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Originally Posted by AmeliaG
Hank is totally dishonest in how he presents himself. He's kind of a wuss, but he overcompensates, walking around lording it over other people and condescending all the time. When Walt was first diagnosed with cancer, Hank treated him in a demeaning and emasculating manner. The scene where Hank punches Walt and Walt just shakes it off and tells him to tread lightly was really powerful because Hank started out as such a domineering jerk and the whole structure has circled around.
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But that's precisely why the show is so good. Hand started off as your regular, overbearing macho alpha male.
As the story progresses we see the chips in the armor, and then there's the Tortuga incident, his panic attack, close shave with the Mexican brothers and painful recovery. So we realize that Hank's macho bearing is a way to cope with stress, and that he's as fragile and fallible as anyone else.
I've enjoyed Hank's character arch almost as much as Walt's.