The end is drawing near, and I don't believe that Mr. White is going to go out with a whimper. This episode was one that I was nervous about. After the GINORMOUS reveal at the end of the last episode, the reveal that Hank had finally put the pieces together, I was wondering exactly how Hank would handle the news. Would he ponder it for a while and then, as he has done in the past, let Walter slip by? The answer is a big fat "NO".
The episode starts with a flash forward (or maybe the whole series is told in flashbacks, who knows) to Walter going back to his home. It is condemned. Graffiti painted. He goes to his bedroom to retrieve the ricin from behind the wall socket cover. On his exiting the house he passes his neighbor who drops her groceries when she sees him. Walter looks a mess. Beard, longer hair, dirty clothes...he just doesn't look good.
We then go back to current time when Hank emerges from the bathroom, his head filled with things that he doesn't want to believe. He quickly grabs Marie, complains that his stomach is upset, and leaves. In mid drive he has a panic attack and crashes his car. Hank, the trusting brother in law, knows who Heisenberg is. He knows, in his gut, that he has been fooled for far too long.
The episode also has some great moments for Jesse. Trying to redeem himself, he tries to get Saul to give away the money that Walter recently dropped off to him. When Saul reminds him that the money will be confiscated by the government, Saul calls Walter to talk Jesse down. Jesse semi-confronts Walter about Mike missing. Telling Walter that he thinks that Mike is dead (due to the lack of retaliation from Mike after all of this men in prison were taken out) and that Walter KNOWS that. Walter spins his old lies, telling Jesse that Mike is alive and well (last he saw), but you can see it in his eyes. Jesse is no longer the fool. He can see Walter for the monster that he is. But Walter pleads with Jesse to believe him and Jesse pacifies Walter with a unconvincing "if you say so". Jesse, later, decides that since no one will help him get rid of the money that he will do it himself. He drives down the street in a poor neighborhood and begins throwing the money, paperboy style, at all of the houses. The look on his face is pretty heartbreaking.
The big climax for the episode comes near the end. Walter, after realizing that his book (the one that he brazenly left out on public display) is missing, runs out to his car to search it. He finds a GPS tracker. The next day he goes to see Hank. Hank can't even look him in the eye and is on the verge of tears the whole time that Walter is trying to make small talk with him. Walter goes to leave, stops, turns to Hank, and calls him out about the tracker. Hanks closes the garage door and proceeds to beat the hell out of Walter. Half crying, muttering about the horrible things that Walter has done, and telling Walter that he hopes he rots in jail over this. Hank tells Walter that he doesn't even know who he is. Walter then, after trying to reason with Hank, tells him "if you don't know who I am, you should probably tread very lightly".
- SERIES PREDICTIONS -
1) I don't think that Walter's cancer has come back (as he has indicated). On the flash forward clips I think that he has faked his death and is on the lam. I do not think that cancer will kill him.
2) If Walter does die, I think that it will be at the hands of Jesse. While some think that Skyler should get the honors, her greed has led to her becoming just as guilty as Walter (lately). Jesse, on the other hand, has been trying to get away from that lifestyle (and from Walter) for a while now. Walter has killed multiple people in Jesse's life (to keep control over him) almost killed his girlfriends son, made Jesse kill others, and manipulated him since the beginning.
3) Walter will not go to jail
4) Walter will kill Hank
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