In that moment, the "gliding" stops. Hank realizes that the high-level drug lord he has been hunting—Heisenberg—is his own brother-in-law, setting the stage for the series' final tragic arc.
: Like the ship in the poem, Walt is "advancing" through nature and space, feeling untouchable in his success.
The visual climax of this wealth occurs in a storage unit, where Skyler shows Walt a massive, literal mountain of cash. She asks him a haunting question: "How much is enough?" and "How big does this pile have to be?". Realizing he has achieved more than he ever set out for, Walt finally tells Skyler, "I'm out". The Whitman Connection