It's one of my favorite TV shows, probably my favorite if I had to pick. Lately I've just been watching scenes on Youtube, but one scene struck out to me as a clever thing the writers did. So the part where Skylar is explaining how they've had money coming is becuase Walters been gambling, is a gambling addict and is shockingly good at it because of his intelligence making him good at counting cards and whatnot. If you piece together earlier scenes and look between the lines it's clear that this story is a lie, that actually he's been making his money by cooking and selling meth.
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Thank you for putting into writing what I have always felt for a long time.
Yes, Walter developed an ego, but it was out of necessity. He had to build the Heisenberg character to make sure he didn't come across another Tuco and get his shit pushed in.
Then later on, just about everything he did was in some way justifiable, such as the (well-merited) deaths of Gus and Mike.
Walt and Jesse had warned them multiple times what would happen if they tried to cheat him out of his part of the empire. Then they tried to kill them both anyway and Gale had to die to ensure they lived.
Everything Mike says to Walt in his death monologue is exactly how Mike undid himself. His ego and pride in thinking he could continue the meth empire without the two who had first laid the golden egg. All he had to do was leave well enough alone and everyone would have profited.
But no.
They had to call in the Aryan Brotherhood (who were Gus and Mike's clean-up men btw) to tie up loose ends who probably would have wound up dead sooner or later anyway. Lydia as well - that was Gus & Mike's mess to clean up, not Walt's.
Not sure where you're getting that info...there's no way Jack would be working for Gus.