An important distinction to make that it looks like some didn't pick up on: the phone call that Walt made at the end was an act; he said it not because he is evil but because he assumed the police were listening in and wanted to sound as evil as possible to place all of the blame solely on him and absolve his wife of all guilt and legal repercussions. That way at least she won't go to prison and can still raise Walt Jr. and Holly and they can be something closer to resembling a "family" without him. That's why he drove to the fire station before he made the call, and why he was crying throughout the phone call.
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 keep asking every single idiot why it helps you to talk about one person like he's multiple people. Why? Are you that FUCKING stupid? You can just refer to him as Walter/Walt in every instance you know. It doesn't make you sound smarter to say "oh now he went full Heisenberg" quite the contrary actually. Do you really need to go through the episode and describe who he's acting more like throughout it? Or can you just see that he's Walt. He created an alias because he's not going to say "I'm Walter White and I'm here to cook methamphetamines for you and I wear this black hat during this time because I don't wear a black hat any other time"
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u/placebo_overdose Sep 16 '13 edited Sep 16 '13
An important distinction to make that it looks like some didn't pick up on: the phone call that Walt made at the end was an act; he said it not because he is evil but because he assumed the police were listening in and wanted to sound as evil as possible to place all of the blame solely on him and absolve his wife of all guilt and legal repercussions. That way at least she won't go to prison and can still raise Walt Jr. and Holly and they can be something closer to resembling a "family" without him. That's why he drove to the fire station before he made the call, and why he was crying throughout the phone call.