"All the lives he ruined"???

Do you have some sort of Walt Worship Syndrome and that makes it hard for you to see anything outside of Walt's view?

Walt was never doing it to satisfy his own ego he was doing it to make sure that his family had the money that they needed after he was gone. He never intended to use the money for himself he was always thinking of his children and his bitch of a wife. He loved his family so much he was willing to put himself through hell all to make sure they were taken care of after he was gone, that shows how noble he was.

I'll quote Walt's last conversation with Skyler, where he admitted, "I did it for me. I liked it. I was good at it. And... I was... really... I was alive."

See, Walt put his family's fate entirely in his control, and control, power, was what really turned Walt's crank, not "family." Walt's actions demonstrated contempt for "family." His actions were self-serving and arrogant, fundamentally a direct attack on what he claimed to value most. He demeaned the very idea of "family," thinking of it as a kind of cheering section, a means to an end, that end being gratifying his egoistic image as hero-provider. Otherwise, "family" were inconvenient. That's why he consistently manipulated and exploited them.

Hank absolutely did want a promotion, he wanted to walk into the DEA office and brag about how he was better than the great Heisenberg, well fortunately things didn't work out that way because Todd and Jack's army absolutely owned him like a bitch and gave him probably the most disgraceful death imaginable and it was amazing. The world is definitely a better place because that fat pig Hank Shrader is gone and not only that his self righteous, hypocritical bitch wife Marie has to live the rest of her life knowing that Walt was the better man. Now I understand being ambitious, I understand wanting to move up in the workplace but when you ruin the lives of innocent children to get there that is just plain evil. I have no problem with him wanting to bring Mike and Walt to justice for what they did but he was going to steal the inheritance of little children and leave them in the poorhouse all so he could rub it in the faces of Walt and Mike, that is pure evil. Walt risked his life on several occasions to save Hank, another act of nobility.

You still can't let go of this "Hank was after a promotion" BS. That was never the case.

"I have no problem with him wanting to bring Mike and Walt to justice for what they did but he was going to steal the inheritance of little children and leave them in the poorhouse all so he could rub it in the faces of Walt and Mike, that is pure evil." Ever heard of Son of Sam Laws, which basically forbid a criminal from profiting off their crimes. Besides, it wouldn't be Hank's authority to seize that money, that's the government's decision.

"Walt risked his life on several occasions to save Hank, another act of nobility."

In the pilot Walt goes on a ride-along with Hank. Hank assumes it's because he's taking an interest in his work. Walt's real purpose is to learn about the meth trade because he's thinking of cooking. Hank has told him these guys make a lot of money in a short time. Walt, ace opportunist, even lets Jesse escape so he can blackmail him later. So, right from the beginning major abuse of trust of two people.

Walt also had a major indirect involvement in Hank being shot. Gus sent the Cousins after Hank to preserve his golden goose. Had Walt not been involved in this violent and often lethal criminal enterprise, Hank would not have been attacked by the Cousins. That is fact.

In fact, it was Skyler who saved Hank's ass after his shooting by paying his medical bills, pressuring Walt to concede to the plan. It was a plan that pinched Walt's pride, and he begrudged it before, during, and after its implementation. If not for Skyler, Walt would have sacrificed Hank for the sake of his ego. Walt's calling off the Neo-Nazis and pleading for Hank's life does not mitigate his betrayal of trust in the slightest.

And Hank went for Walt after discovering his horrendous betrayal of himself and family, including his putting the whole family in severe jeopardy in multiple ways, all the crimes he'd committed such as planting a bomb in a nursing home, and Walt's extreme exploitation of him that threatened to end his career. On and on and on. That is sufficient reason to try to bring Walt to justice.

Zealous Walt-worship is why you aren't able to accept that the context of Hank's wish to bring Walt down -- after discovering not only his horrendous betrayal of himself and family, not only putting the whole family in severe jeopardy in multiple ways, but also all the crimes he'd committed, such as planting a bomb in a nursing home -- is different than Walt's wish to try and prevent harm to Hank due to his involvement in the criminal drug trade that caused all these horrors in the first place.

Your criticisms of Hank are minor compared to anything Walt ever did. Hank tells Walt he loves him, that he wants him around, and so on. But he's a flawed person. He acts macho to hide his own vulnerability. He's intimidated by Walt's intelligence, so he mocks it to comfort himself. You're looking to justify Walt's criminal actions by any means necessary.

It's all about transferring any blame from Walt to other characters, including Hank and Jesse. It's very irrational; you're responding emotionally, because you adore this one character. In fact, that's not how the creative team meant him to be taken. You're just part of the tiny minority that worship Walt like that, and blame everyone around him:

Let me quote Vince Gilligan:

"He's in fact, the monster, the cancer, if you will, that's destroying her and her family... We do not celebrate Walter White. He’s a creep, at this point...

"You can have a main character like Walter White or Tony Soprano or Don Draper, someone who does questionable things, but since they are the protagonist you can't help but see the world of the show more or less through their eyes. Sometimes I liken it almost to a Stockholm Syndrome, where you as the viewer start to see things as they do, which is a danger when you're talking about a guy as warped as Walter White."

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In fact, I have a name for people like you: "Keyboard Heisenbergs". They are people who idolize criminal characters and want Breaking Bad to resemble a Grand Theft Auto game. They are naïve to the ways of the world, speak in criminal speak, utilize words like "snitch", "rat" and "pig" as if they are casual words that they use all the time, they all 100% support Walt in his actions and believe him to be a saint, and probably say things like "I am the one who knocks" and "Say my name" to their own reflection in the mirror to sound like a tough guy.

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