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Originally Posted by dyna mo
thoughts on why they had white being so dominated and subjugated by shrader in front of pinkman like that?
and i am using all of their last names specifically, this was a very macho scene and quite frankly, i am stunned by white's lack of it here.
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As you say, they rarely do anything in this show for no reason so there is likely some kind of subtext to why they had White like that. On a more obvious front, I think White thought he could get out of it. I think his arrogance still had him believing that he can control Jesse and I think he feels like he could still outsmart Hank, but he knew that he was caught so he gave into them at that moment if for no other reason that he didn't have any other real option.
The way they had him kneel down and all that stuff is how the police arrest someone that is very high risk so it was accurate, but I also think it was meant to make Hank and Jesse feel like they had finally beaten Walter.
I think much of this episode was mostly a setup that is leading us towards Walt's likely face-off with the Nazi crew. Why he is going to face them I suppose remains to be seen, maybe they find his money, maybe they kill Jesse and he wants revenge, who knows, but I established that those guys have some serious firepower and they are not afraid to use it which is why he needs that M-60.