Lets start with some backstory, then to the ending it self. This season brought out the true grit of all the characters. We saw Walter kill Mike (The lovable killer grampa), we saw Todd (AKA Meth Damon) kill a mere child, we saw Jack and his gang ( The Nazi's) kill 8 imprisoned men in seconds. This season, has not failed to please.
The first half of the season ended with Hank (Brother of Walt) realizing that the cook of the infamous 96.6% pure methamphetamine creator, Heisenberg, is indeed his brother Walt. Hank rushes to his garage, to investigate, and puts all the pieces together. All he needs, is a witness to testify. Jesse, another loveable character, soon finds out that his trusty partner had poisoned his girlfriends son, and without hesitation, attempts to burn down the house of Walter and his family.
Hank, who was watching the house, makes a timely intervention, and finds the witness he needed. Jesse admits to everything, and Hanks discovery will soon be made public. Jesse figures out a way to lure Walter to his money stash deep into the desert, giving them the hard evidence Hank requires.
Jesse gives Walter a phone call, saying that they are at his secret location, and they're going to burn all his money. Jesse provides to threaten to burn, and sends Walter a photo of piles of cash burning in the desert. Little does Walter know that the money being burnt is Jesse's money, as Jesse does not care about money, after the killing of the child, he has been drowning in guilt. Jesse says that if Walter hangs up, his money will be all in flames.
Walter arrives to see that all of his money is in tact, and nobody is there. He immediately calls his acquaintance Jack, and tells them to come to his Co-Ordinates, to kill Jesse.
Instead of Jesse arriving, out comes Hank, with his Partner Gomez, and Jesse.
Walter calls Jack, and tells them not to come, that he had changed his mind. He does this as he does not want his brother, Hank, to die.
Hank proceeds to arrest Walter, and just as they're about to drive him to the DEA office, Jack and the Nazi's show up.When Walter sees there cars pull up, he begins to scream in his cuffs, begging Jack not to engage into battle with Hank. Jack and his gang, pull out there weapons and slaughter Hank and Gomez, while Jesse is in the car.
The Nazi's realize, that the coordinates they were given was for something special, so they begin to dig. They soon come across 8 barrels filled with money, totalling over 80 million dollars. Jake takes 7 barrels, uncuffs Walter, takes Jesse, and leaves Walter for dead.
Luckily Walter comes across a car, after hours of rolling his barrel across the desert, and buys it for a few hundred thousand.
Maree (Hanks Wife) has gone to tell Skylar (Walters Wife) that Walter is in custody, and Hank has arrested him. When Walter returns home, they both assume the worst, Hank is dead. Walter quickly takes them home, and is planning on disappearing to Alaska with his two children and Skylar, though Skylar is so upset at Walters behaviour, she attacks him with a knife.
Walter Jr, calls the police on Walter, and he makes a quick escape, but also kidnaps his daughter, Holly. After he is a safe distance away, he goes outside to a public telephone, and gives Skylar a call, the police are recording the call.
The scene is very powerful, so I recommend watching it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lzbYKM8UCw
For those who can't watch it, the call is harsh and brutal. Walter calls Skylar many rude things, and while doing so, he appears to be crying. The purpose of the call was to wipe Skylar of all charges, as she was laundering money for him, lines such as:
"Hell, you don't even know what I do" - " What do you even know about what I do? Its me, me alone" - "Walt, you have to stop this, its illegal, someone is going to get hurt" - "You tell my son what I do? After I told you to keep your damn mouth shut, you stupid b*tch." - "I warn you, tow the line, or you will wind up just like Hank".
This clears Skylar from all charges, as it is recorded evidence, and it proves she had no affiliation with Heisenberg ( Walters evil side.)
The power of this scene, is tremendous, and only some viewers of Breaking bad will understand.
Heisenberg is talking on the phone, insanely, almost proudly at his actions.
Though Walter White is on the other side, crying, wishing that he had acted differently, he made sacrifices for his family, so they could be well off, but now he has nothing.
Walter proceeds to leave their baby at a fire department, with a note saying the address to deliver her to.
A lot happens in between that I didn't say, so I'm just focusing on the main parts of the story.
Walter makes a dash to Alaska, and there he calls Walter Jr at his school, saying that he is going to give him 11 million dollars for his birthday, which he will send to his friends house, he is told to spend this money for the family.
Walter Jr replies with yelling at him, and expressing his hate for Walter over the phone. The police soon swarm the place he called in Alaska, but he was long gone, he was coming home.
When he gets home, he buys a Large Machine Gun, loaded with around 100 or more bullets, and we see him working on a mechanism in the desert. This mechanism seems to bring open a rotating stand for which the machine gun will sit on, when he presses the button on his car keys.
He returns home, and manages to say one last goodbye to Holly, and his wife, who is surprisingly upset that Walter is in such a damaged state. Walter knew that even if the Nazi's didn't kill him, his lung cancer would.
Night arrives, and Walter goes into the base of the Jack and his gang, the Nazi's. Jesse is also being held as a captive here, being forced to cook 96.6% pure meth, he is the only cook with the skill of Walter. Walter parks his car right next to there main building, were they all hang out, and watch TV, even though he was asked to park it.
They escort him inside, and tell him he shouldn't have returned. Walter proposes a business deal, he recieves one barrel, and he teaches Todd, how to cook 100% pure methanphatamine, without the use of the main ingredient, methalamine (which is very expensive).
They refuse the offer, as they have 70 Million dollars, and they proceed to make him kneel, and they are about to kill him.
"You owe me". Three words that changed the scenario, Jack asks Walter how he owes him, Walter replies with:
"You were meant to kill him, he is your partner now, liar".
Jack laughs, as they've been torturing Jesse. He is also insulted, and demands they bring Jesse to the living room. The moment Jesse is not surrounded by guards, Walter tackles him down, as if he is trying to kill him. Todd comes to pull off Walter, then Walter hits the button on his car keys. The result is displayed in a gif:
The trunk opens, to reveal the Large machine Gun, it starts to turn around on the spot, and fires madly:
Jesse pulls up a gun on Walter, and Walter begs Jesse to shoot him. Jesse realizes he has had enough of this, and tells Walter to do it himself. He walks off, gets into a car, and rides off. His expressions of sadness and pure joy are unbelievably heart warming.
Walter is already shot, and is bleeding out, he decides to walk up to the meth lab in the Nazi Base, and say goodbye, to his old and only true friends. He soon falls to the ground, dead, and all of the police surrounded him.
This ending, was truly stunning. I was close to tears, as Walter drained out of blood, lying next to the things that made him who he was, and the things that brought him to his death. The soundtrack was purely amazing, I have no words to describe this ending but 10/10.
Goodbye Walter White.
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