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I like and would really like to see this 'The Wire' ending happening, but I expect Walt is going to go out in a blaze of glory. His revenge, in contrast to Gus', involves only three people, of which only Jack should pose a slight problem. After that, Walt has nothing to live for anymore. I doubt money alone will do it for him. And there is the ever-present cancer. The fact that he and his face are now known by the general public also kind of stands in the way of him filling Gus' role; he would have to stay in the shadows for a long time to come.
To clarify, I don't see Walt literally becoming Gus, I mean interiorly in a way that transforms his outer manifestation to be more similar to Gus. And I agree - Todd is brilliantly understated.
Some more thoughts.
WARNING - do not read if you don't like guesses about TV shows:
Expanding on the interior tranformation - now that Walt's character has experienced a similar emotional devastation (as we saw from Fring's history) and in combination with the patterns established in the series, I find myself wondering whether they'll present his character with that sort of clarity. Calm. Poised. Certain. Ruthless. A transformation. Gus-like. And if Todd will play a role for Walt like Mike did for Fring. With one episode, hardly time to make that happen, but it crossed my mind as pretty elegant.
As you mention, Walt's transformation is likely a short-lived one. There's the cancer. And the fact (as you also pointed out) that he's the subject of a nationwide man-hunt - there's no hiding in plain sight for WW!
One point of contention - I don't specifically agree that Walt has nothing to live for. To that line of reasoning, what did we see in the show that Gus Fring had to live for? He was not married, he had no children (that we ever saw) and a person he loved dearly was taken from him in a similar type of way ... yet Gus Fring carried on. Would revenge alone have carried him all those years? (Leaving that question open-ended as a hypothetical ...) Was part of Fring's 'hiding in plain sight' a way to try to give back through the many charities he funded? Some sort of redemption in that?
Double spoiler:
Triple spoiler:
Anyway, enough conjecture on my part. There are many ways this could be spun, so we'll see where the writers take us! No doubt some people will be satified with the conclusion, and others not.
As you mention, Walt's transformation is likely a short-lived one. There's the cancer. And the fact (as you also pointed out) that he's the subject of a nationwide man-hunt - there's no hiding in plain sight for WW!
One point of contention - I don't specifically agree that Walt has nothing to live for. To that line of reasoning, what did we see in the show that Gus Fring had to live for? He was not married, he had no children (that we ever saw) and a person he loved dearly was taken from him in a similar type of way ... yet Gus Fring carried on. Would revenge alone have carried him all those years? (Leaving that question open-ended as a hypothetical ...) Was part of Fring's 'hiding in plain sight' a way to try to give back through the many charities he funded? Some sort of redemption in that?
Double spoiler:
Could Walt have gone back for the ricin to ingest it himself after he gets his revenge?
Triple spoiler:
People seem to be trying to figure out what "Felina" means. I think it's just an anagram for 'finale', no extra meaning aside from .....
"The last part of a piece of music, a performance, or a public event, esp. when particularly dramatic or exciting." Does this mean Walt's revenge will be a very public spectacle?
"The last part of a piece of music, a performance, or a public event, esp. when particularly dramatic or exciting." Does this mean Walt's revenge will be a very public spectacle?
Anyway, enough conjecture on my part. There are many ways this could be spun, so we'll see where the writers take us! No doubt some people will be satified with the conclusion, and others not.