Originally Posted by lezinterracial

My thinking. To create a sense of tragedy. Hank had White where he wanted him. He was being the typical cop that is in control. The rush from nabbing Walter and his cash. Making it all the more tragic to lose it all.

Ever seen a cop search your car. They yell at you, tell you to stand here and there. When they get it your car they look like kids under a Christmas tree, looking for that big score.

Hank had public enemy number 1 and a record breaking cash haul. All to be lost in the next few minutes.

Originally Posted by kane

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.