In the end, Gus probably should have put more thought into taking Walt and Jesse out of the equation. Kara Hedash is a features editor and writer for Screen Rant. From time to time, she dives into the world's most popular franchises but Kara primarily focuses on evergreen topics. The fact that she gets to write about The Office regularly is like a dream come true.
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She also has a soft spot for horror ever since she started watching it at too young of an age. I mean it's same for Skyler if Hank was killed by Gus or nazis, from her point of view it's Walt who killed him.
Have you watched end of the show? But makes scense not that you restated it. Gus would have killed Walt, his family and even Jesse after he got another lab guy to learn the recipe. Gus was ruthless and would never leave any loose ends or liabilities for long.
Walt knew this. Maybe a case of takes one to know one. Yeah, Gus and Walt were same that way: they both never left loose ends. Walt found his match in Gus, all other main villans before him were way under his league.
So, Gus became loose end to Walt as much as Walt became to him. Jesse raises the topic of Tomas, and actively creates conflict between Gus' employees: the dealers on one side, and Walt and Jesse on the other.
Jesse forgoes the chain of command and acts on his own; which goes against Gus' principle of a neatly run business. The chain of command is there for a reason. Jesse is confirming what Gus already thinks about him.
He is led by his emotions, not his intelligence. He acts before thinking. He is a liability who could do serious harm to the business without even understanding it. But Walt protects him. Other than trying to make Walt let go of Jesse, he cannot do anything about it right now. Furthermore, while Walt does side with Jesse, Walt talks to Gus about it. Walt is also much more open to a compromise, whereas Jesse is not. This appeases Gus. It shows respect for the business, and a pragmatic approach.
Walt therefore also confirms what Gus already thinks about him. He is clever, pragmatic, respectful, open to compromise; not at all like the street criminals that Gus despises. Gus sees Walt as someone like him. Gus very much prides himself on being a manager: his respectful diplomatic behavior, and his desire to find suitable compromises. Gus therefore agrees to find a compromise. Again, the only benefit to Gus is that he gains favor with Walt.
Although I do think that Gus must have personally disliked using children to deal drugs. Not only is it morally reprehensible, but children are a liability they will often get away with no punishment if they confess their crimes, making them liabilities. But this time, Gus gives a direct order. No retaliation against the dealers , as it upsets Gus' business. In return, the dealers no longer employ children. Although this must have irked Gus too; I do think he is pragmatic enough to see that it is the cost of doing business.
I don't think he ordered to have Tomas killed, but he understands the dealers' decision. It was an impossible choice to save Tomas, it would risk the entire multi million dollar enterprise.
At any rate, Gus is only informed of this after the fact; so he can't undo Tomas' death. The best course of action is to let bygones be bygones and not upset his business. Keep in mind that the dealers are technically speaking Gus' customers. He can't keep upsetting them and still expect them to work with him. Although Gus can understand Walt's loyalty to Jesse; Walt has also disobeyed a direct order from Gus himself. This irrevocably means that Walt puts Jesse before Gus, to a point of adding risk to Gus' enterprise.
This cannot be tolerated. Walt has proven to not respect the chain of command when it suits him. He is a liability, as much as Jesse is. Whether Walt has already been a liability and Gus didn't see it , or Walt has become a liability because he learned from Jesse; doesn't matter at this point. Gus cannot stand to kick Walt out immediately. Walt is also not a current threat; it's more a matter of Gus now being aware that Walt will act out when push comes to shove.
Therefore, Gus sets the plan in motion to hire Gale and slowly phase Walt out of the meth cooking; so that Walt becomes expendable and can be done away with. I don't think that Gus wanted to kill Walt , but I do think that Walt's personality had made it very clear to Gus that Gus could not remove Walt from cooking without Walt retaliating.
The same principle applies again: Gus does not want to uspet his business; and therefore considered the necessary evil of killing Walt. True, but it is the principle of the thing. Walt broke the chain of command, and even went so far as to ignore a direct order. Walt also refuses to acknowledge that Jesse should be punished for this.
This is unforgivable for someone who runs a tight ship like Gus. If another similar situation presented itself, Walt would do the same thing again, and Gus does not want to risk that. Gus would have killed Walt, his family and even Jesse after he got another lab guy to learn the recipe.
Gus was ruthless and would never leave any loose ends or liabilities for long. Walt knew this. They want the money he generates to keep flowing and need the distrabution network he has built, but as we know Gus is a man who is deeply caculated and he hardly makes a move without a good reason that betters his pocket or position. Gus initially was skeptical of keeping Walter as a cook, because he felt Walter was too risky and undisciplined.
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