

Gretchen later discovers that Walter lied to his family about her and Elliott paying for his cancer treatment, horrified when Walter angrily and bitterly blames her and Elliott for ruining his life. Afterwards Gretchen urges Walt to take the money, but he lies by saying they won't require financial help because their insurance will cover it (" Gray Matter"). Elliott, who is exceptionally wealthy thanks to Gray Matter, offers to pay for Walt to receive the best cancer treatment from Dr.

Walt and Skyler White go to Elliott's birthday party, where they meet him and Gretchen for the first time in ages. As Walt and Jesse Pinkman are cleaning up the liquefied remains of Emilio Koyama's corpse, Walt reflects to a moment back in his college days where he and Gretchen, alone in a dimly-lit classroom, attempt to inventory the chemical makeup of the human body with exact percentages. When their total falls 0.111958% short of 100%, Gretchen posits the possibility of a soul (". He also blamed Gretchen for ending their once strong relationship. He accused them of cutting him out of Gray Matter and stealing his research without crediting him, completely ignoring the fact that he chose to leave himself. Although he remained friendly with both of them, Walter would secretly blame Elliot and Gretchen for his eventual financial problems. After this, Walt sold his share of Gray Matter to Elliot for $5,000 and left the company.įollowing this, Elliot and Gretchen began dating, eventually married and co-owned Gray Matter together, becoming multi-billionaires. However, after introducing Walt to her family at their home on a Fourth of July weekend, he abruptly left her without any explanation due to feelings of inferiority that her family's wealth and status stirred up in him. She and Walt eventually sparked a romance, fell deeply in love and were at one point engaged. Gretchen was born into a wealthy family and at one point began working for Walter White as his lab assistant at his and his best friend Elliot Schwartz's company Gray Matter Technologies.
