[King Hippo]

Originally Posted by djsFlames

Let's stop making up disappointing end fantasies and just reflect. Has Breaking Bad ever NOT delivered?

Show some respect for Vince and just sit back, b####.

...right...
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Originally Posted by djsFlames

Hank will die, and it won't kill the remaining story at all. Pretty obvious with the call to Marie. It would kill the insane build up entirely if some stalemate and subsequently a deal was made. No way at this point.

My prediction:

Spoiler!

After the gunfight Walt will be pissed as hell at the outcome, and I think Jesse will get away in the car as well (not sure if he has the keys, did walt leave them in the car?). As we know, family is a no zone for Walt, also they went against his orders. Jesse will try to flee (for good) as he knows he's a dead man. Walt will refuse to cook for them because of the events, but they'll insist. They've been good to Walt before now, but they're too money hungry at this point to put up with his refusal, so they'll in turn force him to cooperate in ways that will really hurt him. There was a mention of a "bad" moment involving a child upcoming (Holly) so this coercion by the meth group I think will involve Walt's family. He'll get away, though, obviously (fate of the family unknown at this point), but with Marie finding out about Hank she'll spill everything and tell the police about Walt being with him, which will implicate him. Walt knows this so he knows he has to get out. He'll call up Saul's guy and bolt. After, I think the group will hunt down and find Jesse after Todd suggests that he cooked with Walt long before and he can help them. They'll then keep him as their lab slave. Walt, with all the casualties he'll likely have faced by then, will plot his revenge in his time under his new identity and make his return. Takes ricin knowing he can't get out of this mess even if he survives. Ties up the gap just about perfectly. But who knows, I'm just trying to connect the dots here.