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I've been checking this thread all week for anyone's thoughts and predictions. I am still mulling it over in my head, but when Jesse said "there is a better way -- I know a way to get him where he really lives," I have been trying to think of what Walt really cares about at this point in time.

He doesn't care about the purity of the product anymore (He blew off Lydia when she told him about the lower quality.)

He obviously doesn't care about money, and no one knows where it is except him (and his lottery tickets, heh heh.)

All that is really left for him to care about is his kids -- think back to his exchange with Skylar on the bathroom floor after he passed out.

I think that's why they had that scene with Walt and Junior by the pool at the hotel-- to bring their relationship to the foreground. But Jesse has had exactly zero interaction with Junior -- I am sure they haven't met.

But remember this: When Walt is telling Huell to find Jesse (in Walt's driveway after Jesse left Saul's car in the yard), Walt was giving Huell some places to look for Jesse. He off-handedly told Huell to check the high school but then said, "No, Jesse wouldn't do that."

These small elements seem to be the only clues for Jesse's plan. He is going to tell Junior everything, as Ransomed posted above, but I am not sure that Junior will be turned against Walt. I just don't see that happening. Through the whole series, and especially this season, Junior has been nothing but loyal to him. Jesse's real twist of the knife will be when he tells Junior that Skylar has been in on it most of the way.

Jesse won't hurt Junior, because we have plenty of evidence that Jesse is a softy for kids. So what happens after that is anyone's guess.

Todd and his uncles sure are a wildcard, and Lydia is just as unpredictable. But I don't think they really figure much into the conclusion, except maybe in the periphery to get in someone's way. Or maybe they are being groomed for the sequel...

Regardless, there just aren't many scenarios for Jesse's "plan." So it will be interesting to see how it all comes together.

This isn't a show to be watched. It is a show that must be studied. And it is brilliant. The writing, the camera work, the casting, the acting, the set design, all of it. When you watch it a second or third time, it is impossible not to marvel at its perfection. (Except for the open flame in the gasoline-fumed house. That was a disappointment.) Cinema at its finest, right here on my TeeVee.