Breaking Bad

[Buzzkill]

Originally Posted by Fox I know that the final shot of Season 4 is meant to make people start to dislike Walt, in preparation for building him toward his mega-evil turn in Season 5, but I'm not really surprised that he did what he did. It goes all the way back to Season 3 when Walt met with Gus after the twins tried to kill his brother in law. Walt told Gus that he understands why Gus did what he did, and that he respects the thinking behind it. Even though Hank could have been killed that day (and at least one innocent was shot in the parking lot), Walt sits there with Gus and tells him that he respects the plan that Gus used. Walter did what he had to do to get the job done. Gus has always been one step ahead of him, but this time he was a step ahead of Gus. Yes, he had to mind fuck Jesse in order to get it to happen, and yes, he had to poison a child, but Walter was looking out for the lives of the people he loves. He was looking out for his children and his wife. He did what he had to do, and fuck if it didn't work.

In the end though, poisoning Brock wasn't even necessary. Yeah it got Jesse on his side for the failed hospital bombing (saying that really rams through how evil Walt is), but in the end all he needed was word from Saul that Gus and Salamanca were nemeses. Jesse didn't even factor in, so he could have murdered a child unnecessarily.