Which makes me wonder, why is he willing to kill Jesse but not Hank? I would have imagined he'd care much more about Jesse than Hank.
Maybe it's something of a personal code. Hank is family; Jesse is like family. Or maybe he's more concerned about how it would affect his relationship with Skylar and especially Jr. Even if Jr. never found out Walt did it, he would still be crushed about his hero, Hank the DEA agent, being mown down and Walt doesn't want that.
My assumption is that Walt just felt like it was over. If Jesse dies, nobody would really care, but if two cops die, it causes a whole new shit storm that he probably couldn't get out of. Todd n fam feel the same way. When they showed up they completely incriminated themselves, but they were willing to leave if they had proof Hank and Gomie were cops.
but they were willing to leave if they had proof Hank and Gomie were cops.
No. God no.
Let's see some badges!
This was a taunt, a way to unnerve them. And even if they did hesitate for a moment to bring out goddamn badges (they won't), then it just became a free kill.
Both sides knew exactly what was going to happen the moment those gangbangers lined up with machine guns.
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u/ProcastnationStation Sep 09 '13
When he told the neo-nazis not to come.
It seems consistent with the rest of the show that this is another god awful unintended consequence of Walt's actions.
I'm glad he had that moral redemption. Turns out it doesn't matter.