I was reading an article about breaking bad where the writer (Moira Wally-Beckett) and director (Rian Johnson) of Ozymandias discuss the ep.
http://www.vulture.com/2013/09/rian...eckett-breaking-bad-ozymandius-interview.html
They pretty much answer questions that have been floating around in this thread
Q: There were a couple of reaction shots of Todd. In his own psychopathic way, does he feel bad about what happened to Hank? He looked a little less indifferent than usual.
A - Moira Walley-Beckett: “Within his distinct lack of empathy, he does respect Mr. White, and he’s very much aware of the plight of Mr. White. And I think it just makes Todd kind of uncomfortable to see Mr. White cringing and weeping on the ground. It’s hard for Todd to assimilate that kind of information.”
A - Rian Johnson: “It’s like seeing your teacher or your parent cry of something. There’s just something uncomfortable about it.”
Q: I’ve seen different reactions to Walt’s phone call to Skyler. Some say it was all a ploy to save her from prosecution; others says that it was real and he was railing at her. Does the debate surprise you?
A - Moira Walley-Beckett: ”I personally feel like it wasn’t open to interpretation. I would hope that people got that it was an absolute ploy on Walt’s part. It is the family-man part of Walt playing the part of Heisenberg to exonerate Skyler. I was hoping that the process of the lie and the subterfuge would be clear and that viewers would be with Skyler in their understanding. When we first hear Walt, we think he’s gone full Heisenberg. It’s outrageous and horrible and abusive what he’s saying! But then we start to put the pieces together as Skyler does, and I was hoping people would sort of be traveling that journey with her.”
A - Rian Johnson: “I had two angles on Skyler, and one of them was the side angle. I purposely turned that up to try and keep everybody in the room — the cops, Marie, Walt Jr. — present, and then I had a more intimate, straight-on camera for her. So much of her reaction to the call is about not just what she’s going through inside, but about how she plays it, how she plays along with the lie, or doesn’t. That was really important. Then Bryan’s side was a much different challenge. The complexity of it, playing one thing while feeling another, that’s always interesting to watch. The fact that the Heisenberg personality, which throughout so much of the show has liberated him to do these horrible things with impunity, has become this thing that he’s now imprisoned by. He has to put this persona on to do the thing that he never wanted to have to do, in order to save the family that he’s already lost.”