I actually agree with Chuck's belief that Jimmy has no business being a lawyer and needs to be disbarred for the good of society. But Chuck is so fucking detestable that it was still satisfying to watch that.
edited 8th May '17 8:42:04 PM by Millardkillmoore
He wouldn't be right if he hadn't screwed Jimmy's chances of Breaking Good in season 1.
Formerly KarmaMeter.
All he did in season 1 was refuse to hire Jimmy. It's not his fault that Jimmy chose to start breaking the rules. He didn't make Jimmy accept a bribe, pull that stunt with the Tuco's grandmother, forge documents, fabricate evidence, etc. Even when Jimmy got a fantastic job at Davis & Main, he immediately torpedoed it because he couldn't keep himself on the straight and narrow. Chuck might be an asshole whose vendetta against Jimmy is caused more by spite and jealousy than righteousness, but he's entirely correct that Jimmy has no business being a lawyer.
Hey! How dare you not remember Huell's name!
Also, Chuck has a lot of responsibility for what happened to Jimmy and deserves what happened to him yesterday, but let's not act like Jimmy is entirely flawless. Even when trying to do the right think, he still did some crooked things. Also, he self-sabotaged his sweet gig in season two due to his own ego, not because of Chuck.
edited 9th May '17 10:09:57 AM by GamerSlyRatchet
Latest blog update (November 5th, 2022).Time for some speculation/prediction!
So, we all know that Kim is about to lose Mesa Verde, right?
Think about it: she did the ethical thing and told the Mesa Verde people about Jimmy's hearing, and during said hearing the tape was played where Jimmy explicitly said that he did in fact sabotage Chuck's Mesa Verde hearing.
Whether through scuttlebutt in the local legal community or through Chuck or Howard getting word to Mesa Verde, what happened is going to get back to them. At that point Kim is going to get dropped like a hot potato all over again, either because they think she was in on Jimmy's plan all along, or because she didn't confess the full details to them. Defending Jimmy is about to turn into No Good Deed Goes Unpunished for Kim.
Also, any thoughts on the end of the last episode, and whether Chuck calling the doctor is to get himself help, or a step in a new scheme?
| Wandering, but not lost. | If people bring so much courage to this world...◊ |![]()
I think Nacho is going to ask Mike to kill Hector, and Mike is going to tell him no (for obvious reasons). Instead he'll contact Gus, and the three of them will coordinate.
Think about it this way: if Kim hadn't told Mesa Verde about Jimmy, their first time hearing about it would be due to Jimmy's confession. And then she'd look like an asshole for not being up front with them about it. That was the entire point, in fact, of her owning up to Jimmy being under investigation.
The boss was okay with it then, why wouldn't he be now?
Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.Before now the boss at Mesa Verde has been convinced that Chuck genuinely messed up regarding the hearing, and is too arrogant to admit it and doing a Never My Fault. Hearing that someone actually admitted to sabotaging Chuck, and furthermore, that his current legal counsel is connected to that person, profited from their actions, and hasn't reported it to him... that might change a lot of the mental calculations going on. If nothing else, it opens up the question of "Is she going to undermine or work against my company again so she might profit from it somehow?"
| Wandering, but not lost. | If people bring so much courage to this world...◊ |Except the episode's conclusion hinges on the fact that Jimmy's confession was coerced and, as far as the bar's concerned, Jimmy didn't commit sabotage.
Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.

So long as you don't murder his other employees or get witnessed at a crime scene, Gus seems like an ok guy to work for.
edited 4th May '17 8:13:17 AM by Millardkillmoore