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I did see one thing coming, and I wish I’d been wrong. A few weeks ago, “Breaking Bad” creator Vince Gilligan made an offhand remark in the “Breaking Bad Insider” podcast that caught my ear. Noting that Hank’s wife, Marie, often wears purple, he suggested, “You might see a little change in her even, by the end of it all.”

I wrote in a post soon after: “The creator of ‘Breaking Bad’ says Marie Schrader might work a new color into her trademark purple color scheme this season. I’m worried it will be black … And that Hank is about to visit Mike Ehrmantraut in Belize.” (A trip to Belize, of course, is the show’s equivalent of sleeping with the fishes.)

The next time we saw Marie after Hank’s death — even before she knew he was dead — she strolled into the car wash, dressed in black.

We’re glad Hank went out like a man, even if it was at the hands of an unworthy bastard like Jack. Hank beat the Cousins single-handedly, for gosh sakes. But I guess this is always how it goes. Batman will die by some mugger’s lead pipe, not the Joker’s most complicated scheme. You remember how the baddest dude on “The Wire” died, right?

It’s worth noting that when it was wits against wits, Hank did beat Walt. Walt only won with help from pure evil. Kind of gracious of Hank to tell Walt he was the smartest guy he’s ever met, in his final moments, even as he insulted him. Classic Hank.

This has been the hardest “Breaking Bad” death so far. And things aren’t looking very good for Jesse, either.

At this point, death wouldn’t be his worst fate. If I had to choose between the hell we see in coloring books — the one with flames and pitchforks — or being beaten, locked to a ceiling and forced to cook meth one last time, I’m not sure which I’d choose.

Also interesting that only half of Jesse’s face has been marred, Gus Fring-style.

I guess we know now how Walt ends up in New Hampshire, though not who destroyed his home and wrote “Heisenberg” on the wall. My money’s on Flynn.

By the way: Has anyone ever loved Walt Jr. more than when he defended his mother and called 911?

Man, I really hope that he lives.
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I'd like to thank happy boy for posting the hank spoiler all over FB yesterday morning.

Most intense episode to date. I loved the scene with Skyler kneeling in the street splattered in blood screaming for her baby. yeesh.
 
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