3. Killing Mike
I admit it. I didn't see this one coming. Not in a long shot. I always believed that Mike would make it to the end. He was the one that had enough about him to get out. He had the motive - his granddaughter. He had the desire and he had the experience. He could have walked away. But like so many, it seems to be a little tricky to detach yourself from the enigmatic Mr White and Mike struggled with it like the rest of them. He had to give him one last dig. He had to have the final comment. It was always going to be the case - two such egotistically driven, hot-headed individuals where never going to part terms amicably. It just so happened that the final blood was drawn. There's something to the drawn out death that adds a sense of finality to Walt's journey. Through all his blunders (of which there are many) and his victories (also, in their abundance) there was still always a hope that he could leave it all behind. I got the feeling, watching the two great men stand among the shrubbery, that this was a 'curtain call' on Walt's redemption. For all their conflicts, they served as a team and witnessing the end to that team was a foreshadowing to the end of Walter White.