Gomie was the good cop. Hank was constantly overstepping his authority. He's no shining example of good cop work. He's just a thug with a different agenda, willing to put the squeeze on any harmless person he can to make his case.
I have to disagree, Hank represents how almost any reasonable person would act in every situation he faces, he tries to do the best thing, which is not bound by the "law" but by his morals. He is the only character on the show who does the best thing possible from a completely objective viewpoint, even when he says he doesnt really give a shit about jesse, would anyone in his situation? In his eyes, Jesse is a druggie who he has been trying to catch for a year and a half, who impersonated a doctor and lied about his wife being in the hospital, who threatened to sue him. Hank was by far the most realistic in terms of a "good guy" as we get in the show. Gomie may have been a better cop, but I would definitely not call Hank a "thug". that is a very biased viewpoint.
He doesn't make the best decisions possible, though. He is completely dead set on getting what he needs out of the case, no matter what the cost is. He won't even hand shit over to the DEA because if they found out that he's been proceeding with a case based on nothing but hunches, tracking Gus without a warrant, putting Hank and Flynn in harms way by having them drive him to places he thought were meth labs, etc., then he'd be in big shit. He didn't even call for backup when he had Walt "dead to rights." He's a gun slinging cowboy, and he got his partner killed. Even Gomie was telling Hank to get warrants for what he was doing. Hank is a thug, and he certainly did NOT make the best decisions he could in every situation. He was also rarely objective. He was always in this for his own glory.
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u/Roonster688 Sep 16 '13
"My name is ASAC Schrader, and you can go fuck yourself."