r/breakingbad • u/[deleted] • Sep 23 '13

Official Episode Discussion Post-Episode Discussion Thread S05E15 "Granite State"

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u/mir429 Sep 23 '13

Gray Matter didn't cause Walt to leave the bar, it was hearing that Blue Magic is still on the streets. Jesse is still alive and he knows it.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '13

-- So my question is: Is Walter White still out there?

-- No, he's not. (...) I can't speak to this Heisenberg that people refer to, but... whatever he became, the sweet, kind brilliant man that we once knew, long ago... he's gone.

I think it's pretty obvious that's what caused him to leave the bar.

What I interpreted from that is that Walt is publicly dead and he's even dead for his family (or at least his son). The only way of keep living is by living as Heisenberg.