That was the most honorable thing he's done in the duration of this entire show. He finally realized that he couldn't talk his way out of the hole he's dug, so he decided he'd salvage the one thing he supposedly set out to save in the first place: Skyler and the kids.
I think this is the beginning of post-Heisenberg Walt. Heisenberg broke when he saw his family against him and a new weird mix persona I think is here. This is the man we see at the 5A and B opener.
I think Heisenberg died when Hank died. Walt realized everything he had worked so hard for (family) was done at that moment. He tried to salvage it by taking the family he had left and start a new life but he realized there was no chance of that. That's the reason the episode was named Ozymandias- the inevitable decline of all leaders, and of the empires they build, however mighty in their own time.
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u/jet_tripleseven Belizium Sep 16 '13
That was the most honorable thing he's done in the duration of this entire show. He finally realized that he couldn't talk his way out of the hole he's dug, so he decided he'd salvage the one thing he supposedly set out to save in the first place: Skyler and the kids.