Why did Walt burn the car?

He sits down several feet from the car and calmly calls a cab as he waits for it to explode. Walt does this just to defy his wife Skyler, who has asked him—quite reasonably—to return the car so that it doesn't attract attention to their money-laundering car washing business.

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Why did Walt destroy the Dodge Challenger?

Annoyed and spiteful, Walt takes the Challenger to an empty parking lot to do donuts in an attempt to get his money's worth for the car. After crashing it into a ditch, he puts the car's title into the gas and lights it on fire, using the title as a fuse to blow the car to smithereens.

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Why was Walt crying to his son?

After lying to his son that his injuries were the result of a fight that came out of his "gambling addiction", Walt breaks down in tears.

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Why did Walt quit the car wash?

At one point, Walter White (Bryan Cranston) worked part-time as a cashier at the car wash but quit after learning of his cancer diagnosis. Walt and his wife, Skyler White (Anna Gunn), later bought the business in order to use it as a money laundering facility.

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How much did Skyler pay for the car wash?

Best pilot episode ever. Well, Skyler wrestles both Bogdan and his eyebrows into submission with her neat inspector stunt. So, Skyler pays $800,000 for the car wash instead of the asking price of $20 million.

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Why did Walt smoke a cigarette?

Walt took up smoking when he was a young man overseas as a driver for the Red Cross in France. Like young men in the military when they were confronted by long periods of boredom broken by brief, unexpected moments of intense activity, Walt turned to cigarettes, especially since they were easily available.

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Why did Walt let her choke?

While Walt is trying to wake Jesse, he inadvertently and unknowingly knocks Jane onto her back; she starts to choke on her own vomit. Walt rushes to help, but after hesitating for a moment, lets her die, in order to protect Jesse from their eventual overdose, and for self-preservation since she threatened to expose him ...

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Does Walt Jr forgive Walt?

That realization hit home during the phone call at the end of the previous episode, "Granite State." Walter Jr. will not try to understand his father; Walter Jr. will not knowingly accept his money; Walter Jr. will never forgive him. His father was his greatest hero, but became his ultimate villain.

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Did Walt Jr get the money?

After Breaking Bad

In an interview, show creator Vince Gilligan confirmed that Walter Jr. eventually received his father's drug money through Gretchen and Elliott Schwartz, which he had arranged beforehand.

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Did Walt abuse Jesse?

Jesse, who has arguably suffered more abuse from Walt than even Skyler. Every time he's tried to form a significant connection outside of Walt – Jane, Andrea, Brock, Mike – Walt has taken every single one of them away, either through direct or indirect means.

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Why did Walt burn all the money?

Feeling guilty after the air crash that ended season two, Walt hastily begins to burn his money on the barbecue. When he changes his mind, he literally sets himself on fire before dumping himself and the money into the pool.

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Why do the Twins go after Walt?

Breaking Bad. In their first appearence, the Cousins plan on assassinating renowed meth cook Walter White - also known as Heisenberg - as retribution for betraying Tuco and causing his death.

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What happens to Skyler after Walt dies?

When her life fell apart and Walt disappeared, Skyler lost her assets and moved in with her kids in a small apartment with a job as a taxi dispatcher. It was revealed that her sister, Marie, reached out for a truce, so it's likely that the two reconnected shortly after the series finale.

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Why didn t Walt take the $5 million?

He knew the money he had organised for his family at the end would be more than enough to take care of them for the rest of their lives. At the end greed didn't factor, so he didn't care about the rest of the money.

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How much money did Walt give Gretchen and Elliot?

upon receiving the $9.7 million in cash. Gifts are never subject to income tax to the recipient under Section 102, and from a gift tax perspective, it is generally the donor who bears the tax consequences. Elliot and Gretchen, upon establishing the trust for Walter Jr., would be required to pay any gift tax.

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How does Marie react to Hank's death?

After Hank is killed by Jack Welker, she is initially unaware of his death and reconciles with Skyler on the condition she tells Walter Jr. everything. Marie learns that Hank is missing when Walt kidnaps Holly, and eventually receives confirmation he is dead.

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Why can't Walter Jr walk?

He has cerebral palsy, as manifested in speech difficulties and impaired motor control, for which he uses crutches.

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Does Walt ever betray Jesse?

Laughing Nazi sociopaths loot Walt's money. Walt betrays Jesse, hands him over to be tortured and killed, and reveals that he knowingly let the love of Jesse's life die for good measure. Marie and Skyler tell Flynn the truth about his father.

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Why does Walter call himself Heisenberg?

Walt, the trained scientist, calls himself “Heisenberg” after the Heisenberg Uncertainly Principle by the German physicist Werner Heisenberg, who posited that the location and momentum of a nuclear particle cannot be known at the same time.

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Did Walt really do it for himself?

After insisting for five full seasons that everything he did, he did for his family, Walt finally confesses that all of his actions were entirely self-motivated.

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Was Skylar afraid of Walt?

Following Fring's death, Skyler becomes terrified of Walt, as well as the prospect of going to prison as his accomplice. She breaks down in front of Marie at the car wash and falls into a deep state of depression.

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Why does Walt go bald?

Walt is bald because of chemotherapy. He shaved his head when he started losing patches of hair because it was going to happen anyway. Before the chemotherapy, and in the last couple of episodes of the series where he is no longer on it, he has hair.

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Why did Walt call the DEA on himself?

Why did Walter call the DEA in the bar? blames Walt for Hank Schrader's death, and wishes Walt dead. Dejected, Walt calls the DEA to surrender and leaves the phone off the hook so they can trace his location. On the bar's TV, Walt watches Gretchen and Elliott Schwartz being interviewed by Charlie Rose.

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Why did Walt explode that guys car?

He sits down several feet from the car and calmly calls a cab as he waits for it to explode. Walt does this just to defy his wife Skyler, who has asked him—quite reasonably—to return the car so that it doesn't attract attention to their money-laundering car washing business.

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Did Saul get 86 years?

He is sentenced to 86 years in prison, where he is revered by fellow inmates who recognize him as Saul. Kim visits him and they share a cigarette. As she departs, he goes to the prison yard to see her off and "shoots" her finger guns. Kim acknowledges the gesture and leaves.

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