At this point in the show, the DEA has no idea where Hank is. A distraught Marie is shown driving with a DEA agent as they approach the Schrader household. They see the house has been broken into, and find the camera that filmed Jesse’s confession knocked over and the house is totally ransacked. We then cut to where Jack, Todd, and the rest of the crew are watching Jesse’s video. Jesse is still prisoner there, and at the beginning of the episode we spot him trying to form a plan to escape. Jesse names Todd as the one who killed the child that was found in the desert, Drew. Todd realizes that they’re in trouble if they let Jesse escape because the video is clear evidence that Jesse is willing to cooperate with the DEA. Jesse is showing signs of planning an escape, which later on we learn is a huge mistake.
Saul and Walt are signing the final papers so Walt can abandon his identity and become Mr. Lambert. Saul, for maybe one of the few times in the series, serves as a true voice of wisdom. He tells Walt that he should go back and turn himself in, since the police will be on Skyler even if she’s a blameless victim in the situation. Saul says the phone call was a good move to make Skyler seem completely innocent, but they will never leave her alone until they have Walt. Walt insists that he wants to do what is best for his family, and thinks leaving will be the best option. Saul says he wants out of the plan, and this is where Walt’s ominous, Heisenberg side comes out. He begins to reiterate a point that he made when he previously threatened Saul, where he says that it’s only over when he says its over. Walt starts to say this, where he collapses in a coughing fit. Saul realizes that it’s over, because Walt is a dying man.
We now get to see Skyler, and the first image of her in the episode of her family life to see what happens now that Walt is gone is a dire one. Todd and his men are in the baby’s nursery, where they ask if she said anything to the police about Lydia. Skyler says she never said anything, and stands in fear of her and Holly’s lives. Todd leaves, and tells her to never tell the police about their encounter. Shortly after, Lydia and Todd meet in a local coffee shop. It seems that Todd is taking over Walt’s seat both here and in the meth business. They talk about Skyler, and Todd says that she won’t say anything. Lydia, however, is not convinced. Todd also reports a 92 percent yield in the product, and reveals that Jesse is helping them cook. At his attempt to tell Lydia how he feels, she can only focus on the fact that product is back to the high standards she once had with Walt.
Saul’s man, who doubles in selling vacuums and new identities, brings Walt to a remote location in New Hampshire. He tells Walt that he can’t leave, and has no communication with the outside world. Walt insists he still has business, which is to kill Jack and his men for killing Hank. If Saul won’t help him, he’ll do it himself without hit men connections from Saul. Walt finds the Heisenberg hat, and I get swept with the realization that Heisenberg is back in action, and is going after the new bad guys for revenge. Walt goes to escape, and starts coughing again. He then decides on tomorrow. Later on, we see Walt staying in this remote location for a month.
Jesse is still kept prisoner, and he finally forms an escape plan. He begins running frantically, and Todd, Jack, and some of their henchmen catch him. He begins screaming to kill him because he will never cook for them again. What happens is much worse, and something that some fans might have expected before the show’s end. They drive to Andrea’s house, where Todd shoots her point blank. At this point, we don’t know if they kill Brock, but I do assume that it will be revealed next episode that he too has been shot.
We’re now back to Walt, and he is still held up in his safe house. He gets newspapers over the course of the month, and starts receiving chemo treatments. Heisenberg is dying, and facing that our protagonist might die before he achieves his goal of helping his family and getting revenge is something we as the audience have to accept. He asks his captor if he will give the money to Walt’s family, where it’s obvious he won’t. As they’re playing cards, he pulls out a king, then pulls out another king: “A king, two kings.” Maybe the writers were hinting that our two kings (Walt and Jesse) do end up on top? Unlikely and almost impossible now that they’ve broken the relationship beyond repair, but perhaps they end up kings separately in their own right.
Walt calls Flynn and says he’s mailing them money. Walt wants to make sure his family is provided for, but Flynn understandably hates Walt for everything he has put the family to. Walt calls the DEA, where he asks to be connected to whomever is handling the Walt White case. When the dispatch asks who’s calling, Walt simply says his name.
Walt sits at the bar, has a drink, where he sees Elliot and Gretchen talking about Gray Matter. They say that Walt only gave the name, and never gave any contribution other than that. Gretchen is heard saying that Walt is no longer Walt, and whoever this Heisenberg is that it isn’t Walt. If this isn’t further confirmation that Walt has fully transformed, then I don’t know what else can point to it. Now, the famous intro music of the show plays as the police ransack the bar Walt calls from. It zooms in on his drink, and Walt is gone. Yes, Walt had fallen many times during this episode, but he has gotten back up and is hungry to fight.