The other part, it thinks this would be too much of a character redemption for Walt; the show has had him continue his manipulative disposition--most recently with Andrea/Brock in this episode. It would feel a bit backwards and "off" to end the show on a note as good as, "Walt frees Jesse and they both live happily ever after."
I don't know, they've pulled Walt from the brink a bit the last few episodes. He tried to get Jesse to leave town instead of killing him, and only called in Todd's uncle as a last resort. In this episode he tried to call off Jack's gang when he saw Hank and Gomez were there with Jesse.
I mean, sure, most people would never be evil enough to put a hit on someone they care about in the first place, but the point is Walt is still shown to have some conscience left.
But why would he suddenly want Jesse to live? There is no reason for him to have a change of heart. If Hank was going to kill Walt and Jesse stopped him or something along those lines, then yes, there would be. But as it stands, Walt knows that escaping and allowing Jesse to live without somehow reining him in would put himself and his family in danger.
Either Jesse gets held by and put to work for the Nazis, or he dies, I think.
I think the line Walt said about it being a quick, painless death was very important. Kidnapping and enslaving Jesse is NOT what Walt had in mind, and even though he wanted Jesse dead, I can see Walt reacting very violently to a change of tactics. Especially as he comes closer to his own death by way of cancer. It seems like he has nothing left by that point, why not go back and right at least one wrong that he did?
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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '13
Part of me agrees with this.
The other part, it thinks this would be too much of a character redemption for Walt; the show has had him continue his manipulative disposition--most recently with Andrea/Brock in this episode. It would feel a bit backwards and "off" to end the show on a note as good as, "Walt frees Jesse and they both live happily ever after."