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Walter specifically and emphatically is certain Gus can't afford to pause production even for a moment. Is there anything shown that supports this? There are things shown that support the exact opposite. It's possible Walter is saying this to manipulate Jesse, I guess.
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* Walter specifically and emphatically is certain Gus can't afford to pause production even for a moment. Is there anything shown that supports this? There are things shown that support the exact opposite. It's possible Walter is saying this to manipulate Jesse, I guess.
** Probably because they're producing ''drugs'', and they're dealing with a lot of dangerous people at that. Remember how pissed and frustrated Tuco was when he got 0.25 kg instead of 2 kg he was promised? Now imagine it being about ''dozens'' of kg. Not saying Fring's life would've been in danger, but his reputation as a reliable supplier would've suffered greatly. Also, he had to cut the Cartel in, and their relations were already strained. If his profits, and therefore cut, plummeted, he would've been in deep trouble.
** Probably because they're producing ''drugs'', and they're dealing with a lot of dangerous people at that. Remember how pissed and frustrated Tuco was when he got 0.25 kg instead of 2 kg he was promised? Now imagine it being about ''dozens'' of kg. Not saying Fring's life would've been in danger, but his reputation as a reliable supplier would've suffered greatly. Also, he had to cut the Cartel in, and their relations were already strained. If his profits, and therefore cut, plummeted, he would've been in deep trouble.
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[[folder: Why destroy the lab?]]
* Destroying the super-lab in season 4 was an iconic and cathartic moment, sure, but upon reflection, wasn't it also a collosally boneheaded move? Before that the DEA had nothing on Fring. His death doesn't prove anything - legitimate businessmen also get assassinated by competitors or by the mob. As for the lab, DEA has no real reasons to dig around the laundry or to go after Fring's employees, so it wasn't really a threat. Scour it clean from fingerprints and maybe disable the raising mechanism in the laundromat, sure, but blow it up? What did that achieve other than actually attracting DEA's attention and giving them the aforementioned reasons, and why would Walter want that? He didn't know about the hazard pay, and if it wasn't for that, the laundry manager would've sold them both the next day. Not to mention possible retaliation from the crew (especially Mike), whom the police obviously couldn't have arrested immediately.
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** It's Walter. He could take one small stack of cash and count it, then extrapolate the value of the entire pallet. Width times length times height is volume. It's basic math that Walt could do in his head.
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** It's also possible the DEA cheated and this evidence wouldn't be allowed in court. Hank was pushing hard for results and Gomez was shown to be a not legally flexible as well. And I won't pretend to be a lawyer, but I'm pretty sure the Feds have expansive powers to seize vast amounts of cash. More importantly, they weren't after the lawyer, they were after his boss, they just wanted to sweat the lawyer.
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[[folder: Why is Walter convinced Gus can't pause production?]]
Walter specifically and emphatically is certain Gus can't afford to pause production even for a moment. Is there anything shown that supports this? There are things shown that support the exact opposite. It's possible Walter is saying this to manipulate Jesse, I guess.
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Walter specifically and emphatically is certain Gus can't afford to pause production even for a moment. Is there anything shown that supports this? There are things shown that support the exact opposite. It's possible Walter is saying this to manipulate Jesse, I guess.
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