Walt uses the Nazis (Jack’s gang) to kill Declan and his crew and take over the distribution. He cooks a massive batch of 99.1% pure meth—his finest work. He then retires. A montage set to "Gliding Over All" by The Silver Mt. Zion shows weeks turning into months: Walt counts piles of cash ($80 million), Skyler becomes a nervous wreck running the car wash, Hank gives up on Heisenberg… and then, Hank sits on the toilet. He picks up the book Gale gave Walt, Leaves of Grass . Inside, Gale has written: "To my other favorite W.W." Hank’s face drops. He knows. Heisenberg has been under his nose the whole time. Part 2: The Fall (Episodes 9-16) The Hunt: Hank is consumed. He goes off-book, secretly rebuilding the case with his partner, Steve Gomez. He confronts Walt in the garage, punching him. Walt tries to lie, then gaslights him: "If you don't know who I am, maybe your best course is to tread lightly." The cat-and-mouse game is brutal. Walt tries to pay Hank off. Hank refuses. Walt tries to frame Hank (using a fake confession video portraying Hank as the drug lord). Nothing works.
Walt’s ego explodes. He buys a fleet of luxury cars, including two flashy new Chrysler 300s. He bullies Saul into taking a huge cut. He demands that Jesse take on the role of his partner, not his equal. The partnership with Mike frays. Mike is the professional; Walt is the arrogant chemist. After a tense desert deal where Walt kills a rival dealer just to prove a point, Mike tells Jesse, "You’re a time bomb ticking. I’m telling you, sooner or later, you’re going to realize you’re standing next to the guy who killed Gus Frier… and you’re going to want to kill him." breaking bad season 5
Walt devises a plan: a coordinated hit on all nine men within a two-minute window. Jesse, horrified by the prison violence he witnesses (a horrific montage of shivs and falls), is disgusted. Mike is furious, not at the act, but at Walt’s chaotic, untidy nature. Mike wants to pay the men "hazard pay" to keep them quiet and retire peacefully. Walt overrules him. Walt uses the Nazis (Jack’s gang) to kill