[BigRichard]

Originally Posted by blaise

Without Gus's need for him he has nothing. He's been confident because he has a card to play- that he can make the product that gets everyone paid; they need him. Without that he has no card to play.
I was trying to think what he could do. What could he have to make Gus reconsider. They only thing I can think of is maybe he tells Gus Jesse plans to kill him, and tells Gus about the cigarette pack. Or, he tells Gus he has everything written down- evidence, photos, etc. somewhere that would bring Gus down if anything happened to him. It seems early to go down that route, though.
The other possibility is that Jesse's girlfriend and son play into it, somehow. They showed them again in that last episode, and they almost never do anything without a purpose on the show.

My point was not that he didn't have an option here but the fact that he has been cool and calm when faced with other immediate threats. I forget what season it was but he walked into that one drug guys house knowing full well he could easily get killed and blew the place up. Last season when Gus' goon was about to kill him and he was telling Jesse to kill the other Chemist he was calm and collected even though he very well could have taken a bullet to the head.

Much of this show was based on the premise that once he got Cancer he didn't care what happened to himself. He just wanted to provide for his family. I thought the scene was horrible for that reason. Walt is not a bitch. I think now that they are gonna come after his family the true Walt will come out. He isn't afraid to get his hands dirty. I forsee several people dying at the hands of Walt. Or at the very least dying because of something that Walt set up.