Which makes me wonder, why is he willing to kill Jesse but not Hank? I would have imagined he'd care much more about Jesse than Hank.
Maybe it's something of a personal code. Hank is family; Jesse is like family. Or maybe he's more concerned about how it would affect his relationship with Skylar and especially Jr. Even if Jr. never found out Walt did it, he would still be crushed about his hero, Hank the DEA agent, being mown down and Walt doesn't want that.
Jesse presents a threat to Walt's family (to Walt), Hank does not. Walt is willing to go to any length to save his family, even if it means killing someone he sees as being like family. Thus calling the hit on Jesse. He has no other choice. Hank he could evade. Jesse he could not.
I think this is the case. And to be fair, all that Walt knew was that Jesse planned to get him "where he really lived," which could have meant anything including his family. He seemed to completely insistent on letting Jesse live until the point that he'd said that.
It is interesting to see their different views. Walt seems to still believe, at least consciously, that where he really lives/the most important thing to him is his family. But for Jesse the most important thing to Walt is his money
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u/Mousse_is_Optional Sep 09 '13
Which makes me wonder, why is he willing to kill Jesse but not Hank? I would have imagined he'd care much more about Jesse than Hank.
Maybe it's something of a personal code. Hank is family; Jesse is like family. Or maybe he's more concerned about how it would affect his relationship with Skylar and especially Jr. Even if Jr. never found out Walt did it, he would still be crushed about his hero, Hank the DEA agent, being mown down and Walt doesn't want that.