Huell falls for the ruse and gets worried and tells them all he did was help him move some barrels filled with money and tells them of the rental agency where he and Kuby rented the van that Walt transported the money with. Tense and alert with gun in hand, he heads to the garage, realizing that the noise was made by his beer bottles popping off. She tells Hank that she never reported the RV as stolen because she did not want to have her son arrested. Hank wasn't buying his alibi, however. Hank clearly believes Jesse is just as guilty as Walt is for the crimes they have committed (most notably the Gale murder, and the manufacturing of crystal meth under Walt's drug empire). The three then formulate a plan: Hank buys a barrel matching the ones Walt used for his money, and with the help of Jesse fills it up with some money and buries it in his backyard in an area similar to desert terrain, thus simulating the real barrels. In the course of his work, Hank is promoted to the prestigious yet more dangerous base in El Paso, Texas from Albuquerque for a short time, but experiences a traumatic event courtesy of the Mexican drug cartels and moves back to Albuquerque. Status Hank beats up Jesse after he believes he was responsible for the call informing him of Marie's fake hospitalization. Marie interrupts, and asks if having Jesse there will be bad for Walt. Hank is amused by Saul's name, recognizing the pun Saul used when choosing it. Upon checking the GPS data at home, he notices that Gus has only gone between his home and one Los Pollos Hermanos restaurant. After repeatedly asking if she is under arrest, to which Hank does not directly answer, Skyler angrily leaves the premises leaving Hank to ponder his next move once more. Hank notices a leaflet from Los Pollos Hermanos in one of the pictures of Gale's house, with numbers and letters scribbled on the bottom. Hank's experience at Juarez has a profound effect on him and is shortly after sent back to Albuquerque. Relationships Jesse agrees. Shortly after, Tortuga's head is spotted moving slowly in the distance. When he says that they all need to support Marie through this, Skyler exclaims that she is the one in need of support, as she's a 40-year-old pregnant woman with a detached husband with lung cancer and a moody son, before breaking down in front of Hank. My chest gets all tight, I can't breathe. In some ways, Hank is introduced as the antithesis of Walt, in a good way: he's popular, cheerful, successful, and constantly bragging about his skills. Suspecting he's a hired gun (which is false), and seemingly with new purpose, Jesse veers away and heads to a pay phone, where he calls Walt and then departs. Hank indicates that the operation must have been making hundreds of pounds of meth weekly, if not more. Saul offers to have Krazy-8 give up the information in exchange for all charges being dropped once the DEA confirms it. Main Hank shows a quote written by Gale dedicated an unknown 'W.W' to Walt. He once recalled having a job tagging trees as a summer hire during his college years and having oral sex at a gay bar the night before his wedding with a woman named Joan Crawford. Jesse wakes up to find Hank and Gomez waiting for him in the Schraders' living room. Hank corrects her by stating that they're minerals and that some of them are very delicate ("Thirty-Eight Snub"). Despite all this, Hank suspects that Kilkelly isn't the true Heisenberg ("Better Call Saul"). Hank asks why, to which Merkert replies, "Maybe you have a guardian angel.". Hank has a cavalier exterior, but in reality the dark side of his job affects him more than he cares to admit leading him to have anxiety attacks from post-traumatic stress. Occupation After Kenny discovers Gomez and Hank are DEA agents, Jack prepares to shoot Hank but Walt screams for them to stop and comes out of the car trying to bargain with Jack to let him live, even offering his money. and addressed to "my other favorite W.W." Remembering his conversation with Walter, in which the two joked that the "W.W." mentioned in Gale Boetticher's notes referred to Walter White, Hank comes to the shocking realization that his brother-in-law was the Heisenberg he has been chasing all along ("Gliding Over All"). Meeting with the two agents who spoke to Jesse when Brock was poisoned, Hank suggests that he speak to Jesse to see what information he can draw from him. While he does not know where Walt keeps his money he suspects someone who does. After the party, he visits Walt (who was resting in the hospital after being found). After getting the room to chant, he tells Gomez that he needs to take a personal leave to search for Walt, who has just gone missing.

1998 Deceased Characters from Season 5B (Breaking Bad), Characters from Breaking Bad in Better Call Saul, Tri-State Border Interdiction Task Force in El Paso, https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/File:All_along_it_was_you!.ogg, https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/File:Hank_speech.ogg, Hank has been in three gunfights throughout the series due to Walt. Hank's death has similarities with the death of, Hank wears his wrist watch, a Casio G-Shock, on his right wrist as seen in the final scene of ". Relieved and ecstatic, Hank stops by a shopping center to purchase some flowers for his wife, Marie, telling her that everything's going to be alright after all. The mask was traced back to Walt's high school. Hank and Gomez then go to Saul's assistant, Huell, who is being held in a DEA safe-house. Shortly before he married Marie, Hank informed his brother-in-law, Walter White, about the affair. Hank is discussing a recent truck explosion near the border with his team, indicating that it must be high-end cartel work, before receiving a call telling him that Walt has been arrested. Character information Hank, realizing how lost the situation is, sees Steve's gun out in the open and makes a desperate crawl to it to defend himself but as soon as he's about to reach it, Jack's foot is on it and he takes it away, rendering Hank helpless.

Later, Marie gets a call (set up by Walt) stating that Hank's life is in danger by the cartel and, in a panic, informs Skyler of the attack ("Crawl Space"). ASAC Merkert has no choice but to suspend Hank without pay and to confiscate his gun. Hank tells Marie that he requires concrete proof of his brother-in-law being Heisenberg but if he tells the office that it is Walt without evidence, his career will be over due to his familial relationship with the man. After a brief discussion of what is and isn't legal, Walt states that the line is arbitrary. Tortuga quickly shuts him down, stating that he may take his time, but he always wins. Hank is mocked behind his back in by his co-workers in Spanish, mentioning that his promotion was nothing more than politics. Gomez tells Hank to let it go, as there's no solid evidence to charge him with the crime. Despite his brashness, Hank is highly competent at his job and cares deeply about his family. No He informs him of the connections the laundromat has between Madrigal Electromotive, Gus Fring's operation, and Gale Boetticher and fully believes it to be the location of the superlab. Hank is later seen giving an official statement of what went down at the desert shack. Hank agrees and Saul adds on that he wants Krazy-8's identity as a snitch protected. Henry R. Schrader Hank waves off Jesse's misgivings, and asks him to describe on camera everything he remembers about Walt's business dealings and criminal activity. Jesse nervously approaches the meeting point and spots Walt sitting on a bench. While Hank's family is sleeping in the waiting room, a doctor informs them that he is finally able to have visitors. Once transferred to El Paso, Hank has a hard time fitting in with his new co-workers. Panicking, he calls Gomez, believing it to be some sort of prank. Hank is demonstrating to the other men at Walt's 50th birthday how his gun works. He states that Heisenberg wised up and stopped "shitting where he eats." Walt references several events that did occur and ties them in to the story (such as the attempt on Hank's life by Gus, as well as the mark left by Hank when he punched Walt), weaving an increasingly believable web. Breaking Bad One Minute - Hank beats up Jesse, Breaking Bad - 'Hank kills Tuco's cousin' (HD), ITunes Exclusive - Breaking Bad Season 5 Sneak Peek Hank in the Super Lab, Hank Punches Walter Breaking Bad S05E09 "Blood Money". After the Cousins' shootout, Walt realizes he's partly responsible for Hank's situation and thus saves him from Gus. Hank pays Skyler a visit to ask why she doesn't return any of Marie's phone calls. Later, Hank makes a statement about what happened at the junkyard, but he pleads the Fifth in regards to assaulting Jesse. At the office, Hector only attempts to spell out insults to Hank before he stops him. Hank and the others are later seen at a stakeout in Mexico. When Walt returns home one night, Hank is found sitting with the rest of the family, waiting to give Walt an intervention on the future of his condition. Hank later tells his partner, Steve Gomez, that El Paso wants him back. Walt concludes that it was addressed to Walt Whitman, whom Gale was a fan of ("Bullet Points"). Walt dislikes it when Walter Jr. looks up to Hank, yet he loves Hank on some grudging level, at one point making it very clear to Saul that Hank is family. Hank informs his team that there is a new group of meth cooks in town, making some of the purest meth he's ever seen. Hank is later seen with Gomez and Detective Getz staking out the bus stop where Badger was arrested, planning to have Badger take the meth from Heisenberg in order to arrest the latter (unaware of the fact that Saul hired another man to fill in Walt's place). He lets Walt know that if he's in over his head with his gambling issue, he is the first guy he should come to. Hank refuses to confide in Marie, so she asks Walt for help. When discussing Walt's situation, Hank tells him that if anything happens he will make sure his family is safe and taken care of ("Cancer Man"). Hank is later seen during a drug bust when he gets a call from his wife, Marie, informing him of Walter White Jr.'s usage of marijuana. He struggles in pain to take another step and forces the lesson to be cut short. He describes these "new players" as having a high skill set. Shot in the head by Jack Welker Hank then invites everyone who took part in the operation out for drinks. A doctor announces that Hank is stabilized and out of surgery, but cannot have any visitors. That night, Hank is awoken by loud gunshot-like pops coming from inside his house. After some time, Walt takes Hank back to Los Pollos Hermanos and retrieves the bug for him. Hank, feeling the encounter was a waste of his time, jokes that he at least "didn't shit himself this time" ("Face Off"). Hank, now bedridden at home, is seen bidding on a magnesite crystal online when Marie begins to praise his progress in physical therapy. After being mocked for not understanding Spanish as well as becoming increasingly impatient with Tortuga, Hank attempts to intimidate him into giving them the information they're after. Social life Later at dinner, Marie brings up Hank's meeting as being something secretive, to which Hank quickly changes the subject. Suddenly, the boxes of evidence tell a whole new story. Along with the pot use earlier, Hank believes Walter Jr. is lashing out because of Walt's illness. Hank is disappointed with Walter Jr. for calling him instead of his father after he got in trouble for trying to purchase alcohol as a minor. As Walt speaks with him, Hank tells him that the conflict in El Paso is like Apocalypse Now. Hank joins Vanco and a few others during a visit to a cartel informant named Tortuga. Hank finds out that Walt and Skyler paid for his medical bills when he was shot by The Cousins as Marie did not know it was drug money when she accepted it from Skyler. During another session of physical therapy, Hank pushes through the routine on the way to his bedroom, indicating great improvement. Walt confesses that he has lung cancer. He then enters the interrogation room where Jesse remains silent ("Buried"). Hank is later seen looking at clean photos of the laundromat, frustrated that his investigation seemed to have led nowhere ("End Times"). Some time later, ASAC Merkert introduces Hank to three local businessmen donating funds to the department. One morning, Walt talks with Hank about Skyler and begins crying. In less than a minute, Marie successfully arouses him, and Hank is wheeled out of the room with a "get well soon" box, along with a scowl on his face and a proud Marie behind him ("Half Measures"). Hank mentions that the unit is perfect for the "biggest meth lab north of the border." Hank is unperturbed, pointing out that Jesse is a "junkie murderer" and claims that if he is killed by Walt, they will get it all on tape. He is faced with numerous threats from the rival drug cartels which take a toll on Hank's mental health. Gus continued by stating that Gale reconnected with him and, after inviting him over for dinner, offered a business proposal to him that he promptly declined. Hank complements Walt on his gambling skills, only to be scolded by Marie for enabling him. Hank, fuming with rage, shame, and vertigo, is left panicked and gasping. Hank meets Marie at the door when she arrives home and attempts to send her on an impromptu spa trip. Luckily, all Hank needed from the crash was a neck brace. Gus states that Gale was the winner of a chemistry scholarship Gus established in honor of his late friend Maximino Arciniega. Hank and Gomez are later seen out in the desert at the location of Walt and Jesse's crash site. Hank asks Skyler why she's keeping Walt away from their kids, to which she replies "It's none of your business." The next day, Hank calls in sick and is found by Marie making some of his original home-made brew called Schraderbru in his garage, much to Marie's dismay. Hank excuses himself to get coffee and while he is along, Walt bugs Hank's office ("Dead Freight"). Later that night, Hank is unable to sleep. She suggests he give Walt a call, as he might have sold him marijuana at some point. Hank has no choice but to buy Jesse's story. While searching for him, Hank gets the drop on Marco, only to have his shots be stopped by a Marco's bulletproof vest. Hank meets with the APD and DEA when Gus Fring is summoned to the APD headquarters for questioning.

She reveals that Jesse owns a red Monte Carlo that he converted to a low-rider. Gus refills Hank's soda and offers to pay for any future meals, even offering Walter Jr. a job if he were to ever be interested. He also intercepts a message on Jesse's phone from Andrea claiming that Walt is at her house worried about him as is she. Hank fails to extract any information from Jesse, and a short time later he meets with Walt and Skyler. Hank closes the garage door, enraged, and punches Walt in the face, shouting his knowledge of Walt's true criminal nature and vows to put him under the jail. Hank pays a visit to Jesse's mom, Diane Pinkman, in an attempt to get any info on her son. After Walt calls him one morning to take up his offer, he's seen with Walt and his fellow agent Steven Gomez waiting to bust a house. Hank exits the bathroom, stunned and transformed. After giving him a quick pep-talk, Hank ushers Jesse out into the Plaza.

He quotes Hank by stating "Good guys never get ink like the bad guys do." He gets a call from Marie asking when he'll be home. Family Hank even peers at the surveillance video of the methylamine precursor theft, and the grainy figures now clearly resolve into Walt and Jesse ("Blood Money"). However it is readily apparent he is beyond devastated about Hank's death and his role in it. Hank confronts Walt about the atrocities Walt has done under the name Heisenberg. Hank's single mission in life becomes trying to get Walt to pay for his crimes, and he becomes deeply invested in making sure Walt doesn't die of cancer before he can be convicted. When Walt refuses to stop giving Walter Jr. shots, Hank decides that they've had the bottle for too long. Hank, still bedridden, meets with Tim Roberts. The first was the gun battle with. He jokingly mentions that tortuga is "bean-speak" for tortoise. Hank's strong desire to bring Walt down is evident when Jesse states that he is afraid Walt will kill him at a proposed meeting and after leaving the room, Gomez is worried that the "kid" might be right about the meet being a trap and Hank corrected Gomez by saying "Oh, you mean the junkie murderer?" 2008 During his incapacitation following the attack by the Salamanca cousins, Hank started collecting minerals as a hobby. Later, Hank and the family have dinner without Walt. He met Marie in high school and asked her out repeatedly until she finally agreed. Just after he hangs up, two cars come from a distance, containing Jack and Todd, and Jack's crew who ignored Walt's cancellation of coming to protect him from Jesse. She tells him he's mistaken and runs over a neighborhood kid's remote-control car as she's leaving. Much to Hank's frustration, Walt finally leaves. While rendezvousing at the White residence, Skyler asks about Walt's second cell phone, to which Marie suspects he was using to buy weed from a former student of his named Jesse Pinkman. Infuriated, Hank confronts Jesse at his house and proceeded to beat him to a pulp, asking him who he's working for and how he know his wife's name. Hank pounds on the RV door, telling Jesse to do things the easy way. Walt, panicking from Hank's sudden state of knowledge, deliberately drives past the laundromat and into oncoming traffic. To this end, Hank accepted his death despite Walt's pleas, knowing full well that Jack intended to kill him anyway. I've been unraveling, y'know? Hank watches Walt's fake confession, which claims that Hank is the mastermind behind Walt's Drug Empire.

Hank and Marie have the Whites over for dinner again, where Walt is becoming increasingly drunk off of wine. Hank is rushed to the hospital via ambulance and is seen being wheeled inside by Jesse, whom was just released. During their stay, he shows a DVD of Gale Boetticher performing karaoke to Walt and Walter Jr., during which he laughs uncontrollably with Walter Jr. while Walt stares in shock. And thus, Walt's hubris pushes Hank to pick up the case once more. Hank tells her that he can't return until Jesse gives him a lead. Later on at a crime scene in a junkyard, Hank sends a photo of Gonzo and No-Doze to Walt, claiming they're the "world's dumbest criminals," ("Seven Thirty-Seven").

Steve Gomez returns to Hank's house and informs him that Hector Salamanca wants to speak only to him. Hank diverts his attention to Jesse, whose car and money he found at the shack. 2004 Hank arrives back at his old department and is informed by Gomez that blue meth was being sold by a man named Brandon Mayhew, also known as Badger. Since there are 10 men, Hank had his pick of the litter for which deal he wanted to make. Hank thanks him and proceeds to slip the cup into an evidence bag once Gus is gone and stashes under the car seat. After some resistance, Hank attempts to pry the door open with a crowbar before being confronted by Old Joe, informing him that he cannot search the RV without a warrant. Date of birth Both Hank and Steve's deaths were avenged by Walt, who kills Jack in the same manner that he killed Hank and kills his entire crew as well ("Felina"). Despite his considerable shortcomings, Hank is basically a good-hearted family man. This experience leaves him with enduring, debilitating anxiety attacks. Upon getting closer, they see that it was Tortuga's severed head on a tortoise with the words "Hola DEA" painted on the side of the tortoise's shell. After a brief anxiety attack in the bathroom of a bar, he returns to his car to stash his gun before going back to the bar. HankUncle HankASAC Schrader ("Ozymandias") As the two men banter, they receive word that the target is approaching and Hank expresses confidence that Krazy-8's information is correct given the fact that the last two dead drops have also turned out to be real. Tim Roberts visits Hank once more. Marie and Skyler are pulled aside by the doctor to discuss Hank's condition, stating that a recovery is stacked against Hank's favor and that therapy could land the couple bankrupt. After doing an inventory of the equipment, Hank notices that two respirators are missing, along with some glassware. Hank checks the voicemail and listens to Walt's message, a plan already forming in his mind ("Rabid Dog").

Hank complains about the location, causing Gomez to suggest that its moved during monsoon season. Hank and other members of the APD and DEA questioning Gus.

Hank shares his experience with Tuco to Walter Jr., telling him that criminals are like cockroaches and that you should stomp them down when you see one without thinking. He hangs up the phone and gives himself up. After finding closure in seeing Gale - the man he thinks is Heisenberg - dead, he states to Tim that he's done with the research. He douses the living room with gasoline and attempts to spark a lighter. He is later mourned by his sister-in-law, nephew and widow (and, presumably, all his fellow DEA agents) after Walt takes credit for the deed in order to help clear Skyler from his criminal activities. Hank meets with Steven Gomez and ASAC George Merkert at the DEA office. Dean Norris Hank immediately realizes he was tricked ("Sunset"). Rogers." Hank concludes by believing that Heisenberg is still in town. Later at Civic Plaza, Gomez sets up surveillance while Hank tapes a wire to Jesse's chest. Appearances in Breaking Bad During Gomez's farewell party, Hank gives him a statuette of Jess Malverde after learning of his importance back in El Paso.

When she mentions how late it is, he dismissively informs her that there are other bedrooms in the house. Hank meets Marie at the elevator and proceeds to break down, composing himself before the door opens. Hank has a cavalier exterior, but the dark side of his job affects him more than he cares to admit. There, he stumbles upon a wounded Tuco, from whom Walt and Jesse have just escaped captivity. When it is Hank's turn to speak, he explains through a baseball metaphor that Walt should take the money Elliott Schwartz offered him, briefly changing his mind when Marie mentions that Walt should do whatever he wants to do, believing that Walt has the right to die like a man ("Gray Matter"). Gomez tells him that he's the only one who saw it coming. This leads to Hank driving out to a shack in the desert, where Jesse's car was presumably reported to be. Despite being shaken up by the blast, Hank goes to help the injured agents ("Negro y Azul"). Weeks later at a cookout at the White's, Hank excuses himself to use the restroom, where he finds a copy of Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman while searching for reading material. Once Tim leaves, he tosses the notes on a pile of minerals and begins to watch TV. After Walt and Jesse's magnet heist revealed bank accounts for Gus's associates, Hank becomes obsessed with following Mike Ehrmantraut to track down the loose ends of Gus' Drug Empire ("Madrigal"). Walt told Hank to simply forget about it and that it wasn't an affair, and Hank chose to take his advice. Hank invites Walt on a ride-along, telling him he needs some excitement in his life. Annoyed and tipsy, Walt dismisses the notes as likely being copies of someone else's work, telling Hank that the true mastermind might still be at large. Unknown to the agents, Lalo Salamanca, through Saul, purposefully set up Krazy-8 as an informant to use the DEA to disrupt Gus Fring's operation. After some cordial discussion, Walt brings up the GPS device, all but sneering at Hank for his clumsy use of the same tracking device the two of them planted on Frings car. He states that a vegan such as Gale would have no business going to a chicken restaurant unless he was meeting with somebody, deducing that Gustavo Fring might just be the guy. Gomez finally agrees to help Hank with the investigation. When he asks Vanco why the saint's statue sits on his desk, Vanco states that it's to help him know his enemy, an idea based on the teachings of Sun Tzu. Hank buckles Jesse into his car, and drives away just before Walt's car pulls around the corner, in a near miss. He shares with Walt that he thinks Gus Fring is a major drug distributor and asks Walt to plant a bug on his car. Hank checking the bug he had Walt plant on Gus Fring's car. Hank notices that the inside cover was signed by "G.B." He states that Gale was truly a master at his craft and a genius who could've been something great had he put his talents to good use. Hank returns to the DEA office, where he is notified by Steven Gomez that Jesse has been mindlessly throwing large amounts of money around Albuquerque. The others surrounding the tortoise laugh at him. The overwhelming realization of how Walter has deceived, endangered, and crippled them all blurs Hanks vision and steals his breath, causing him to careen off the road and hit a neighbor's mailbox. Walt explains to him that he was checking to see if the device was firmly planted ("Hermanos"). These attacks, which reveal a more vulnerable side to Hank that he tends to disguise, increase in intensity after two brutal members, The Cousins, ambush Hank leave him with a debilitating injury. Hank is later seen with Walt and the rest of his family when Dr. Delcavoli informs them that Walt has entered remission and that his cancer has shrunk by 80% ("4 Days Out"). After the tension between Hank and Walt were settled, the Whites invite Hank and Marie over to their house for dinner. Fate Hank has shown himself to be a good law enforcement agent and competent investigator who was able to expose Gustavo Fring for what he truly was. ("Rabid Dog"). He shows Walt the gift his colleagues gave him during the party: Tuco's grill encased in a lucite cube. Hank is the only one laughing when he mocks the idea of drug dealers praying to their patron saint, Jess Malverde. Hank showing Steven Gomez the meth found at the cook site. He admits to becoming unraveled after his encounter with Tuco Salamanca and decides he's done being a cop. Marie finds Hank up late at night examining the minerals he's been collecting. Marco Salamanca appears from the side and begins firing at Hank, who grabs the gun Leonel dropped in the back seat and dives out of the car. His usual quips and racial humor that got a rise out of the department in Albuquerque are brushed off by the Mexican officers in El Paso. After revealing he has a 'history with Jesse, Hank says that he doesn't think Jesse was the murderer. Hank laughs and brushes it off ("No Ms"). As Walt returns, he goes back to actually plant the bug, much to Hank's dismay over Walt's clumsiness. Hank feels they're grasping at straws, but insist Hank question him. Hank later receives a phone call from Marie when she's arrested for stealing from an open house, infuriated that she's "doing this to [him] again." Refusing, she demands to know why he's trying to get her out of the house. Hank continues to follow Jesse until he arrives at a junkyard where Walt and Jesse takes the RV. Even in his final moments, Hank maintained his composure and a remarkable display of courage, even though Jack sadistically played along to Walt's offer that he would spare Hank if he agreed to let them go. Nearby, a hard-looking dude in a leather jacket is surveying the crowd. Hank with Walt. Hank was shot 6 times over the course of the series: A portrait of Hank can be seen hanging in the DEA office in the first El Camino trailer. Age The two agents watch and take pictures as Gus' henchman Diego retrieves the money from the dead drop before taking off, having apparently spotted the DEA agents. He plots even more feverishly to destroy Walt, trying to gather the evidence from Skyler and trying to persuade Jesse to give Walt up. Back home, Marie asks for him to share his thoughts on Gomez going to El Paso instead of him, saying that it makes sense for him not wanting to return after what happened. On the toilet, Hank discovers that Heisenberg is actually his own brother-in-law, Walter White. Last Hank brings over some chicken from Los Pollos Hermanos, commending them for their taste ("Phoenix"). He launches into a lengthy explanation about why their house is the safest place for Jesse. At dinner, Walt and Skyler confess to Walt having a 'gambling addiction' that landed him hundreds of thousands in winnings, explaining how they're able to afford to pay for Hank's treatment. He reveals that Jesse and Badger were the only people directly tied to the blue meth that he knows of. Jesse, furious at Walt for other reasons, forges an uneasy alliance with Hank, and Hank allows Jesse to stay at his house, seeing him as his only option of bringing Walt down and refuses to risk his safety by putting him in DEA protection. Walt asks him how much money the rolls of cash add up to, to which Hank states is about $700,000. Hank states that they must be needing to cook a lot of meth if they needed to steal a whole barrel of methylamine and that they'll be lucky if he and his team catch them before the Cartel does.