Did Walter White love Jesse Pinkman just like his own son?

There is scene where Walter Jr.(aka Flynn) puts him to bed and Walt refers to him as 'Jesse' which disappoints Flynn (S4E10 Salud). He spoiled his relation with Gus to save Jesse. read more

Yes. There is scene where Walter Jr.(aka Flynn) puts him to bed and Walt refers to him as ‘Jesse’ which disappoints Flynn (S4E10 Salud). He spoiled his relation with Gus to save Jesse. read more

Jesse will never forget what Mr. White did, but I think not killing him at the end was his forgiveness as well as his way of showing he is his own man who will not allow himself to be manipulated by anyone ever again. read more

So this affection led Walter to treat Jesse as one of his own. So we saw Walt took all the steps to save Jesse from being bad. I think this was the reason of the obsession for Walter White. read more