13 Most Shocking Breaking Bad Moments

13. Hank Dies A Hero

In hindsight, Hank Schrader was doomed as soon as he learned the truth about Heisenberg. At the time, though, Hank finding out about Walt's secret life was a serious turning point in the show's final season, promising a final stand between the former friends as their personal and professional lives collided.

Hank went through a lot on Breaking Bad (which we'll get to), and he spent much of the show's run as the macho-man figure of the series. Loud, obnoxious and a bit crass, he grew massively as a man thanks to a slew of bad injuries, gunfights, and finding severed heads on turtles.

By Season Five, Hank had become the show's true hero. He stepped up to the plate as the character the audience suddenly found themselves rooting for.

In the masterful episode "Ozymandias", Whilst trying to find Walt's hidden stash of money, Hank and his long-time partner Steve Gomez find themselves ambushed and out-gunned by Jack Welker and his white supremacist gang. Gomez is killed in the shoot-out, and Hank is badly injured. In hopes of saving his brother-in-law's life, Walt pleads with Jack to let him live, even offering up his hidden loot.

But Jack doesn't bite, and Hank accepts his fate by stating his name and rank, and telling Jack to: "Do what you gotta do." He is cut off before he can finish, and Jack executes him much to Walt's dismay. It's a tragic and wrenching moment, but looking back it really was inevitable.