了，而他又不说也不想说原因，自然不能再一起工作了，只能主动离开公司，就以五千美元卖掉了他的公司份额，给合伙人Elliott。至于后来这两个人怎么恋爱结婚的，剧里剧外都没有交代，因为也没人关心。
因为剧里没有以最直白的方式说明老白为什么离开，造成很多人不理解，甚至严重误解。有些人因为无脑支持主角，几乎任何事都站队老白，所以误解。有些人认为是三角恋，我觉得非常莫名其妙，他们也没说是怎么解读出来的。
最终Gretchen的演员Jessica Hecht、本剧创作者和编剧Vince Gilligan、编剧Peter Gould分别在采访中做出了最直白的解释，翻译过来基本上就是我前面说的，有兴趣或者信不过我的翻译的话可以看原文。
"Breaking Bad" actress Jessica Hecht, who plays Gretchen, mentioned in an AMC Q&A that Walt left the company and their relationship because he felt inferior. Gilligan confirmed this was true to HuffPost, saying, "She's correct, and that's what I explained to her and to [Bryan Cranston] before they shot that big scene between the two of them where they were at the restaurant."
The scene Gilligan is referring to takes place in the Season 2 episode "Peekaboo."
"It ends with him being so nasty to her saying, 'Fuck you,' and then she leaves tearfully," said Gilligan. "In my mind, the interesting thing here -- and I always kind of hate to nail it down so explicitly -- but let's put it this way, most viewers of 'Breaking Bad' assume Gretchen and Elliott are the bad guys, and they assume that Walt got ripped off by them, got ill used by them, and I never actually saw it that way."
Gilligan explained that the truth is more nuanced. It all stemmed from White's feeling of inferiority while spending time with Gretchen's family.
"I think it was kind of situation where he didn't realize the girl he was about to marry was so very wealthy and came from such a prominent family, and it kind of blew his mind and made him feel inferior and he overreacted. He just kind of checked out. I think there is that whole other side to the story, and it can be gleaned. This isn't really the CliffsNotes version so much. These facts can be gleaned if you watch some of these scenes really closely enough, and you watch them without too much of an overriding bias toward Walt and against Gretchen and Elliott," said Gilligan.
Gould added, "I think the interesting thing is not exactly what happened but the fact that Walt hasn't let it go over all these years. He has no perspective on himself. He gets to the point where all he can really do is try to justify everything that he’s done."
Gould believes Walt did finally change at the very end. "He was there for one thing: to take care of his family," he said.
"The short answer here is that I think people tend to think of Gretchen and Elliott as the villains because they're a couple of rich happy people, and they seemed to be arrayed against our hero, 'Walter White,' but the truth may be not so quite on the nose," said Gilligan.
