Breaking Bad Season 5 - Speculation and Spoilers

[sofa king]

31. Wow. That is such an awesome post!

I really liked reading it. Now that we get to wait until next July for "Season 5.2," maybe you should extend it to the biggest spoiler of them all.

I will only point out one thing which is potentially key in all of this: SPOILERS!

Despite having won new accolades and a promotion for having cracked the Fring connection, Hank has not forgotten that it was the DEA that hung him out to dry and disarmed him just as the hit came in on him. From his point of view, all of his success has come in spite of the DEA's instructions and wishes. He may be contemptuous of them.

From Walter's point of view, Hank's knowledge and insight, position, personality, and moral conflict have already made him quite... useful. Who could be a better replacement enforcer, now that Walter is in the market for one? And Walter has special leverage, too: his own children, who would become wards of the state if their parents were convicted, something Hank's own wife will never tolerate.