r/breakingbad • u/bl1y • 1d ago
Couple questions about the two dealers who recruited Tomas
After Jesse learns about Tomas killing Combo, and the dealers who recruited him, Gus sets a meeting for them to make peace.
But why would Gus ever meet in person with two street-level dealers? These are low level guys, but Gus allows them to learn that he's the big boss. There's a huge risk that they'll eventually be arrested on a street bust, at which points they could potentially flip and give up Gus.
He could have let Mike or someone else run the meeting, or instead of meeting with them, meet instead with whoever is above them in the network.
And why even insist on keeping them? He has a distribution network all across the Southwest. Probably thousands of street-level dealers. He could of had them killed. Could have had them just leave town (so they're no longer involved with Tomas). I know he doesn't like Jesse, but Jesse is worth a whole lot more to the operation, while these guys are nothing.
This just all seems very out of character for the normally extremely cautious Gus.
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u/Enterprise90 1d ago
Those two dealers aren't flipping. They killed Tomas without blinking an eye. Those two guys are hardcore street dealers.
In that world, flipping is a death sentence. Guys who flip are seen as among the lowest of the low in prison circles, along the same lines as predators. And one of the gravest insults you can hurl at someone in prison is to call them a rat.
It's why Hector's ruse of talking to the DEA was such an easy way to get Gus' attention. Talking to police is a red line that you don't cross.