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, Jesse, and a resentful Mike go into business together. They need a new distribution network. Walt approaches Lydia Rodarte-Quayle, a nervous, high-strung Madrigal Electromotive executive (Gus’s parent company). She connects them with Declan, a local Phoenix kingpin. Declan laughs at Walt’s proposal of $15 million for the methylamine. Walt coldly retorts, "Then I’ll just cook my own." He buys a Vamonos Pest control company as a front, cooking in the tents of fumigated houses while the owners are away. breaking bad season 5
Overall Arc: The season is a Greek tragedy in two parts. First, Walter White ascends to the throne of a meth empire, drunk on power and ego. Second, that empire crumbles, taking everything and everyone he claims to love with it. The central question shifts from "How does a good man become a criminal?" to "How does a criminal destroy a good man?" Part 1: The Empire (Episodes 1-8) The New Order: Season 5 opens minutes after Gus Fring’s death. Walt, Jesse, and Mike are in the superlab, facing a monumental mess. They destroy the lab, but their real problem is the nine imprisoned ex-Gus employees who know about the operation and could talk to the DEA. Walt devises a plan: a coordinated hit on
Walt uses a remote-controlled machine gun rigged in the trunk of a car to massacre Jack’s gang. He finds Jesse, a beaten, emaciated slave. Jesse refuses to kill Walt. Walt asks Jesse to shoot him, but Jesse just says, "Do it yourself." Walt then tells Jesse that he watched Andrea die—and that Todd killed her. Jesse strangles Todd with his own chain. As Jesse escapes, Walt is shot by a fragment of his own machine gun. He wanders into the lab. Mike wants to pay the men "hazard pay"
A brutal shootout erupts. Gomez is killed. Hank, wounded, stands his ground. Walt begs Jack: "Don’t do it! The money! I’ll give you all of it! Just let him go!" Jack coldly replies, "No." He executes Hank in front of Walt. Jack takes most of Walt’s $80 million, leaving him one barrel. Walt, hysterical, is forced to reveal where the rest is buried. Jesse, hidden in Hank’s car, is discovered. Walt watches as Jack’s men drag Jesse out. Walt, filled with hate for Jesse (whom he blames for Hank), tells Jack, "You're gonna need him. He's the cook." Then, quietly: "Do what you're gonna do." He gives Jesse up to be enslaved.