Question regarding season 3 episode 7 - One minute *spoiler*

CMpunked

Did we ever get to find out who called Hank to warn him of the twins coming after him?

If not, do you think we will ever?

Stripey Cat

My money is on Gus.

EI_Flyboy

Gus set the whole thing up, remember the twins were hanging out in Los Pollos then he met them to tell them Walter was still off limits but he gave them Hank's name to appease them? He did it to get rid of them not knowing Hank was going to have his gun taken off him. He also set up the cartel capo above them which also meant he could deny involvement to Hector...

CMpunked

So it was just a way to get rid of the twins, thus eliminating more members of the Salamanca family?

EI_Flyboy

The twins and the capo gone, he could then cut off communication with the cartel and operate without them. Basically Hector's nephew Tuco was the cartel's main man above the border meaning Gus probably had to answer to him and that must've wrecked his head considering Gus was so reserved and professional whereas Tuco was a nutjob. Gus's role was distribution, the cartel were the suppliers, with Walter cooking Gus could move up to the top of the foodchain but to do that he needed rid of his cartel connection. There's more coming so if you haven't seen season 4 I don't want to spoil it on you!

the_djoker

Yep, what he said - It was Gus !! now enjoy the rest of it, you are in for a treat !!

Rosy Posy

CMpunked wrote: »

So it was just a way to get rid of the twins, thus eliminating more members of the Salamanca family?

Also because the cartel went after the DEA it gave the Yanks an excuse to crack down on border control and gave Gus full control of the market north of the border.

Charisteas

Have a question of my own;

In the hospital car park, when Walt had planted a bomb under Gus's car, Gus walks towards his car but then suddenly stops and turns around. I don't remember this being explained, did Jesse warn him or was it just coincidence?

Penn

Gus called Hank. Walt even guesses as much when he sits down with Gus two episodes later. Like others said, it was so Hank would kill the twins, bring the cartel to the DEAs attention to stop their operation, and revenge on Hector

Charisteas wrote: »

Have a question of my own;

In the hospital car park, when Walt had planted a bomb under Gus's car, Gus walks towards his car but then suddenly stops and turns around. I don't remember this being explained, did Jesse warn him or was it just coincidence?

Gus sensed something was wrong. Maybe from the way Jesse was acting or the fact Jesse demanded to speak to Gus at the hospital rather than Jesse go to Gus, Gus just sensed something was wrong when he went back to the car and thought best not to chance it. After all his time in business, dealing with the cartel and effectively destroying the cartels operation in that area, Gus had to go with his instincts.

Mousewar

The fact that it was Gus who called Hank to warn him raises its own questions. Was Gus really so confident that Hank would be able to dispatch the twins? It seems like a big gamble seeing that he has to subsequently deny to the cartel that it was him who gave the all clear to the twins to target the DEA.

DEA are normally off limits, as was made clear. Gus would have been finished if it had got out that he authorized the hit on Hank (which we know he did). As such, the success of his plan hinged entirely on Hank being able to kill both twins with one minute’s notice while parked in a shopping centre carpark. Seems like a bit of a stretch to me.

Bench Press

Gus Fring, no doubts

Penn

Mousewar wrote: »

The fact that it was Gus who called Hank to warn him raises its own questions. Was Gus really so confident that Hank would be able to dispatch the twins? It seems like a big gamble seeing that he has to subsequently deny to the cartel that it was him who gave the all clear to the twins to target the DEA.

DEA are normally off limits, as was made clear. Gus would have been finished if it had got out that he authorized the hit on Hank (which we know he did). As such, the success of his plan hinged entirely on Hank being able to kill both twins with one minute’s notice while parked in a shopping centre carpark. Seems like a bit of a stretch to me.

Even if the twins did kill Hank, Gus probably would have had a backup plan to kill the twins.

gnfnrhead

Mousewar wrote: »

The fact that it was Gus who called Hank to warn him raises its own questions. Was Gus really so confident that Hank would be able to dispatch the twins? It seems like a big gamble seeing that he has to subsequently deny to the cartel that it was him who gave the all clear to the twins to target the DEA.

DEA are normally off limits, as was made clear. Gus would have been finished if it had got out that he authorized the hit on Hank (which we know he did). As such, the success of his plan hinged entirely on Hank being able to kill both twins with one minute’s notice while parked in a shopping centre carpark. Seems like a bit of a stretch to me.

I don't think Gus really cared which of them died just once someone did.

Mousewar

gnfnrhead wrote: »

I don't think Gus really cared which of them died just once someone did.

Well he needed the twins to die otherwise they would have reported back to the cartel that he had given the okay for a hit on the DEA.

Penn is right i suppose. Given that it's Gus we can assure he had a contingency plan to get rid of them.

2ndcoming

Mousewar wrote: »

The fact that it was Gus who called Hank to warn him raises its own questions. Was Gus really so confident that Hank would be able to dispatch the twins? It seems like a big gamble seeing that he has to subsequently deny to the cartel that it was him who gave the all clear to the twins to target the DEA.

DEA are normally off limits, as was made clear. Gus would have been finished if it had got out that he authorized the hit on Hank (which we know he did). As such, the success of his plan hinged entirely on Hank being able to kill both twins with one minute’s notice while parked in a shopping centre carpark. Seems like a bit of a stretch to me.

If the twins did manage to kill Hank it would have brought a holy sh1tstorm down on the cartel, which would have suited Gus down to the ground anyway. He could expect the DEA to dispatch them anyway, and even if the DEA only caught them they would never talk so he would be safe.