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It's pretty easy to see why Skyler wouldn't want to have anything to do with Marie. When she heard Walt was arrested, she came to her work to gloat and forced her to tell Walt Jr and made Skyler look terrible to her son. It never entered Marie's calculations what the consequences of going after Walt would do to her

I wondered that too. I doubt it was the neighbours, the Nazis didn't seem to be concerned about shooting Walt there and firing guns there was probably common. Possibly Jesse or Lydia, but it was just one of those details they glossed over. Another thing that bugged me, how did he get back to the cabin to retrieve his

The rest of the story isn't interesting with the main protagonist dead. Skyler's trial, the location of the bodies, Jesse's brief freedom before he screws up again and gets thrown in the slammer, does Walt Jr get and accept the money? These are all details that could have been wrapped up in a half hour show, not a

We already got to see Walt in handcuffs. It was more meaningful that Hank was able to finally, and briefly, get his man. It was a victory for Hank before his final defeat. If he turned himself in, there would be little satisfaction. He was so unhealthy, he was probably weeks from dropping dead anyway. He never would

No, because Gale wasn't the main antagonist. He was more of a minor character, but yes his death raised the stakes. Had he lived, Walt would have been expendable to Gus. Walt's power hadn't even peaked in Season 3. Gus' death at the end of season 4 was the climax of the 2 and a half season story arc, but not of Walt's

They still believe that the hitmen are out there. I'd like to think that his family eventually gets the money.

Ozymandias was the climax of the series as far as I'm concerned. The last two episodes were just the falling action. Ozymandias was where Walt no longer had Heisenberg-like control over his situation. It was the episode where his 'empire', his money and family life, all imploded.

Jesse has been operating irrationally for a while, not at all through careful planning and deep thinking. He confessed to killing Gail, did he really think he was getting immunity from that? Walt's big mistake was to assume he was still behaving rationally.

There are plenty of white supremacists populating jails in RL and Breaking Bad's world, and pulling off that job was just a matter of sending an order to the inside. I think it's less believable that they would be working govt jobs with access to sensitive client info, although I suppose it's possible. Bribing a

Oh come on, obviously he wants to settle the score with Brock. That kid eluded him the last time, he won't make that mistake again!

Overall this episode seemed to take a breather from the intensity of the last episode. This great new life/fresh start bullcrap line he fed Jesse is shown for what it really is. Life in his own personal prison while he waits to die, deprived of human contact, and with no way to get his money to his family which was

I think he has something different in mind for them. If he kills them, is that really a victory? I think he either plants evidence on them suggesting they had something to do with Walt's meth empire, destroying their business and ruining them just like the confession tape threatened to do to Hank. The other less

If he ratted out Uncle Jack, he would have been the next target. The gang is now well funded, and would have a long reach. Even if he tried to tell the truth, he still would have gone down for conspiracy. No use in dragging Uncle Jack into it.

The thing is, we know from the flash forward that the house gets repossessed or goes into forfeiture. She might have just been unable to keep up with mortgage payments, but I doubt that is what happens. I think that despite Walt's best efforts to throw the police off, Skyler is going to jail. It was a huge

It may have been left over from when Walt tried to lure Jesse to Brock's house while the gang was staking it out. Of course, Hank took the message and didn't bother to tell Jesse, so he doesn't know why it would be there.

Huell didn't know much to begin with aside from maybe the Brock poisoning, and his knowledge of the barrels of money is now old news. They might be able to bust some of the gang by staking out Brock's house, but that's a real long shot because the DEA will assume Jesse is dead. The only way they find Hank's and

Even if Walt had intervened, there's a very good chance Jane dies anyway. I think Walt was just taking his anger out on Jesse, because he knew that with Hank dead, he would lose Skyler. He obviously blames Jesse for that circumstance, so he twisted the knife in with Jane.

She was always a background character, a means to accumulate wealth quickly. She may be the one that ultimately tells Todd to finish off Jesse once the tutoring is done. She hates witnesses. Todd follows her like a love-sick puppy and will do whatever she says.

Yup, the part where he said 'it was all me, it was only me', I knew he was putting on a show for the cops. If he really wanted to get her, he would have mentioned the money laundering via the car wash. She would have been in cuffs right away. In a way, he was trying to leave a nest egg for the family by keeping eyes

Because they need his cooperation. He's a man with a death sentence, suicidal behaviour wouldn't be a stretch for him and then they would have nothing and following through on their threats would gain them nothing. With his cooperation and they quickly figure out their manufacturing problems and will be rolling in