It seemed like the entire show built up to that episode. The script called for phenomenal acting from the entire cast, and man did they deliver a very powerful 60 minutes. Jesse, Jr., Marie and Hank are the only sympathetic characters on the whole show, and each of them had their lives unravel (or further unravel) last night.
And Todd is one sick dude.
Over the top crazy and great.
What I appreciate about Gilligan is that he doesn't need big plot twists to send the show careening again. A simple little request, like Sklyer sister demanding Skyler reveal everything to the son, makes the entire storyline irrevocable. Until that moment, everything could have been covered up, papered over, the same drama that began 5 years ago would have been dominant (can Walter keep his hidden life under wraps), but then she makes a demand, the show goes loopy, and Walt goes out of his mind.
Todd is lethal. And smart. Seems like an automaton.
I have a hard time sympathizing with Marie. Neurotic, whiny and purple is no way to go through life. Hank is a blowhard. Hate him. Walter, the psychopath, is the only sympathetic character. Jesse is like that cartoon kid Caillou all grown up--that's how Caillou is going to grow up to be. Whiny. Spoiled.
my list of loose ends (that can directly tie skylar to the business as i think that is what will propel walt forward): jesse, the nazis by way of jesse, saul, sauls 2 bodyguards, the dude she had an affair with.
But I feel like Hank, Marie and Jesse all at least have some moral guidance (which is variously overwhelmed). I used to think Walt did, but he missed to many exit ramps in the past two season to be viewed as a "family man" anymore (and that was all he had left). The last time he saw Jesse was just cold-blooded - I mean probably the nastiest thing you could say to another human being before you knew he was about to be tortured by a gang of nazis and "killed".
I think the reason they weren't worried about Jesse is that they didn't really care to kill him. Remember, when they came out for Walt it wasn't because they were following Walt's orders to kill him anymore, or to save Walt, per se, but because the exact latitude / longitude coordinates Walt provided tipped them off that something important was hidden in the desert. So when they found that 'something' they didn't need to kill Jesse, and probably just assumed Walt's bloodlust had passed for the time being (and Jesse doesn't really know anything about them).
The reason Walt lived, I think, is Todd. The uncle said that there would be a problem with Todd if they took all of Walt's money, so I would assume that there would be an even bigger problem if they killed him (but I don't know what 'problem' looks like). I am still unclear about what the power structure is within that family, but certainly Todd wields some influence as evidenced by the fact that he was able to keep Jesse alive.