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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
Jesse watched a girl he cared about get executed in cold blood.
Walt got criticized on a TV show.
There is no doubt Walt got off super light in the end. Not only did nothing really terrible happen to him compared to virtually every major character, he had a chance to fix things and get closure on others. Again, it ended fine. I just don't like how neat and conveniently it wrapped up. A show that's all about having mixed emotions about heroes and villains, they chose the route of ending it with a clear hero and a clear villain. I just feel they could have done much better.
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You are underselling what Walt "endured" over the last year. He watched Hank get murdered in cold blood and was then almost stabbed to death by his own wife and watched his family rebel against him in front of his own eyes.
After this experience, he then spent an entire year in isolation to ruminate over the destruction he had wrecked upon his family.
I am no fan of Walt, I wanted him off'd by Gus, Mike and Hank (though I knew it wouldn't happen), but I do not believe he got off "light". The insult on national TV was not the consequence for his actions, it was what spurred Walt onto his path for redemption.