Wouldn't Hank get into trouble with his superiors for sharing sensitive information about Gale or making Walt drive around staking out Gus? Hank pulled a lot of things, like taking Walt on a "ride around" in the Pilot (which is illegal by the DEA). It would be like someone telling their family that they worked for the CIA and were involved in a major operation in Syria or Russia. Just wondering.
shareYeah, I do believe that would be the thing that ended Hank's career, not his association with Walt.
shareOf course, another thing that'd kill Hank's career, just as much as the "leaking confidential information", would be that the bills for his treatment after he got shot were paid with Walt's drug money. Which, to Hank, makes him look like an accessory after the fact.
On a sidenote, there's a bit of irony here: if it were Gomez or any DEA agent who wasn't Hank that first suspected Gus was running a meth operation, the investigation would have ended with Gus in bracelets, rather than Gus getting blown up while the DEA were sidelined trying to protect Hank.
It would, but that's how things are in real life, nobody completely follows the protocols and guidelines, especially when it comes to family which is usually given a heavy amount of trust by default.
shareYup, and it is Hank playing fast and loose with the rules AND the law that make many people loathe Hank. (Myself included.) Hank represents the law and he also believes he is above it many times.
shareYeah, Hank was extremely unprofessional throughout the show. He let his personal relationship with Walt blind him, and was cocky enough to think rules didn't apply to him (and apparently, they didn't. I enjoyed him being taken down a peg in El Paso.)
Do you even know what honor is?
- A horse.
I agree. Hank was an insufferable showboater and that's ultimately what got him killed.
By taking Walt on that first ride-along (not necessarily illegal, BTW, it's done quite a bit) he exposed Walt to the "easy money" of the criminal underworld. Cooking Meth was right up Walt's alley, from a scientific standpoint and it was a foregone conclusion that Walt would probably, instantly be the best cook anywhere.
Had Hank not given Walt that initial information about just how much money there was to be made by selling meth, Walt never would have gone down that road. Hank ultimately may have been killed in the line anyway, but Walt wouldn't have had anything to do with it. In any case, Hank set into motion the events of the entire series, just by being a loudmouth showoff. I guess he couldn't help but be who he was, just like Walt couldn't help being who he was in the end, either.
Irony can be pretty ironic, sometimes.