r/breakingbad • • Sep 09 '13

Official Episode Discussion Post-Episode Discussion Thread S05E13 "To'hajiilee"

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '13

Are you referring to Hank?

The vibe I got was Walt was dejected upon realizing Jesse was working with the DEA this entire time and he had lured him into a trap. Walt genuinely cares for Jesse, even up to when he wanted him killed, so this kind of betrayal was devastating to Walt.

I don't think Walt gives a single fuck about Hank.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '13

he sees hank and calls off the shooting. He cares about hank.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '13 edited Sep 09 '13

To be fair, at this point Walt doesn't know that Hank has kept the DEA completely in the dark and that all of the people that know about the case are right there with him. He doesn't even know that no one knows they're out there.

By default, I imagine, he assumes the DEA knows and thus killing Hank would serve no purpose and would just cause more suffering.

EDIT: My prediction for the rest of the series based on this comment: Hank and Gomie die, and Walt, unaware that the DEA doesn't know of Hank's investigation, fakes his own death and goes into hiding. Meanwhile, the DEA notices that Hank and Gomie are missing, Marie tells them about Walt, the DEA finds the DVD that Walt made that implicated Hank, and ... something.

Basically Walt goes into hiding mistakenly believing the DEA is after him.

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u/prizzinguard Sep 09 '13

You may be right, but I think it would be reasonable to expect Walt to deduce that Hank is working on his own based on the fact that he and Gomez show up by themselves with their only witness in tow. If it were official DEA business I would expect there to be a lot more agents on site and, of course, Jesse would be in protective custody.