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Originally Posted by Red
The gun thing was like watching a Transporter movie. Same with Jack getting so upset for being called a lier. Borderline cheesy.
I guess in the end I didn't mind what happened, but how it happened. Not creative at all. Would have preferred Walt offing everyone by ways of some neat chemistry rather than a big gun on a garage opener.
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I disagree completely.
It was very tense, as you thought Walt had it all planned out perfectly, but for a few moments you weren't sure if he really was actually going to get his chance to finish them.
So he put his faith in knowing how to press the right buttons. Walt demonstrated the knowledge he gained over the course of the show by being at the top of the heap in a criminal world, where greed and pride take center stage. He understands that Jack now is in that same place. And so he knows he wouldn't take kindly to being labelled partners with Jesse, he would have to at least prove that to Walt. Being the previous king with a reputation calling the new one a phoney, basically. Maybe Jack wouldn't care for someone claiming such a thing, and would just waste him without hesitation, but after learning through Todd's stories and the and fame of Heisenberg doing the rounds for months, he has a certain amount of respect for Walt. And Walt knows this, having dealt with similar situations with Gus, Hank etc and needing to prove his worth to them. So it's not a stretch or cheesy at all I don't think.
And the chemistry tricks have been done several times, at times when there were still parts of Walter White the chem school teacher lingering. He wasn't there to impress anyone, or climb the ladder anymore. He was there to finish business that needed to be dealt with. And I think he wanted to off them in the same manner they offed Hank and Gomez (culminating with a bullet to Jack's head).