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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
Which is why I find it offputting for Walt to go on a full episode of redemption, without being triggered by some kind of major event. Jesse killing Todd... THAT was redemption. Walt going on a killing spree is basically tying up loose ends for the shit that he created. Gilligan had a chance to allow Walt to redeem himself while still giving him something to emotionally stew on. But he didn't. It came off to me as fairly insincere attempt at redeeming a character. It was a fun episode to watch, but way too vanilla given some of the amazing stuff Breaking Bad has given us.
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Here's how I see it: Walt was trying to find a way to get the money to his family. For all the metamorphoses his character has seen, that has been very consistent. He tried to mail the package to his son, and was given the cold shoulder. While at the bar, he saw the Charlie Rose interview with the Schwartzs (this being the only part of the endgame plot that got me, because it seemed forced to have these characters, who really only played a marginal role in the early seasons, make a remarkable return in the penultimate episode of the series)-- he saw the interview with the Schwartzs and saw an opportunity to get his family ALL the money he had. While there, he learned that Jesse was selling HIS product-- again, this is Gilligan manipulating the Heisenberg Ego-- and set out to kill EVERYONE. This wasn't about redemption until he saw that Jesse was not producing the blue meth by choice. At that point, he decided to spare Jesse.
Anyway, just my two cents. There are plenty of people far smarter than me here that will probably find plenty of holes in my idea, but that's how I saw it.