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" Granite State sees Walt&amp;#039;s power greatly reduced. To go from being the king of kings to not even being able to threaten Saul Goodman is a long fall indeed. Later, we see Walt drop ten grand, just for an hour of human contact. But then the ending kicks him even further down. He&amp;#039;d clearly been sustaining himself in his exile by plotting ways to regain his family&amp;#039;s fortunes and favor. When &amp;#039;Flynn&amp;#039; asks Walt why he&amp;#039;s still alive, the illusion Walt had in his head, of everything working out fine, shatters. He calls the DEA and leaves the line open so they can track him down and arrest him. Unfortunately for the people of Albuquerque, it&amp;#039;s at that moment we see Gretchen and Elliot Schwartz on Charlie Rose, downplaying Walt&amp;#039;s contribution to Grey Matter Technologies. We know otherwise, of course. It was Walt&amp;#039;s research that really put them on the map, and the only reason he isn&amp;#039;t running the place is his own personal pride. But the moment that really seems to set him off is when Gretchen says that Walter White is gone, and only Heisenberg remains. How do we read that scene? Is Walt going back to New Mexico, not to take his revenge on Jack for stealing from him, as we&amp;#039;ve been thinking all season, but to finally put Grey Matter out of his misery? It&amp;#039;s worth noting that the outfit Walt is wearing at the end of Granite State matches that of the flash-forwards. That indicates a certain amount of haste, possibly suggesting he didn&amp;#039;t even return to the cabin. Would Walt leave his last barrel behind? After all, he&amp;#039;s done every other horrible thing for his family, would he really abandon millions of dollars to go off on a revenge march? Yes. Walt was prepared to be caught. He&amp;#039;s given up on his family getting their money. And now, I believe he&amp;#039;s given up on life. His son hates him and refuses to take anything from him, and Walt feels he has nothing left to live for. Nothing but his pride. And if Vince Gilligan can be believed, and Walt is now Scarface, then we all know how this show will end. A suicidal gun-battle. But will it be against the Aryan Brotherhood? Or against the people that let Walt scrape out a meager living while they got rich off of his genius? Either way, before it&amp;#039;s over, you can be sure everyone will remember his name. Read Previous Breaking Bad Metas &amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;gt; Follow The Culture Blog on RSS and on Twitter at @ESQCulture. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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