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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
Maybe the lack of depth of his loss is part of the challenge the viewer could consider.
He was always going to die inside of a few months anyway. The only cops who deserved the bust are being dug out of a hole. He still dies knowing he'll never see his daughter grow up, his son despises him--literally wishing death upon him, and his wife has been ruined. That weighs on him. Even evil men can rightfully despair. His empire disintegrated and he lost 80% of his nut.
Walt can still be despicable and right wrongs, and that's what this episode attempted. He had motivation and rationale to do it.
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I think most people view Walt's death as redemptive. Which goes to the "lack of depth of his loss." I thought Gilligan wrapped up his storyline way too conveniently.
He knows he's ruined lives. But in the grand scheme of things, he got off incredibly light. Hank was killed off without getting closure while Walt had a full episode to tie up loose ends. Jesse was distanced from his family, lost a best friend, and had 2 girls he cared about killed (one... COMPLETELY innocent). Walt didn't lose anybody... just a brother-in-law he didn't care about protecting until the last minute.
Walt was allowed to have an epiphany and fix everything wrong without any majorly devastating event to trigger it. He got off light. I think it would have been a much more complex ending if he had to die knowing that one of his loose ends that really mattered to him weren't tied up.