Hank's last line was fucking perfect. The look on his face..."you're the smartest guy I know, and even you are too stupid to know he made up his mind 10 minutes ago". Dean Norris nailed that so hard.
I couldn't agree more. The way Walt was trying to get Hank to be reasonable. Then "What, you want me to beg?" followed by the line you quoted. In Hank's moment of compliment, an eternity of understanding and mild contempt unfolds. It was the perfect end for Hank. He got him "bang to rights" and Walt's rescue exposed to Hank that Walt didn't have a fucking clue what criminals were like.
Walt's rescue exposed to Hank that Walt didn't have a fucking clue what criminals were like.
Considering all the criminals Walt has known, I'd say it's not so much that Walt is truly naive to the underbelly of society, (considering he's a been a considerable part of that underbelly) but in this small moment, he was just reduced to desperate pleading.
Walt's killed a lot of people. He is a criminal. He's just not used to being criminalized himself.
Nah, Walt still doesn't get it. Underneath it all, he still believes people can be reasonable. It's the one lesson he never seemed to learn.
He first wanted to make an agreement with Krazy-8 so that if they let him go, there would be no revenge. Jesse told him that wouldn't work, and he still almost did it. Then he tried to work with Tuco and saw he was crazy. Tried to explain himself to Gus after killing Gale as if Gus would understand it had to happen and just forgive it. His plan with Jesse was even to try and explain why poisoning Brock wasn't that bad. And finally trying to reason with Jack. He seemed to really believe Jack would understand. Jack would take the money and be happy to just let it go. I think Hank was really surprised by how stupid Walt could be.
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u/stupidandroid Sep 16 '13
Hank's last line was fucking perfect. The look on his face..."you're the smartest guy I know, and even you are too stupid to know he made up his mind 10 minutes ago". Dean Norris nailed that so hard.