7. Walt's Confession
When everything began, Walt had one purpose. That purpose was to provide security for has family before he died. When he found out how much money he could make and how quick he could make it by the production and distribution of meth, Walt was all in. During the initial cook, Jesse had asked him what his number was. Though he had an idea, Walt just said "more". Through the seasons, Walt made more money than he could ever use, and it became apparent to us watching, as well as those around him, that the idea of financial security was nothing more than an illusion. Walt had begun to like the life. Early on, exits, and reasons to exit had began to manifest in front of him, but Walt took to the hard path. Even when his legit business was about to turn the corner and cut a profit, Walt refused his wife's request to quit that life. He kept up the illusion the entire time... that is until the series finale. During a scene with his wife, Skylar had enough of the charade. She asked Walt to admit it, after which he confessed to her that it was all done for him. Interestingly though, it is debatable if he was being honest with her, or telling her what she wanted to hear. Walt told her that he used the last of his money to get back to town. As we all know though, he actually gave a whole lot more to Gretchen and Elliot. Money that would be given in trust to Walt Jr. on his 18th birthday. It's in this scene though that the writers stopped developing Walter's character. They didn't stop at the end, they stopped it just a few scenes shy. To me this was done to show a full evolution of a character, and to give us time to digest it.