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Originally Posted by Eastern Girl

Do people want to speculate on what they think will happen or is that potentially too spoiler-y?

Here's my question:

Spoiler!

Whether Jesse kills Gale or not, what keeps him (Jesse) alive in the new season? Is he not essentially 100% expendable from Gus' perspective at this point? And Walt, I doubt, has the pull to protect him given they were going to kill him, so why wouldn't Gus just kill him off? Would he keep him alive just to avoid spoiling his working relationship with Walt, cause I imagine him ordering Walts murder would have already spoiled it. Jesse has done nothing but irritate Gus so what reason will be given for why he doesn't kill Jesse? Or is there something I am missing entirely?

Spoiler!

Walt is in the driver's seat now. Gus needs Walt more than Walt needs him. In the finale of season 3, we already saw that Gus is facing pressure from rival cartels. If production stops he is screwed. Walt can just say that it's him and Jesse or he won't cook at all. I guess on the other side of things, Gus could threaten to harm Walter's family, but that would also draw a lot of attention to Gus (what with Hank being a DEA agent and all) so that's probably not a very viable option for him either. I think we are going to see Walt take control of the whole situation and ultimately kill Gus