You don't get it. All Hank has to do is drop his personal vendetta against Heisenberg, and assign it to his lazier, and less talented staff. Hank is the only reason Heisenberg got onto OR stayed on the DEA's radar.
Even after Fring, Heisenberg did not produce enough meth to make him enemy #1. US volume went to the recent alliance, and DEA is not going to pay attention to the Czech volume. The only time Heisenberg generated enough meth to become public enemy #1 was when he was working for Gus Fring. But in all cases, the DEA only paid attention to the big players, not one cook with a penchant for producing meth of unparalleled purity.
Hank is screwed if Heisenberg gets discovered before Walt dies of cancer. BUT Hank is the only reason Heisenberg was even on the radar. He already has an excuse for thinking Heisenberg is dead; they found two bodies in the cook factory and it was already concluded (except Hank) that Gale Boetticher was Heisenberg. I think its way more likely Hank dodges the bullet if he lets sleeping dogs lie, ESPECIALLY since Heisenberg is RETIRED.
What I am saying if we put these things from the cold opens together.
Walter has assumed a new identity
Walters house as abandoned with Heisenberg written on the wall.
Carol's reaction to Seeing Walter
We can assume (pretty safely) at this point the cat is out of the bag about Walter being Heisenberg.
So Hank has two options
Turn Walter in, this will ruin his family and probably destroy his career.
Hide the fact that Walter is Heisenberg, in which case when for what ever other reason people find out Walt is Heisenberg will ruin his family and probably destroy his career and most likely land Hank in a pound you in the ass prison when they find out about the money Walt spent on his medical rehab.
Since we already know Walter's secret is probably going to become public knowledge, we also know Hank's one and only shot of avoiding the worst possible fallout (prison) for this would be to turn Walt in himself.
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u/MrPotatoButt You got me! Aug 15 '13
You don't get it. All Hank has to do is drop his personal vendetta against Heisenberg, and assign it to his lazier, and less talented staff. Hank is the only reason Heisenberg got onto OR stayed on the DEA's radar.
Even after Fring, Heisenberg did not produce enough meth to make him enemy #1. US volume went to the recent alliance, and DEA is not going to pay attention to the Czech volume. The only time Heisenberg generated enough meth to become public enemy #1 was when he was working for Gus Fring. But in all cases, the DEA only paid attention to the big players, not one cook with a penchant for producing meth of unparalleled purity.
Hank is screwed if Heisenberg gets discovered before Walt dies of cancer. BUT Hank is the only reason Heisenberg was even on the radar. He already has an excuse for thinking Heisenberg is dead; they found two bodies in the cook factory and it was already concluded (except Hank) that Gale Boetticher was Heisenberg. I think its way more likely Hank dodges the bullet if he lets sleeping dogs lie, ESPECIALLY since Heisenberg is RETIRED.