I loved that. In a way, he kinda did a 9th step amend....
Interesting take Laz. All along in the series Walt tried to rationalize his actions and the terrible crimes he committed as being ultimately for the good of his family. But when he finally confesses to Skyler that he really did it all for himself, to make himself feel good and better about himself for his own selfish reasons, he not only confessed his true nature to her, he also relieved her from any guilt she still felt for being the cause of it all. While she got sucked into his world, it was to me a lot like the classic co-dependent wife of an alcoholic – she goes along to get along and gets sucked into his madness, thinking that she can control it or that she is ultimate the cause of it. (And yes, I know what that’s like as my now my ex-husband (20 years of marriage) is an alcoholic but very thankfully sober and in AA and coming up on 30 years of sobriety and now today is one of my very best friends).
Walt is of two minds. He also did it all for his family. But last night he was finally admitting his own selfish motivations too. That he liked it all (the meth making and all the drama that came with it) and felt alive like he never had before. Walt did it for himself and his family.
Anna Gunn last night, on the Talking Bad show that followed, said the expression on her face, and the motivation from which she derived her acting, was the conflict this character would have felt. Once he finally ‘got real’, she was able to be conflicted and feel both love and hate for this man at the same time. Prior to that moment it was only hate.
Is that why she was the one who first suggested that Walt put out a hit on Jesse?