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I'm not sure I fully understand what exactly it is that those pining for the earlier seasons want. I mean, they were great - I think the whole series has been great - but scenes like Walt using a bike lock to strangle someone and the emotional pain he's in during and afterward, or when he blows up that building Tuco was in and he walks away, gets in his car, and is obviously scared shitless, depict a normal person who is just starting to get his feet wet in criminal behavior and is understandably scared/shaken/disgusted about it.
At this late stage in the game, he's no longer supposed to be that guy, he's supposed to be without fear concerning his criminal acts now, and indeed, his falling for Jesse's threat to burn his money was the first time in a while where he actually appeared genuinely fearful of something(and then of course after Hank is killed and the events that followed). I feel like, to want scenes like the ones from the earlier seasons is to not want Walt to have become a monster at all, but that is the premise of the series.
And as for Walt always coming out on top - the conflicts he comes out on top on are often the kind of conflicts where the alternative is dying. If Walt dies, the show is over, so...what exactly do you want, if you're not happy with Walt always coming out on top?
At this late stage in the game, he's no longer supposed to be that guy, he's supposed to be without fear concerning his criminal acts now, and indeed, his falling for Jesse's threat to burn his money was the first time in a while where he actually appeared genuinely fearful of something(and then of course after Hank is killed and the events that followed). I feel like, to want scenes like the ones from the earlier seasons is to not want Walt to have become a monster at all, but that is the premise of the series.
And as for Walt always coming out on top - the conflicts he comes out on top on are often the kind of conflicts where the alternative is dying. If Walt dies, the show is over, so...what exactly do you want, if you're not happy with Walt always coming out on top?