Love the arc of Walt. Three seasons ago, the deal that was presented to him would have exceeded his wildest dreams. Now it was completely in character for him to reject the deal. Of course after rejecting that deal Walt banished any sympathy the viewer should have for him. He had the choice to step out of the illegal drug business and supplying highly addictive drugs to the underclass, return himself and his family to a life of relative safety, repair the fragments that once was his family, and avoid having any more blood on his hands. The choice couldn't have been easier.
But no, his vanity and ego have driven him to pursue Walt's perverse interests over anyone else's including his family, his extended family (Hank and the storm that will come down on him after he DEA finds out about Walt) and his closest friend (Jesse). What's even more concerning is that Walt is rationalizing this behaviour out of sheer conceit that he deserves better, he deserved a piece of the grey matter pie and to hell with everything else. What a sad, sick little man.
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