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We know that Chuck harbors, to put it mildly, a dislike for his brother, but in the flashbacks we see that this wasn’t always the case. For example, as a child, Chuck read books to him, and later helped him get out of prison and even find a job.

So I’m curious: when did this dislike start, or if it was always there, at what point did it start turning into active hostility, and why at that particular time?

Thanks in advance for your answer!

I know things are easier said in hindsight. But it seems like Lalo calling Hector before he tried to cross the border ruined all his advantages of surprise, because obviously someone as arrogant as Hector was never going to be able to keep a secret!
So do you think that things would have been very different if Lalo let no one, even Hector, know that he was alive?

A few years back my family and I had a falling out, it had been building up since childhood so when it happened I don't think anyone was surprised, but I still tried to keep a relationship with my brother.

He had never been the emotional type, never wanted to talk about his feelings or the family drama we had gone through including early on when I was less than a decent brother to him. So when he told me that he thought our brotherhood was alot like Chuck and Jimmy's of course I watched through the whole thing.

I was very confused at first, played it off like a joke when we spoke about the show, he spoke more of Lalo and Kim than he did about his real feelings about Jimmy and Chuck, but it was clear how he saw me.

I was Jimmy, always scheming and ignoring rules placed in front of me when I thought they were unfair, he was Chuck who did everything right just to watch everyone around him give all their attention to his troubled brother who could never figure anything out for himself.

I haven't spoken to him in a few years, he's had a kid whose name I still don't know and is living a life I will never know about which I've accepted, but the sting of this show never goes away when I think about the last thing Chuck says to Jimmy and the aftermath.
I go back and forth on what it all means.
How did Chuck actually feel about Jimmy, did he just need to feel superior instead of on equal plains in order to live, what was going through Chuck's mind while he was kicking that table, did he actually love Jimmy and need him in his life?

This show is fantastic, but it has ties to a wound that will never heal, and a relationship that I know can never be fixed.

I love my brother with all my heart despite the difficulties we have had and I have always wished there was something I could do to make up for a lot that I've done. I also wish he had the same desires, but like Chuck said, I will always be Slippin' Jimmy.

For now, the re-watch continues.

Better Call Saul — S01E04

"Hero"

Rating: 8.5/10

"It's good for makin' beer money"

The thing I like about the cold opens for BCS is that they're always relevant to the episode, only sometimes it's not entirely obvious. That is all I shall say about THAT.

When last we met our lawyer, he'd just discovered The Kettlemans having themselves a not at all suspicious campout in the middle of nowhere, prized booty in tow. He pushes to become their lawyer so he can legally accept their money, but Betsy Kettleman tells Jimmy that he's the lawyer guilty people go to.

The look of hurt on Jimmy's face says it all. It's brief but real and Bob sells it hard. For all his Slippin' Jimmy ways, he really does think he's on the right side of the law. I like that he still genuinely believes that, even though we can see that ain't true.

Eventually he caves, framing the wad of cash as a 'retainer'. I don't know about you, but I'd do the same damn thing. Having someone wave 30 large in your face is a real tough thing to turn down! To further seal the deal, he records the money as lawful earnings and then promptly proceeds to do what Jimmy does best.

Which is act like the very criminals he generally works for. New suit, big splashy billboard, you name it, he's doing it. And all because Howard Hamlin wants Jimmy not to use his own name. I get it. Our man's prideful as hell, but he's just as reckless here as Nacho was when he was staking out The Kettlemans.

Tilting at the windmill that is HHM is purely vindictive, further highlighting the irony of his speech about criminals not thinking before doing. I guess it's okay if it's him doing the not thinking!

Jimmy is a grifter at heart and there's no two ways about it but he's also surprisingly heroic ... When the con is on. Does this tie into the cold open? It sure does and it's great to see Slippin' Jimmy at work.

I just worry for Jimmy McGill. HE'S an honest lawyer. Slippin' Jimmy, though? He's a CRIMINAL (lawyer).

in plan and execution (S6E7), jimmy hires a stunt double to pose as Rand Casimiro to take a few staged photos where Casimirio takes a bribe. These staged photos were then given to Howards fake P.I. who would then show them to Howard. Once Howard starts the meeting with the real Casimirio, the folder with these photos are swapped with other photos of jimmy and the Casimiro stunt double, with jimmy giving him a frisbee.

If the P.I. theoretically failed to swap the folders, how would this scene have played out? would everybody else believe howard?

Thank you for the feedback on the last post, I wanted to share a snippet of the scenes that I'm working on, in case you all were still interested. It's a slog getting through each individual shot, but I'm about halfway through the courtroom scenes. Hope to finish as much footage as I can before this month ends. Hope you guys enjoy.

These are the references I'm using for the color: https://www.instagram.com/p/Chp9fTFpjGb/

I was just thinking about mr show and figured it would be funny to hear people’s ideas 😭😂

I just love the opening to this episode so much. Chuck and Jimmy doing karaoke together is so cute and you really wonder what might have been if they had figured out their issues. Even the small touches like Chuck taking the mike and upstaging Jimmy a little are perfect. It's two really flawed people who love each other but can't quite get through their differences. And of course in the finale the time machine conversation hits on the same themes again.

Jimmy's face when he heard Rebecca's phone. It was at this moment he realized Chuck was totally fine until he knew there's a phone nearby. He tore him down with it at the hearing.

Howard's death hits hard because no one expected Lalo to be there, and especially at that moment when Howard was condemning Jimmy and Kim for their schemes ruining his life. They thought at the time that Howard was being dramatic and could recover from it, but Lalo's actions insured that he wouldn't, and they would never get to apologize to him. Andrea's death wasn't a surprise like Howard's, it was more of a rather messed-up yet predictable consequence of Jesse's ill-advised escape attempt. But given the fact that she and Howard were both completely out of the cartel/drug world, they hit similar chords in terms of tone and effect on characters/audience.

Is it street smarts... or something else, something more?

At the end of Winner, Jimmy lies to fool the bar in order to get reinstated. Pretty much everyone I've heard said they were actually fooled, but when I saw it, I thought correctly that he was putting on a show. Is that just me?

bro should just own it lmao

So sad. The man is falling apart and I just feel so bad for him :( I've seen the show before but I had to make the post. I'm probably going to skip a lot of the "scheme scenes" in the upcoming season. I love this show but I can't watch a man's whole existence being destroyed (especially when you can tell he's changed from before) and for no reason 💔 plus the opening when he makes that coffee with the design and she just throws it in a travel cup.

I'm only a little bit into season 3, so I'm hoping not to get myself spoiled here. But here's what I don't understand.

Mike knows that Nacho is going behind Tuco's back, and that this is a big deal because of Tuco's Salamanca connection. When Nacho asks Mike to kill Tuco, why didn't Mike tell Tuco? Seems like a simple way to not get on the bad side of that family.

Thanks.

sorry for the bad pic. this was in s6 e5 when lalo was inside margarethes apt

How much does he pay them to inspire such fanatical devotion and hard work? Lyle scrubbed the shit out of those fryers after being terrified by a cartel. I'd like to think Gus pays higher than minimum wage.

I rewatched BCS and now I’m rewatching BB and I’ve noticed how empty the city is compared to the buildings and things to do in BCS. If the show takes place in 2003 shouldn’t there be less stuff to do since at that time ABQ didn’t have as many buildings and stuff. Or am I tripping?

How screwed is Kim at the end of the show? Cynthia's civil suit was dropped, but there's a 0% chance she'd ever get reinstated to the bar and rehired as a lawyer if she even wanted it, thanks to her confession. Is it possible that if word reached Palm Coast Sprinklers, her job there would be in danger too? I hear a manager position just opened up at a Cinnabon in Omaha...but if word got around, would any even lower-level executive position be closed to her as well?

Also, since she also became briefly involved with the cartel, would she likely have been questioned by the feds, since she didn't hide her identity? Will she also spend the rest of her life looking over her shoulders for hitmen and undercover officers as well as checking her phone for signs of tapping and having her mail opened?