@@luckybyte chuck messes up big time when he lashes out at Jimmy. He essentially dug his grave in the trial. Jimmy just let him rant and didnt stop him because the more chuck lashed out the more crazy he sounded
every word out of Chuck's mouth about 1216 and the billboard is the stone cold truth, and yet to everyone in that room he looks like an absolute madman. brilliant writing...
@@TheSlimmshadyy He loves his brother but doesn't like what his brother does. The love is proven in multiple scenes where they were taking care of each other, way after Chuck knew him as "Slipping Jimmy." Chuck kept giving Jimmy chances and kept regretting it every time after. And Chuck is not jealous of Jimmy. He always strictly wants to do the right thing, almost like a programmed robot. He hates that Jimmy can get away with illegal things though.
@@MattSimon1 You have to see the subtlety in story telling and the characters behaviour. Chuck definitely despises Jimmy, and underneath that is his jealousy. Jimmy was the young loved child of the family. Remember that scene when their mother is about to die, and she asks for Jimmy while Chuck is sitting right there ? Why do you think Chuck never told Jimmy that she was asking for him, when Jimmy returned and asked did she say anything ? Remember that dinner scene where Jimmy is having a good conversation with Chuck's wife and Chuck looks obviously uncomfortable and tries to see off Jimmy soon ? Chuck is jealous of Jimmy because Jimmy is charming with people, something Chuck doesnt have. He is jealous because he believes his parents loved Jimmy more. When Chuck becomes a successful lawyer he believes he is superior to Jimmy because he is more successful, but when Jimmy becomes a lawyer too as well Chuck feels threatened. He purposefully denies him the opportunity to be a lawyer at HHM. He feels he deserves success and respect because he worked hard for it and that is fine, but he hates the fact that Jimmy can be just as successful with less work.
@@TheSlimmshadyy Chuck is also struggling with the appearance of being good. He has all the outward signs, can argue persuasively how he makes his choices. But with Jimmy, he knows the good path, the righteous path, is to take care of his brother. But he also loathes Jimmy. Sabotages him while appearing to care for him. And no one would believe Jimmy, if not for this outburst. He is so damned human. Trying to do the right thing, knowing what the right thing is, taking steps to do the right thing, but struggling every step of the way because of all of that past shared between them. All of those times Jimmy successfully avoided punishment, Chuck would ensure he was punished. And Jimmy, believing the lie for so long, internalizing that shame. Regretting his mistakes. Forging a new path. Until he recognizes his brothers betrayal, while he was doing everything for his brother. While Chuck was at his absolute lowest point. That betrayal which forces Jimmy to turn his back on 'Chuck's' path. Allows him to accept who Jimmy really is, someone who will never color inside the lines. Will never let the letter of the law or even the law itself put a boundary between what he wants. But who also has a moral center. It is a rehashing of Cain and Abel. Two brothers, one whose resentment drives him to destroy the other. And in so doing destroys himself. Reveals his true motivations in the act of that destruction. One of our oldest stories. It is SO damned GOOD. Thanks to the actors who played this so well, thanks to the writers who were brave enough to tell this complicated story.
@@bulldogsforeva Maybe I can see their reasoning. Breaking Bad already won countless awards, so maybe the shows were like "maybe it's a bit boring that the same universe scrapes all the awards together because it's so damn good, let's give it to someone else" lmao
Based on what we've seen from the series/deleted scenes he actually seems like a pretty great teacher who really cares about the subject matter. I'd take his chemistry class.
Jimmy: You got one part of that wrong.. Chuck: ...? Jimmy: This.. is not a battery. [Jimmy throws the battery onto the ground, blowing up the courtroom]
That's kinda surprising to learn because the German word "Schikane" is still used in those contexts and it hasn't turned ancient like it did in the English language lol
It might be kind of obscure, but Flaming Carrot comics definitely used that word as a catch phrase back in the 90's. And I think Mr. Burns on The Simpsons used it also.
The funniest part about this is how in the part where Chuck is acting calm and in control he is completely delusional yet when he has his outburst and looks crazy he is completely correct
@@Icannothandleany chuck was correct about the things he said about jimmy during his rant even though he sounded crazy. when he was calm talking about his illness he is completely delusional.
@@IcannothandleanyJimmy did swap those numbers, get that idiot at the copy shop to lie for him, orchestrate that man falling off that billboard and defecate through a sunroof. Chuck is correct about all of this, but out of context, he looks completely deranged. His condition is pure delusion, but he sounds calm, making it come off as convincing.
Jimmy uses the exact same tactic Chuck used against him. He pissed him off and waited for him to fuck up, just like how Jimmy destroyed the tape. Chuck fell for his own trick.
What a masterclass in film making. Incredible dialogue. The slow zoom of the camera as Chuck rants. The looks on the faces of the people in the room. Art is not dead.
Jimmy's face and tone when he asked Chuck to reach into his pocket always felt different to me here. It's like a part of him was disappointed that Chuck played right into it so perfectly like that, and that he didn't want to tear him down because deep down he still loves him.
@@caetano1998 it's complicated. Jimmy and chuck had a complicated relationship. They both loved and hated each other. But in this scene, you see jimmy just feel ashamed that he had to do this to chuck, someone he cared for for many years when he had ehs and someone he looked up to. He knows that what he's doing is irreversible and will leave a scar forever but something he need to do to keep his law career. It's just depressing really.
Jimmy's dreading that he's about to ruin his brother in front of his peers. I think a part of him wanted Chuck to figure out and put a stop to the scheme just so he wouldn't have to go through with it. He's morose because the moment that just passed was the last chance Chuck had to avoid the trap
Jimmy was about to play his last move that would checkmate Chuck.He knew that Chuck would fall for his trap. He knew what would happen next, yet this is something he didn't want to do. But he had to. In order to win the game he had to make Chuck destroy himself.
I am not crazy! I know he faked those videos. As if I could ever make such a mistake. Never. Never! I just - I just couldn't prove it. He covered his tracks, he got that idiot at the TH-cam algorithm to lie for him. You think this is something? You think this is bad? This? This chicanery? He's done worse! Those giveaways! Are you telling me that a winner just happens to be related to him like that? No! He orchestrated it! Jimmy! He defecated through his videos! And I watched him! And I shouldn't have. I took him into my own subscription! What was I thinking? He'll never change. He'll never change! Ever since he made the channel, always the same! Couldn't keep his hands out of scamming his child fans! "But not our Jimmy! Couldn't be precious Jimmy!" Stealing them blind! And *HE* gets to be a TH-camr!? What a sick joke! I should've stopped him when I had the chance! And you, you have to stop him! You -
Probably my most favorite scene throughout the entire show. Saul knew exactly how to pull any scam or con off with almost near perfection in terms of execution. He knew how to make Chuck show himself for how he truly is around his brother. The way that Chuck ranted about Saul’s actions from the Mesa Verde fiasco, the billboard scam, defecting through that guy’s sunroof and stealing money from their parents’ cash register is all true, but he made himself sound like a raving maniac who hated his brother rather than a sound legal mind
The one thing I love about this scene is how I got invested in Chuck's monologue, but nearing the end I started realising "These are quite weird things to say in court" and at that exact moment Chuck just realised what he has done
Yeah this is a great monologue like plenty we've seen before, so it's super easy to get invested in it. And it's only at the very end that you realize this wasn't the right context for that monologue at all and Chuck messed up.
0:47 Excellent foundation laying by Jimmy. Establishes for the judges and audience that not only the closer it is but it could also be set off by a battery. They can't backtrack from that.
@J N Yeah I know. Not blaming Huel at all. Just thought it was interesting how the writers used him for 2 extremely significant moments in both series.
"He defecated through a sunroof!" I swear, though this scene is the dramatic conclusion of a horrible, fraternal feud, I can't help laughing at Chuck's delivery of this line.
the sudden relatively longer silence that came before is what makes that line funny to me. after a moment of him deciding what he will say next, that's what we went with lmao
@@zumabbar Its amazing acting. You can tell that his anger is completely boiling over. He was about to stop, his last moment of control but the anger and jealousy that Jimmy always looked perfect and avoided repercussions for the things he did(no justice) was too much to bottle up after so many years so he blurts out Jimmy's most shameful moment because he knows it will hurt his image and after that the floodgates are fully open with all the "crimes" he thinks Jimmy got away with.
I love how jimmy executes stuff, he builds the anticipation, he first unrolls a fake move and makes chuck comfortable and swiftly pulls out the big gun, so calculated execution. Credit goes to vince and the other writers
3:13 it was at this one moment that chuck realized why jimmy passed the bar. He proved facts and proved that his own schtick was just that; an self induced illusion
Not just that but Jimmy is people smart. The Law isn’t Perfect, Yet Chuck believed it is, and he believed he was its protector. Even if it costs family, his Only Friend Howard, A Great lawyer like Kim wexler, respect from his peers and his own Life. “The Law is Too important.” Chuck mutters to himself while trying to ruin his brothers life.
@@juanmora4274 There is nothing wrong with that. What is there not to understand? There were, are, and always will be gay people. Stop pretending that they are doing something wrong.
You get the vibe that he's gonna be the big top antagonist at first but man was he the nicest guy on there. I really felt terrible when he got depressed.
It's because it was literally his pride that led him to the conclusion that Jimmy sabotaged him. There was ZERO evidence that jimmy swapped the numbers but chuck couldnt accept that he MIGHTVE made a mistake. "As if I could ever make such a mistake! NEVER! NEVER!"
Chuck was right but his pride and spite was his downfall. I can't imagine how upsetting it can be to have your dying mom call out for your brother on her death bed, but you can't take that out on your brother. Especially when he looks out for you.
well, actually a "crazy" person wouldn't realize is crazy therefore they will never make that statement. in any case saying "i'm not crazy" will make you look paranoid or neurotic but not crazy
@@Anradak”Well actually” that’s not true at all, that’s something that people keep repeating for some reason. It’s the same thing as the whole “definition of insanity” bs, a very over repeated statement that isn’t true at all, and is actually missed quoted, but sounds cool so people keep saying it. I could assure you people like Ted Bundy or Jeffrey Dahmer knew very well they were crazy, they just didn’t care. Are there crazy people who don’t know they’re crazy? Yes, but does that mean that’s the case for most crazy people? *Hell* no.
@@TracerBH Lets look at two different ways to saying the same thing: *Speaking calmly and regularly* "I wouldn't say I'm crazy" *Yelling and interrupting someone while your emotions are out of your control* "I'M NOT CRAZY!" In one of these situations someone is mentally in control of their thoughts and emotions, in the other one they are not. I'll leave it to you to decide which one is which.
Chuck was generous enough to take Jimmy in to his firm, but he resented him so much that he never gave Jimmy a chance. Like mending the broken wing of a bird, and then keeping it in a cage because you're jealous that it can now fly.
I don't think it was generosity. As a con-artist, Jimmy led a care-free, easy life (even if it was a dangerous one), and he was liked by people (not merely respected, like Chuck). As an errand boy, he was just a small fish in a pond where Chuck was the biggest shark. I think it satisfied Chuck to have his brother under his thumb.
Chuck got Jimmy a job in the copy room... doing low paid meanal work so he could keep an eye on him because Jimmy got a law degree to impress Chuck who secretly hated him for it! Even Howard got sick of it and was willing to bankrupt himself and the firm to buy out Chuck
Yes, Chuck always wanted to keep him as a loser to stand above him. Even when Jimmy girlfriend got a client from Chuck company, Chuck was so jealous that he attacked her cowardily as a giant company against a single person just trying to start her own company. And he did it to hit Jimmy through her and keep him as a loser to maintain him under his control.
That last shot of Chuck's ex-wife lowering her head in embarrassment while Howard looks at Chuck, who he has always respected, in that "you screwed up" look is just utterly beautiful.
And Howard knew something like this could happen - he strongly advised Chuck to simply not testify, as it was an open-and-shut case. But Chuck’s ego was too big to just sit on the sidelines.
I think with Rebecca, it was sorrow and pity, and maybe even some guilt (as in maybe if she had tried to work things out with Chuck in the past, his mental-condition wouldn't have happened or at least wouldn't have gotten that far).
@@IamCanadian3333That wasn't her own fault, Chuck's own ego led to ruining his marriage because he couldn't be honest with her and chose to hide his mental illness which eventually backfired once the malpractice insurance found out.
@@kevinklassen4328 Chuck testified himself that a battery would indeed affect him, so whether or not it does cause a current, chuck said in would affect him but it didn’t.
You’ll notice that even the attorney representing Chuck immediately acknowledges now that it’s no longer an allergy but a mental illness once Jimmy caught him with the battery.
@@kevinklassen4328that may be true, but didn’t chuck show that he could feel the battery, or at least that it would hurt him? I think the bigger takeaway is proving chuck is unreliable
@@kevinklassen4328 yeah because its all in his head. When he sees the battery he throws It away like It hurted him. Jimmy knows it, he just wanted to support him and Chuck never apprecieted his love.
I kind of get what Chuck means, he sees his trouble making brother go in to the same career path he worked hard for as unfair. His brother who did not try as hard to get a law degree actually becomes more likeable and charismatic at the job, which infuriates him.
@@chagrin6919 He did have a choice, which was to lie, refuse to answer, or start making a scene immediately. The rules of the court were more important to him.
@@Circuitssmith Well, he could lie, but the thing is that despite the illness being fake he really felt the symptoms, and it gets way worse for him in times of stress, like this court case is. So when he noticed the battery on him he probably wouldn't be able to lie and fake not feeling any pain.
Dude, in court witnesses are admonished for speaking without a question posed. I get what you’re trying to say, but Chuck was actually quite out of line for speaking over what was an objection battle. It’s tv so there is some dramatic license, but no judge would allow a witness to just start narrating whatever they like.
I love that Howard keeps looking at Chuck at the end where Rebecca looks down in shame, Howard's shame exists but he keeps his head up out of his respect for Chuck, another subtle show of Howard's decency
It took Howard forever to finally stand up to him. Howard enabled him and went along with Chuck's crusade. Yet Howard still comes across as more Decent that anyone on BCS so far.
The thing about this scene is that Jimmy ALWAYS had the ability to do this to his brother. He always knew it was fake. He kept it up to protect his brother, but after being tricked with the tape, he doesn't care any more.
@@PaddyRoon7 Yeah I think so too - just rewatched S1E2 (preparing for S6) and Jimmy repeatedly kept asking Chuck to remove his space blanket, as if Chuck were being irrational by keeping it on. I’m sure Jimmy knew his brother well enough to know that the illness was a manifestation of an internal / psychological problem.
The best part is that the current in the battery shouldn't really be flowing or if it is it is negligible at best. You need a complete circuit for electricity to flow. Chucks reaction proves it was a psycho-somatic condition.
Except he didn't. The guy literally said current needs to be flowing, a fully charged battery is fully charged because it's not being discharged. Should have said it was a small transmitter or better yet a small EMP generator.
@@will123134 nah. Mental condition was caused by his self loathing and hatred of Jimmy being the one everybody liked more than him. Besides, if he had a mental disorder to exploit he shouldn't be practicing as a lawyer to begin with.
the common phrase is "robbing them blind" yet chuck says "stealing them blind" because the legal definition of robbing requires force, where as stealing does not. Like Chuck would ever make such a mistake, even when furious. Nice writing Vince.
@@ultimatefattie9022 He's just deluded. Many people get this and it's escapable. But he couldn't handle the fight out of it because he was so used to it.
@@thememaster7 How does it "says more about them"? If you act crazy-like, then people will think you're crazy, doesn't say anything about anyone. Doesn't matter what the actual truth is either, because people have nothing else but anothers actions to judge them on. Besides, it's a joke.
@@Dead25m "I am not crazy," just means he thinks he's not crazy. Proves nothing. Everything he said was true, but hey, he said "I'm not crazy", so that won't be questioned will it? In all seriousness though, I think in real life that wouldn't happen in court. They (or at least his lawyer lol) would evaluate what he said on the print and simply point out that there's nothing crazy about it. In terms of his psychological condition, he's simply deluded. He'd just get told off for having an outburst. People don't get their case thrown out by judges just because they said they're not crazy in an outburst. That's ludicrous. If it did, then the judge is an idiot. Not to mention that his condition and his outburst have no correlation with his concentration skills for the numbers. It makes no logical sense to end the case.
Halfway through chuck's rant you realize that to the viewer and jimmy and chuck it sounds normal but to everyone else including the jury, chuck looks actually crazy
Well, it was half crazy. Despite what he said about the things Jimmy did, you can see intense jealousy and hatred in Chuck's voice, and is the root cause for anything happening right now in this courtroom.
Chuck: I should've stopped him when I had the chance! Well you kind of did Chuck. He was genuinely going down a good path after you bailed him out and gave him an honest job. He was eager to become a real lawyer right alongside his big brother. Then you stopped him, and sent him spiraling right back down the path of Slippin' Jimmy.
@Martin Toledo And not only did he stab him in the back, but he made Howard take the fall for it. He made Howard play the villain so he could play the hero. He didn't even have the decency to be an honest man about it. Jimmy isn't exactly a good guy himself, but Chuck is a vindictive narcissist.
What I don't like is Chuck keeps saying Jimmy needs to change, but every time Jimmy tried to better himself Chuck would tell him he was still Slippin' Jimmy and that people never change. Chuck wouldn't give him the chance because at the end of the day Chuck couldn't bear the idea that he might have to treat Jimmy with some real respect. That's what Chuck was most worried about when Jimmy told him he passed the bar exam. He was viscerally horrified at the possibility that Jimmy might want to be seen as his equal. The sad thing is, I know exactly what would have been the perfect job for Jimmy. A law firm like Chucks would see a lot of fraud cases of varying kinds (both civil and criminal). Jimmy would absolutely be the perfect guy to analyze and work on those cases cause he would know all those angles and how to outcon the conmen (like when the two guys pretended that Jimmy hit them with his car). That's the thing Chuck couldn't (or wouldn't) wrap his head around. Someone like Jimmy would absolutely be an asset to almost any firm. The sad thing is Jimmy stops trying to do better because he doesn't see any payoff in it after all his fighting with Chuck. That's when he becomes Saul. It's almost like Richard III, Jimmy decides to hell with it and he'll play the villain.
@@mindassassin I am not crazy. I know he swapped those numbers. I knew it was 1216, one after Magna Carta, as if I could ever make such a mistake, Never, never. I just couldn’t prove it, he covered his tracks, he got that idiot at the copy shop to lie for him. you think this is bad, this chicanery ? He’s done worse. That billboard, are you telling me a man just happens to fall like that? No! He orchestrated it, Jimmy! He defecated through a sunroof! And I saved him, I shouldn’t have, I took him into my own firm, what was I thinking ?He’ll never change, he’ll never change. Ever since he was nine, couldn’t keep his hands out of the cash draw. But not our Jimmy, couldn’t be precise Jimmy! Stealing them blind, and he gets to be a lawyer?! What a sick joke. I should have stopped him when I had the chance ! And you, you have stop him, you -
@Minerales en rebaja That was different because he was already spiraling down. He became a lawyer to make his brother proud but once that was gone he lacked purpose as a lawyer. He got that big job but it didn't make him happy because Chuck broke him with his betrayal.
Part of the genius tragedy of Saul Goodman is that it’s a self-fulfilling prophecy. Chuck’s own flaws help turn Jimmy into what Chuck claims he truly is… such an incredible piece of storytelling.
Jimmy was slipping Jimmy from the get go. He didn't need any push from Chuck. In spite of that he was people's favorite and consistently got rewarded as if the universe was conspiring in his favor. It's totally understandable why Chuck would go on to develop a bitter resentment as a result of this and felt that it was his duty to exact punishment in order to make the world a more fair place as some sort of karmic justice.
@@nPr26_50 Actually, Jimmy DID change until 1) He found out Chuck prevented him from becoming a HHM lawyer and 2) when he prevented Jimmy from working in the Sandpiper case. Chuck’s disbelief in Jimmy upholding and executing something Chuck believes is sacred made him not wanna support Jimmy. He slipped because of Chuck and it all went downhill from there. If Jimmy was truly slippin Jimmy from the get go and an irredeemable person, we wouldn’t have gotten the conclusion Jimmy had at the end (don’t wanna spoil the end in case you haven’t watched it).
Actually Chuck could only be held so much responsible. Some people just have it in their blood to take shortcuts, cut corners and do things the immoral/illegal way. Eventually one day or another due to certain event Jimmy Mcgill would have turned into Saul Goodman even if chuck loved him and kept him at his firm.
The look on Jimmy's face at 3:29 says it all. He knows he's sealed Chuck's fate and he's truly sorry that it had come to that. As much as he disliked Chuck, he knows how cruel what he's doing is
This is a great point. Jimmy knew he got Chuck in that moment....but he was sad about it. He had to do it to protect himself but he knew he just ruined Chuck. And of course Howard knew what had just happened too.
Don't forget Jimmy decided to snitch at Chucks insurance and told them about the lost case so his insurance would go up. That was only malicious intent from Jimmy
If Chuck wasn’t such a contemptible prick this scene wouldn’t have felt so satisfying. If Chuck would have helped encourage and elevate Jimmy perhaps things could have turned out different but Chuck felt Jimmy didn’t deserve to be a lawyer because he didn’t go the same route as Chuck and thought Jimmy deserved to be an errand boy in the copy room.
they are both narcissists and assholes. Chuck had zero influence over Jimmy. And Jimmy had zero power to make Chuck love him. In reality Chuck hated his guts and vould never have loved him even if he became legit. The lesson of the story is that you can only love and respect your self, and you cant change others. Wanting a parent or a siblings respect who hates you is just a waste of time and life.
@@BEZERKSTUDIOS718 why? It’d just make Jimmy feel even worse because he wasn’t there for her when his mom wanted to see him. Also can you really expect Chuck to be able to say it right after he’s seen his mom die and had his heart crushed? I know I wouldn’t be able to under that circumstance
@@spankmesanta821 to not say it is one thing, but to lie and to tell Jimmy that she didn't say anything is cruelty. And this might have been a pivotal moment for Jim, who knows how that could've affected him. It could've destroyed him or could've been a wake up call either way Chuck lied to Jimmy and undermined his worth.
I find it really fascinating that Chuck is so convinced people are unable to change and yet the Breaking Bad universe was conceived from the prospect of the main character going through an incredibly fundamental change.
@@Tien_Shinhan46that reminds me of Walt’s neighbor who caught him back in his house, how she called the cops, she must have thought, one minute he’s this nice neighbor then he is revealed to be a dangerous man
@@Sarahsqueak not exactly true. Chuck was always right about Slippin Jimmy and how he loved taking shortcuts to get what he wanted, legality aside. Both characters are right and wrong at the same time, you can't help but root for both at times.
@@youraveragepasser-by7367 I think your right man. its uncomfortable how this show can make us root for someone even when he's breaking a code, be it legal or moral.
He loses his soul when he starts ruining Howard, not here. Chuck was a horrible brother and person, he merely set up Jimmy becoming Saul, but Jimmy going further down the path after chuck‘s death is what sells it
2:40 I love how Jimmy's voice kinda starts to break as he's talking and the look on his face. He knows that by going through with this plan he's going to permanently destroy his relationship with his brother and it shows in how he says it.
And yet I can understand his position. He's the guy who always did the "right" thing and yet no one ever liked him - even his mother and his wife found Jimmy more charming. From Chuck's point of view his moral superiority was the only thing he had over Jimmy so the last thing he wants is for Jimmy to become his peer. Their relationship is so complex and he's a sad, tragic character. I personally could never bring myself to hating him despite my affection for Jimmy.
Chuck is so easy for the audience to hate bc of this. WE know that Chuck is right about Jimmy, we just like Jimmy more than the grandstanding fake-illness-having Chuck who never respected Jimmy as a lawyer. WE also know that Chuck has never/will never tell Jimmy about their mother's last words, but those words haunt him everyday and fueled Chuck's hatred of Jimmy. So Jimmy 'conning' Chuck is such sweet desserts for the audience since it helps even the playing field between brothers who have found vastly different levels of success in life.
@@katakana-kun2122 When you go out of your way to demean and destroy someone who loves and idolizes you, you don’t get to act like the victim when they eventually turn on you.
@@teecakes That’s because throughout his life, Chuck kept stepping on Jimmy’s fingers to prove he can’t climb, and then made sure everyone could see it. Even when he gave him a job in the mailroom, it was done with the purpose of putting him as a little fish in an ocean in which Chuck would be the biggest shark. All because he has a massive inferiority complex. By the end of the show, Chuck is completely irredeemable and I don’t find it one bit strange that Jimmy can’t feel anything about him anymore after all this.
Warning: Spoiler! Notice how the exact same scenario plays out in the mid-season finale of the last season. Brilliant deja vu. From the emotional speech that rings absolutely true to the tragic conclusion.
This is such a fantastic monologue. The writing, the acting, the timing and the steady build up of tension. Even the very slow zoom in of the camera is so expressive.
This is why I actually like Better Call Saul over Breaking Bad. I think the stories are equally compelling, but Better Call Saul was shot in a much more artistic way that really gets the point across.
Jimmy's reaction at 3:30 is priceless. He knows what's coming next, he knows it's a clear victory and yet he regrets it. At the same moment he tries to be very still not to stop Chuck
Another detail I like is how chuck doesn't react at all to the cellphone when Jimmy takes it out of his pocket. He knew how much Jimmy loved him, so he never for a moment thought Jimmy would purposely "harm" him with an electronic, only to be proven wrong when finding the battery in his own pocket.
All that questions before was a redherring to make chuck suspect a trick,because he know saul is a conman. Turn out it was part of the keikaku (P.s. keikaku means plan)
He was only right because he made it so. Chuck never accepted Jimmy and always viewed him as a con artist. Every step Jimmy took to be better and be a legitimate lawyer was rejected by Chuck. Jimmy returned to his old ways because he had no guidance from Chuck. Jimmy was a criminal, but he could have been brought into the legitimate world if Chuck let him.
@@ShankarSivarajan he’s not mad, he’s sick. He refuses to accept that’s what is wrong with him. He’s perfectly capable in every single way outside of it. And Jimmy used that mental illness against his rational, truthful brother. Jimmy conned us all too- we hated Chuck so much that many simply didn’t want to take a deeper look at what he did, rather than simply outsmarting him.
It's a catch 22. Forcing yourself to act sane is something an insane person would do, but continuing to act insane is also something an insane person does. Chuck lost the moment he let emotions take over
In most cases it's actually like that because insane people are always lying to themselves that they are perfectly fine. Because they couldn't tell apart between normal things and crazy things that they are doing, and they truly belive that others are seeing in the same point of view as theirs. Chuck snapped when the truth hit him because everyone in that room are slowly drifting away from his ideal vision.
“He gets to be a lawyer” is such terrific phrasing, as if being a lawyer is some kinda treat that only he is entitled to because he’s an extra good boy. At the end of the day, Chuck is just a pathetic crybaby throwing a tantrum because he thinks mummy and daddy loved his little brother more than him.
@@R4in46. It's a case of self fulfilling prophecy. If Chuck wasn't there every step of the way to block Jimmy from trying to change his ways, then Jimmy wouldn't have become Saul Goodman. Jimmy tried to play it straight and Chuck assumed the worst about him at every single moment. Jimmy loved and idolized his brother until he found out Chuck was the one who stopped him no matter how honest or hard Jimmy worked. He didn't care about Jimmy doing well as much as he cared for his own ego.
Chuck sees “the law” as a sacred thing that needs to be treated with absolute respect and pride. He knows Jimmy doesn’t do things the proper way and resorts to illegal tactics all the time. He sees the irony in someone who makes a mockery of his precious rule of law getting to be a representative of it as a lawyer. Jimmy being a lawyer is a sick joke to him because he knows the conman that Jimmy is. It’s a perfect line in an incredible show.
@@R4in46 Despite being right, it was entirely Chuck's doing that Jimmy has become what he has become. If he was a better person, the whole mess would've been avoided.
@@GeddyRC in other scenes in the show, Jimmy had a genuine care and concern for Chuck. Here's a line from earlier in the season: "I got you a 20lb bag of ice and some bacon, and some eggs, and a couple of those steaks that you like, some fuel canisters. It's enough for three or four days. After that, you're on your own. I am done." Even after Chuck betrayed Jimmy, Jimmy made sure Chuck was cared for, and informed him about everything before he "broke up" with him as a caretaker.
Michael McKean not even getting an Emmy nomination for this season proves how much of joke these award shows are. There was so much to this character and he owned it for the whole show above the high "Breaking Bad" standards that were established almost immediately. From 3:25 onward it's an absolute masterclass of a performance that brings an entire lifetime of deceit, frustration, hated, jealousy, and suppressed lunacy to an over-boiling break-down. I can watch it again and again and not get tired of it. (Thought I do wish this clip kept the few key seconds after where the camera pulls back to match a recomposed Chuck coming back down to Earth after his rant, now realizing his defeat. It's such a great way to cap it all off.)
Ever since the beginning, always the same. Couldn't stop faking their ceremonies. But not our Emmys, couldn't be precious Emmys! Fooling them blind! And they get to be successful?! What a sick joke.
"The award shows are bad because they didn't give an award to someone I personally like." Do you guys seriously think the point of award shows is to just agree with you?
Love this scene, even though Chuck was right about it all. Jimmy tried to turn his life around. He worked for his lawyer’s degree but chuck being so focused on what jimmy was couldn’t accept it and went out of his way to limit him and tear him down. Chuck is the sole reason Slipping Jimmy came back.
Maybe not sole, but yeah. I love how self-fulfilling their dynamic is. Chuck believed Jimmy couldn't change, but his actions were ultimately what turned Jimmy into Saul.
I don’t think Chuck did what he did because of the law or he couldn’t accept Jimmy’s past. I think he envied Jimmy. Everybody loved Jimmy more than him. Their mother’s last words were calling for Jimmy. Chucks own wife even laughed at Jimmy’s jokes. Being a lawyer was the one thing Chuck had over Jimmy and that’s why he tried to take it from him.
@@tylermiller5836exactly what was the case, Jimmy was a hell of a lawyer even tho he cut corners, and Chuck knew if he gave him opportunity to become one, Jimmy would be "better" at everything over him
No. Individuals have to take responsibility for their own happiness and not play this petty blame game. Jimmy had a chance at Davis and Maine. He chose to walk away. You cannot blame that on Chuck. "I quit my job because i cannot fit into the square peg job it's all my brother's fault for not believing in me." Yes, it was Chuck's fault that he ended up in Davis and Maine instead of HHM. Yes, Chuck was petty in not believing in him and envying him. But Jimmy is a hypocrite. He think it ok to pull as much chicanery as he pleases. He takes shortcuts and even ruined Chuck's reputation as a lawyer just because he couldn't win back Mesa Verde fair and square. But when that ONE time chuck use his own trick against him and recorded him. Now Jimmy gets to be angry? Saying "you destroyed our family for this?" The audacity of him. Like he's never pulled any chicanery on anybody he loves. ultimately Jimmy had a chance to live a good live, but he refused it. And instead of taking responsibility for his own life he blame it on Chuck for not supporting him enough.
By that point Chuck was already pretty emotional and on the verge of exploding, so for his lawyer to make some off-handed example about Chuck having Schizophrenia (which Chuck took offense to) was all that was needed to put Chuck over the edge.
@@madgavin7568 he didn't even say or imply chuck has schizophrenia, he was going to use schizophrenia as an extreme example. "Even if" are the key words here.
Boy the way the atmosphere changes when Chuck shouts "I'M NOT CRAZY!". Speaks nothing but the truth (even though he couldn't prove it) and it makes him look so bad. It's crazy how good this show is. Lol
He's on so many layers of gaslighting by Jimmy that he has no choice but to bellow out in sheer frustration. Thing is, who's gonna back him up on that?
Well that’s the problem with chuck. Even when he is right about Jimmy, it is all fuelled by his extreme jealousy and superiority complex. Hence, he is so easily manipulated into this outburst and loses spectacularly
@@Ravenbones not about the things Jimmy was doing though, which is the point. Sure he had a psychological condition, but his memory wasn't the thing it affected. Everything he said Jimmy did was 100% the truth, but all Jimmy had to do was publicly prove what everyone already kinda knew (that his condition was psychological and not physical) and then get him to breakdown on the stand to drive it home.
Also Jimmy uses his powers to help others, particularly the lower income citizens. Chuck on the other hand comes off of more of a personal gain, image, and success kind of guy.
@@AimForTheBushes908 . He helps Criminals get away with horrible crimes and only helps the low income people when he was up coming. As soon as he's made it big he has his own ego pride and ridiculous prices for personal gain. They are not any different.....all Lawyers are masters of Propoganda and boosting their image. Chuck did it legit while Jimmy did it the dirty way. But all lawyers are criminals
@@kirinyardberry1324 jimmy was always saul. He stole like 15k from the family business starting when he was like 12. Chuck just did nothing to help bring him out of it.
4:44 I love looking at the judges faces. The lady to the left and man in the middle both look confused and kind of bewildered at seeing a great legal mind like Charles McGill being so resentful towards his own brother. And the last guy on the right doesn’t even look at Chuck. Just staring down in disbelief at how awkward the room must feel in that moment.
Michael McKean is a phenomenal actor, you actually feel how crazy his character is here. A man that dedicated his entire life to his work, only to have his conman brother show him what an empty and trivial pursuit loving only your profession actually is.
I'd change your last part, since Jimmy showed him the empty pursuit is always trying to kick down his brother. He also likes music as seen when he listens to it when not being affected by his illness, and probably theater and opera.
I dont think this is what this is about. The thing is, charles holds the law as sacred, as he mentioned several times. It is his passion. It is natural for somebody like that to have disdain for Jimmy 's disregard for it, You have to understand the deep meaning that the law holds for Chuck. Like something holy getting tainted. Jimmy only wanted acceptance from his brother, not knowing he actually resented him. He used his mental illness ( EH) to discredit him. I dont think him being crazy is related to loving his job.
What’s interesting about the scene is that both Bob and Michael come from a sketch comedy background. For whatever reason, I think there might be something to that as to why both of them are such strong dramatic actors. I don’t think it’s a coincidence, and this scene is a microcosm of it.
@@ResevoirGod ?? I agree with McKean being one of the best in the past 50 years. the Chuck character is played like the role of a lifetime in such a beautifully-flawed way as a narcissist delusional big brother who's secretly jealous of his more sociable, darling-of-the-family younger brother. Thus the little bro gets pushed into a life of crime almost entirely by an unreliable big brother who bares his fangs briefly for IIRC the only time in the series when he's under oath telling the court what he truly thinks of Jimmy McGill, who his own mother preferred over Chuck. Can't recall anybody that's out-acted McKean in the past 50 years with any character, the closest one I can think of is maybe Terry O' Quinn as John Locke in 'LOST'.
@@teecakes You have to be trolling, the performance was good don’t get me wrong but have you really thought of all the media in the last 50 years? Not to mention most actors don’t get called “one of the finest ever” for just one single performance, consistency and variety is important as well. McKean wouldn’t make top 500
I love how the camera slowly zooms in on Chuck as he plumbs the depths of his resentment and rage, taking up more and more of the screen as he digs himself deeper and deeper. Then, the end of this scene (not shown here), it zooms right back out again, as if everyone is now moving away, abandoning him, and he gets smaller and smaller. I hate Chuck and he's an asshole, but this just reflects his inner state so subtly.
Good eye! You could also notice it in this scene from Breaking Bad th-cam.com/video/F9nSgCQmmp0/w-d-xo.html this is also one of things I like in BB and BCS: cinematography. Especially these scenes with "shaky" camera gave you feeling like you are watching documentary or like you were part of the scene as viewer. :)
@@pryo2460 Chuck never properly supported Jimmy to help him change like a brother should. Even when Jimmy was making strides to be a better person Chuck didn’t want him to be as good as he was. He always wanted to be in a more powerful position. His patronising personality was insufferable.
2:35 this acting though subtle is brilliant. Jimmy is hesitant to do what the does, because he knows it will harm his brother and expose him as mentally ill, that is why he has a long pause here.
Love Jimmy’s quiet crackly voice leading up to before he asks Chuck to check his pocket. He knows he’s about to win and stay a lawyer but he knows it’s going to decimate his brother’s career and their relationship. That last bit of brotherly love shining through.
Love how at the end Howard is the only one who has the strength to look at Chuck in the eye for a brief moment while Kim and Rebecca immediately looked away. It's like they're watching an old dog dying.
3:32 as Chuck is clarifying you can notice the camera pushes towards him closer and closer. It gives us a feeling he's reaching into his own rage and envy as he's slowly isolating from everyone else in the court. He descended into madness and cynicism. And the performance delivered is so great,I love this shot
Yup. And then when the shot is done - it switch's to his back and it shows how far away everyone is. We see it in his alternative POV that he is truly in isolation
@@misterStevePikk he's just pointing out a neat camera trick that makes the viewer see things beyond what Chuck is just saying, no need to be a dick about it my man
I love the hesitancy before he goes on to say: “Could you reach into your breast pocket and tell us what’s there” His pained face knew he would never be on terms with his brother again.
@@axr7149 I've said something similary, how this is a reference and homage to Bogart in Caine Mutiny and what a compliment to Michaal McKean that he also makes it wholly his own,
"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Very relevant quote!!
I'm having trouble connecting this quote to the scene. Can u explain?
@@luckybyte chuck messes up big time when he lashes out at Jimmy. He essentially dug his grave in the trial. Jimmy just let him rant and didnt stop him because the more chuck lashed out the more crazy he sounded
Stalin> you are right
Cringe
“I am not crazy.” Chuck said calmly.
I understood that reference! This needs more upvote.
"JIMMY, JIMMY, DID YOU CHANGE THE NUMBERS OF THE MAGNA CARTA?" he asked calmly.
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@@alicekittleson4088 lmao
can someone explain?
every word out of Chuck's mouth about 1216 and the billboard is the stone cold truth, and yet to everyone in that room he looks like an absolute madman. brilliant writing...
@@nicolastorres-barbosa4302 because he personally despises his brother, because he is actually jealous of Jimmy.
@@TheSlimmshadyy He loves his brother but doesn't like what his brother does. The love is proven in multiple scenes where they were taking care of each other, way after Chuck knew him as "Slipping Jimmy." Chuck kept giving Jimmy chances and kept regretting it every time after.
And Chuck is not jealous of Jimmy. He always strictly wants to do the right thing, almost like a programmed robot. He hates that Jimmy can get away with illegal things though.
@@MattSimon1 You have to see the subtlety in story telling and the characters behaviour. Chuck definitely despises Jimmy, and underneath that is his jealousy. Jimmy was the young loved child of the family. Remember that scene when their mother is about to die, and she asks for Jimmy while Chuck is sitting right there ? Why do you think Chuck never told Jimmy that she was asking for him, when Jimmy returned and asked did she say anything ?
Remember that dinner scene where Jimmy is having a good conversation with Chuck's wife and Chuck looks obviously uncomfortable and tries to see off Jimmy soon ?
Chuck is jealous of Jimmy because Jimmy is charming with people, something Chuck doesnt have. He is jealous because he believes his parents loved Jimmy more.
When Chuck becomes a successful lawyer he believes he is superior to Jimmy because he is more successful, but when Jimmy becomes a lawyer too as well Chuck feels threatened. He purposefully denies him the opportunity to be a lawyer at HHM. He feels he deserves success and respect because he worked hard for it and that is fine, but he hates the fact that Jimmy can be just as successful with less work.
Because he was a mad man. He never accepted Jimmy's talents henalways wanted to be superior to Jimmy. He had a huge part on turning Jimmy into Saul
@@TheSlimmshadyy Chuck is also struggling with the appearance of being good. He has all the outward signs, can argue persuasively how he makes his choices. But with Jimmy, he knows the good path, the righteous path, is to take care of his brother. But he also loathes Jimmy. Sabotages him while appearing to care for him. And no one would believe Jimmy, if not for this outburst. He is so damned human. Trying to do the right thing, knowing what the right thing is, taking steps to do the right thing, but struggling every step of the way because of all of that past shared between them. All of those times Jimmy successfully avoided punishment, Chuck would ensure he was punished.
And Jimmy, believing the lie for so long, internalizing that shame. Regretting his mistakes. Forging a new path. Until he recognizes his brothers betrayal, while he was doing everything for his brother. While Chuck was at his absolute lowest point.
That betrayal which forces Jimmy to turn his back on 'Chuck's' path. Allows him to accept who Jimmy really is, someone who will never color inside the lines. Will never let the letter of the law or even the law itself put a boundary between what he wants. But who also has a moral center.
It is a rehashing of Cain and Abel. Two brothers, one whose resentment drives him to destroy the other. And in so doing destroys himself. Reveals his true motivations in the act of that destruction. One of our oldest stories. It is SO damned GOOD. Thanks to the actors who played this so well, thanks to the writers who were brave enough to tell this complicated story.
Man it’s insane how Bob Odenkirk never won for this show, he’s seriously knows how to play the comedy and play the drama
Just shows how bullsh*t these awards are. He was phenomenal from start to finish
Absolutely. He never missed a beat, not once over the entire show. A masterclass.
@@bulldogsforeva Maybe I can see their reasoning. Breaking Bad already won countless awards, so maybe the shows were like "maybe it's a bit boring that the same universe scrapes all the awards together because it's so damn good, let's give it to someone else" lmao
@@TH_Zireael2077 6 seasons though? Gotta give him 1 at least
Just goes to show that any academy awards that aren't voted for by the public are utterly meaningless
Meanwhile Walter was giving a boring lesson in his classroom
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@@umbrellaisaac i agree. Im actually laughing at this whole comment. I mean im also high but still aware. Yaya. I know I'm weird lol
@angelscryto working in the kitchen making Salamanca tacos
@@andrewohare8550 High on what?
Based on what we've seen from the series/deleted scenes he actually seems like a pretty great teacher who really cares about the subject matter. I'd take his chemistry class.
“An hour, forty three minutes”
Badass Babineaux
Hhh got that chief
Based Babinaux*
aka King Huell
Absolute Giga chad
Friggin love Huell!!
If you ever need to expose and humiliate someone; you better call Saul.
Roll credits
As long as you saw what lead up to this moment
Ayyyy!
@Jeffery Thunder damn
and then itsaul good man
"I just couldn't prove it" the worst thing a lawyer can say during a trial 3:42
What a joke
@@f1catmancl WHAT A SICK JOKE!!!
That does not at all change the material fact that HE DEFECATED THROUGH A SUNROOF.
I dont understand
"there is proving, then there is knowing."- bill oakley
The magic about Chuck and Jimmy's relationship is that they are both spot on about the other's flaws yet neither can see their own.
You nailed it
family, eh?
This comment really taught me something about myself
Underrated comment, this is so true.
family
Jimmy: You got one part of that wrong..
Chuck: ...?
Jimmy: This.. is not a battery.
[Jimmy throws the battery onto the ground, blowing up the courtroom]
And thats the exact moment Kim became Don Eladio
James Mcgill entered the court room, Viktor Saintclaire got out
Jimmy: “ARE YOU F**KING NUTS?!”
Chuck, holding up a whole bag of “batteries”: “I AM NOT CRAZY!”
A-ha-haha!! Brilliant! 😁✌🏻
@@TrueRetroflection wanna find out?!? 😁
I like how this scene has single-handedly brought the word "chicanery" back into the modern lexicon
That's kinda surprising to learn because the German word "Schikane" is still used in those contexts and it hasn't turned ancient like it did in the English language lol
r/okbuddychicanery
@@crud3lis The word chicane is also used in racing to describe a certain type of corner
@@maestrofeli4259 okbuddybraintumor
It might be kind of obscure, but Flaming Carrot comics definitely used that word as a catch phrase back in the 90's. And I think Mr. Burns on The Simpsons used it also.
The funniest part about this is how in the part where Chuck is acting calm and in control he is completely delusional yet when he has his outburst and looks crazy he is completely correct
Maybe he really is schizophrenic
@@Icannothandleany chuck was correct about the things he said about jimmy during his rant even though he sounded crazy. when he was calm talking about his illness he is completely delusional.
@@IcannothandleanyI genuinely have no idea what you mean by this
@@IcannothandleanyJimmy did swap those numbers, get that idiot at the copy shop to lie for him, orchestrate that man falling off that billboard and defecate through a sunroof. Chuck is correct about all of this, but out of context, he looks completely deranged. His condition is pure delusion, but he sounds calm, making it come off as convincing.
@christopherlethe2997 what
Props to Chuck's own lawyer for being the one that actually triggers the breakdown
Schizophrenic 😂
This is a takeoff of the court scene in the Caine Mutiny (great movie if you haven't seen it) Lets him submarine himself.
@@FenriZz I AM NOT CRAZY
@@search4truth104Love that movie! Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould said it was one of their inspirations.
All while doing damage control and pointing out Chuck’s mental illness is a “non-issue”.
“It can take 20 years to build up a reputation, but only 5 minutes to destroy it.”
Warren Buffett
And nowadays you can replace the “minutes” in that quote with seconds…
5 minutes and 11 secods exactly 😂
Michael Richards
Dang u preachin
Jimmy uses the exact same tactic Chuck used against him. He pissed him off and waited for him to fuck up, just like how Jimmy destroyed the tape. Chuck fell for his own trick.
family members usually use similar methods no matter how they try to make an unlikely one..
How can the people in your life enjoy a little taste of their own medicine?
...I said "enjoy a little taste", not "choke on" 🤘
OOOHH righttt just realized
Oh my god, I never noticed that. Good catch. 😁
I never thought about it that way, spot on statement.
What a masterclass in film making. Incredible dialogue. The slow zoom of the camera as Chuck rants. The looks on the faces of the people in the room. Art is not dead.
You think a scene just happens to be filmed like that??? He orchestrated it, Vince!!!
Jimmy's face and tone when he asked Chuck to reach into his pocket always felt different to me here. It's like a part of him was disappointed that Chuck played right into it so perfectly like that, and that he didn't want to tear him down because deep down he still loves him.
hes faking it man
@@caetano1998 it's complicated. Jimmy and chuck had a complicated relationship. They both loved and hated each other. But in this scene, you see jimmy just feel ashamed that he had to do this to chuck, someone he cared for for many years when he had ehs and someone he looked up to. He knows that what he's doing is irreversible and will leave a scar forever but something he need to do to keep his law career. It's just depressing really.
@@caetano1998 The last episode of the season literally has Jimmy trying to make amends with him
Jimmy's dreading that he's about to ruin his brother in front of his peers. I think a part of him wanted Chuck to figure out and put a stop to the scheme just so he wouldn't have to go through with it. He's morose because the moment that just passed was the last chance Chuck had to avoid the trap
Jimmy was about to play his last move that would checkmate Chuck.He knew that Chuck would fall for his trap. He knew what would happen next, yet this is something he didn't want to do. But he had to. In order to win the game he had to make Chuck destroy himself.
The acting is just on another level
Right!? You could give every character their own series and it would be amazing
Should’ve won and Emmy for best actor and best supporting actor
@@silhouette627 it definitely is
@@WhiteWolf496 They're great, but just 'coz it sends chills down your spine it doesn't necessarily equate to an “Emmy-winning performance”.
Fr
and HE didn't win an EMMY? WHAT A SICK JOKE
theyll never change
Whom? Chuck or Jimmy?
@@OrangeHorizons both
@@SgtNoPants fair enough 😁
Big Bang Theory won .. this guy and Steve Carrell never won an Emmy
4:26 MrBeast fans after the "I worked for MrBeast, he's a fraud" video got dropped.
This is the moment Mr Beast became Slippin Jimmy, Bravo Vince.
I am not crazy! I know he faked those videos. As if I could ever make such a mistake. Never. Never! I just - I just couldn't prove it. He covered his tracks, he got that idiot at the TH-cam algorithm to lie for him. You think this is something? You think this is bad? This? This chicanery? He's done worse! Those giveaways! Are you telling me that a winner just happens to be related to him like that? No! He orchestrated it! Jimmy! He defecated through his videos! And I watched him! And I shouldn't have. I took him into my own subscription! What was I thinking? He'll never change. He'll never change! Ever since he made the channel, always the same! Couldn't keep his hands out of scamming his child fans! "But not our Jimmy! Couldn't be precious Jimmy!" Stealing them blind! And *HE* gets to be a TH-camr!? What a sick joke! I should've stopped him when I had the chance! And you, you have to stop him! You -
"and he gets to be a youtuber? what a sick joke!"
@@adora_was_taken"And youtube doesnt ban him? What a sick joke."
Former employees: “I should’ve stopped him when I had the chance! You-you gotta stop him!”
Probably my most favorite scene throughout the entire show. Saul knew exactly how to pull any scam or con off with almost near perfection in terms of execution. He knew how to make Chuck show himself for how he truly is around his brother. The way that Chuck ranted about Saul’s actions from the Mesa Verde fiasco, the billboard scam, defecting through that guy’s sunroof and stealing money from their parents’ cash register is all true, but he made himself sound like a raving maniac who hated his brother rather than a sound legal mind
Just like how J+K made Howard look like a drug crazed loony at the Sandpiper meeting.
Chuck did despise Jimmy, so it wasn’t entirely fabricated.
Well it’s both true, he’s right about what Jimmy did, but he also hates his brother and raves like a madman
That’s the trick, chuck is both, a jealous bad brother and a genius, jimmy just showed how unstable that combination is.
The billboard wasn't a scam. was it ?
The one thing I love about this scene is how I got invested in Chuck's monologue, but nearing the end I started realising "These are quite weird things to say in court" and at that exact moment Chuck just realised what he has done
Yeah this is a great monologue like plenty we've seen before, so it's super easy to get invested in it. And it's only at the very end that you realize this wasn't the right context for that monologue at all and Chuck messed up.
same
SAMEEEE (I work in law so I was watching it thinking uh buddyyyyy you might be overstepping here)
Yeahh… when he goes “Ever since he was 9…” it’s like, okay now Chuck’s just ranting about all his built up grievances and envy towards his brother
That's because we've been following the story. Doesn't make sense to anyone else bc they weren't there for any of that or only parts of it
The “HE DEFECATED TROUGH A SUNROOF” always gets me lol
"he orchestrated it!"
""JIMMY!""
and I SAVED HIM
what does that even mean lol? someone please explain, is that something that happend, i dont remember watched bcs a while ago
Good ole Chicago Sunroof!
0:47 Excellent foundation laying by Jimmy. Establishes for the judges and audience that not only the closer it is but it could also be set off by a battery. They can't backtrack from that.
If you think about it, Huel irreparably damaged 2 relationships with such a seemingly harmless skill: Saul and Chuck's and Walter and Jesse's.
The battery and the cigarette
@J N Yeah I know. Not blaming Huel at all. Just thought it was interesting how the writers used him for 2 extremely significant moments in both series.
So Huell...
was the fuel...
@@ildyil1748 It turns out it was really Huell Better Fuel
Jimmy and Chuck's was already broken. If anything Huell broke the relationship of Jimmy and Chuck's wife.
"He defecated through a sunroof!"
I swear, though this scene is the dramatic conclusion of a horrible, fraternal feud, I can't help laughing at Chuck's delivery of this line.
the sudden relatively longer silence that came before is what makes that line funny to me. after a moment of him deciding what he will say next, that's what we went with lmao
@@zumabbar Its amazing acting. You can tell that his anger is completely boiling over. He was about to stop, his last moment of control but the anger and jealousy that Jimmy always looked perfect and avoided repercussions for the things he did(no justice) was too much to bottle up after so many years so he blurts out Jimmy's most shameful moment because he knows it will hurt his image and after that the floodgates are fully open with all the "crimes" he thinks Jimmy got away with.
Pure brotherly rage lol
And I learned what a "Chicago Sunroof" is.
I missed that episode
I love how jimmy executes stuff, he builds the anticipation, he first unrolls a fake move and makes chuck comfortable and swiftly pulls out the big gun, so calculated execution. Credit goes to vince and the other writers
It's the classic "Call an ambulance! Call an ambulance... BUT NOT FOR ME!"
A lot of that was the director as well, don't forget him!
Peter Gould. Remember the name, my friend. Dude's writing is actually more prominent than in breaking bad this time. Just absolutely incredible.
Art of War
Genius showman
3:13 it was at this one moment that chuck realized why jimmy passed the bar. He proved facts and proved that his own schtick was just that; an self induced illusion
Chuck was the brilliant legal mind, Jimmy is the brilliant ILLEGAL mind...........
Couldn’t have said it better myself.
Not just that but Jimmy is people smart. The Law isn’t Perfect, Yet Chuck believed it is, and he believed he was its protector. Even if it costs family, his Only Friend Howard, A Great lawyer like Kim wexler, respect from his peers and his own Life.
“The Law is Too important.” Chuck mutters to himself while trying to ruin his brothers life.
He's not a criminal lawyer , he's a CRIMINAL lawyer
Nice
No
Howard didn't have a single line in this scene but the acting through facial expressions was absolutely brilliant
Howard’s character and actor doesn’t get enough credit. Brilliantly written and acted.
@@_Cato_ and god he is handsome
@@juanmora4274 There is nothing wrong with that. What is there not to understand? There were, are, and always will be gay people. Stop pretending that they are doing something wrong.
You get the vibe that he's gonna be the big top antagonist at first but man was he the nicest guy on there. I really felt terrible when he got depressed.
@@jaylucino8890 yeah, same here. Really felt for him
It’s amazing how Chuck was literally right about everything but the court sees him as a madman, I love this show
He was right, but he also *was* a madman.
It's because it was literally his pride that led him to the conclusion that Jimmy sabotaged him. There was ZERO evidence that jimmy swapped the numbers but chuck couldnt accept that he MIGHTVE made a mistake.
"As if I could ever make such a mistake! NEVER! NEVER!"
Chuck was right but his pride and spite was his downfall. I can't imagine how upsetting it can be to have your dying mom call out for your brother on her death bed, but you can't take that out on your brother. Especially when he looks out for you.
He was both right and wrong if that makes sense, Jimmy did change but his brother sabotaging him turned him into Saul
Saul and Chuck were both right about each other.
3:53 sigh, Chuck Blast
okbuddychicanery
Yelling "I AM NOT CRAZY" is the #1 quickest way to make people think you're crazy.
well, actually a "crazy" person wouldn't realize is crazy therefore they will never make that statement. in any case saying "i'm not crazy" will make you look paranoid or neurotic but not crazy
@@Anradak”Well actually” that’s not true at all, that’s something that people keep repeating for some reason. It’s the same thing as the whole “definition of insanity” bs, a very over repeated statement that isn’t true at all, and is actually missed quoted, but sounds cool so people keep saying it.
I could assure you people like Ted Bundy or Jeffrey Dahmer knew very well they were crazy, they just didn’t care. Are there crazy people who don’t know they’re crazy? Yes, but does that mean that’s the case for most crazy people? *Hell* no.
@@AnthonyBlamthonyHow could you assure that?
Genuine question: How to tell people you are not crazy and paranoid? Saying "Im normal; Im not crazy" brings us back here
@@TracerBH Lets look at two different ways to saying the same thing:
*Speaking calmly and regularly* "I wouldn't say I'm crazy"
*Yelling and interrupting someone while your emotions are out of your control* "I'M NOT CRAZY!"
In one of these situations someone is mentally in control of their thoughts and emotions, in the other one they are not. I'll leave it to you to decide which one is which.
Chuck was generous enough to take Jimmy in to his firm, but he resented him so much that he never gave Jimmy a chance. Like mending the broken wing of a bird, and then keeping it in a cage because you're jealous that it can now fly.
I don't think it was generosity. As a con-artist, Jimmy led a care-free, easy life (even if it was a dangerous one), and he was liked by people (not merely respected, like Chuck). As an errand boy, he was just a small fish in a pond where Chuck was the biggest shark. I think it satisfied Chuck to have his brother under his thumb.
Chuck got Jimmy a job in the copy room... doing low paid meanal work so he could keep an eye on him because Jimmy got a law degree to impress Chuck who secretly hated him for it!
Even Howard got sick of it and was willing to bankrupt himself and the firm to buy out Chuck
Wow, thats good.
They say that when a child makes a damning conclusion about their sibling thats the person they'll always have in mind even in adult years
Yes, Chuck always wanted to keep him as a loser to stand above him. Even when Jimmy girlfriend got a client from Chuck company, Chuck was so jealous that he attacked her cowardily as a giant company against a single person just trying to start her own company. And he did it to hit Jimmy through her and keep him as a loser to maintain him under his control.
That last shot of Chuck's ex-wife lowering her head in embarrassment while Howard looks at Chuck, who he has always respected, in that "you screwed up" look is just utterly beautiful.
And the judges as well. They all have different emotions. Disgust, concern, and embarassment.
And Howard knew something like this could happen - he strongly advised Chuck to simply not testify, as it was an open-and-shut case. But Chuck’s ego was too big to just sit on the sidelines.
@@dougnulton And Jimmy knew exactly how he could manipulate that ego to win.
I think with Rebecca, it was sorrow and pity, and maybe even some guilt (as in maybe if she had tried to work things out with Chuck in the past, his mental-condition wouldn't have happened or at least wouldn't have gotten that far).
@@IamCanadian3333That wasn't her own fault, Chuck's own ego led to ruining his marriage because he couldn't be honest with her and chose to hide his mental illness which eventually backfired once the malpractice insurance found out.
“Jimmy, do you have something in your pocket?”
“I’m just very glad to see you, Chuck”.
Pause
I love Jimmy's pain when saying "will you reach into your breast pocket and tell me what's inside" because he still loves chuck but he has to ruin him
Except a naked battery not attached to a circuit wouldn't be producing any electromagnetic waves...
Chuck really was undone by an inactive battery. That and “1216” prove that in some case he is too far gone in pride and stuff.
@@kevinklassen4328 that always called my attention, I think I'm missing something here
@@kevinklassen4328 Chuck testified himself that a battery would indeed affect him, so whether or not it does cause a current, chuck said in would affect him but it didn’t.
@@kevinklassen4328well obviously he’s not actually sensing any waves coming out of it. He just believes anything electronic emit it.
You’ll notice that even the attorney representing Chuck immediately acknowledges now that it’s no longer an allergy but a mental illness once Jimmy caught him with the battery.
Except a naked battery not attached to a circuit wouldn't be producing any electromagnetic waves...
@@kevinklassen4328except electrons in the battery make an electrical current
@@kevinklassen4328 Boom. Roasted.
@@kevinklassen4328that may be true, but didn’t chuck show that he could feel the battery, or at least that it would hurt him? I think the bigger takeaway is proving chuck is unreliable
@@kevinklassen4328 yeah because its all in his head. When he sees the battery he throws It away like It hurted him. Jimmy knows it, he just wanted to support him and Chuck never apprecieted his love.
“and HE gets to be a lawyer?!” is such an elegant summary of Chuck’s hostility towards Jimmy
It nick
it nick * jaw drops *
it nick
I kind of get what Chuck means, he sees his trouble making brother go in to the same career path he worked hard for as unfair. His brother who did not try as hard to get a law degree actually becomes more likeable and charismatic at the job, which infuriates him.
it nick
"I knew it was 1216" bro still thinks he was right about the address
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He said immediately after "I knew he swapped those numbers.", he was just confirming that 1216 was what was on the documents Jimmy doctored
Even when he’s been had, Chuck sticks to the rules of the court. He answered what was in his pocket and he answered truthfully.
its more then you could say for amber heard
its not like he had a choice
@@chagrin6919
He did have a choice, which was to lie, refuse to answer, or start making a scene immediately. The rules of the court were more important to him.
@@Circuitssmith Well, he could lie, but the thing is that despite the illness being fake he really felt the symptoms, and it gets way worse for him in times of stress, like this court case is. So when he noticed the battery on him he probably wouldn't be able to lie and fake not feeling any pain.
Dude, in court witnesses are admonished for speaking without a question posed. I get what you’re trying to say, but Chuck was actually quite out of line for speaking over what was an objection battle. It’s tv so there is some dramatic license, but no judge would allow a witness to just start narrating whatever they like.
I love that Howard keeps looking at Chuck at the end where Rebecca looks down in shame, Howard's shame exists but he keeps his head up out of his respect for Chuck, another subtle show of Howard's decency
It took Howard forever to finally stand up to him. Howard enabled him and went along with Chuck's crusade. Yet Howard still comes across as more Decent that anyone on BCS so far.
@@GrumpyBearRawr and even sadder thinking about his death. Dude was innocent
@@michaelwarren875 Kim and Saul deserve what happened to them because of what they did to him. So sad and unfair
@@sebastianrm1973 They got off lightly,Howard is dead
@@Mothers_milk only kim meanwhile Jimmy has 86 years
The thing about this scene is that Jimmy ALWAYS had the ability to do this to his brother. He always knew it was fake.
He kept it up to protect his brother, but after being tricked with the tape, he doesn't care any more.
Didn't he knew when the doctor said it after Chuck collapsed in the photocopy shop?
@@jagmaharesi2486 He knew way before that, the doctor just showed him proof.
@@PaddyRoon7 right. After a re-watch I think he first knew back in S01E09 when Chuck was able to get out of the house in broad daylight.
@@jagmaharesi2486 I think he knew before the beginning of the show, actually.
@@PaddyRoon7 Yeah I think so too - just rewatched S1E2 (preparing for S6) and Jimmy repeatedly kept asking Chuck to remove his space blanket, as if Chuck were being irrational by keeping it on. I’m sure Jimmy knew his brother well enough to know that the illness was a manifestation of an internal / psychological problem.
"Check your foreskin"
- Saul Goodman
Chuck: 🙄 What now?
Lmfaooo
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Bravo Vince!
@@PauloHernandezXD lmfao - is that the chinese hacker?
This scene is a masterpiece in writing. Jimmy completely trapped him, played him like a fiddle itt was great.
Bob Wills couldn't have played it better. ;-)
The best part is that the current in the battery shouldn't really be flowing or if it is it is negligible at best. You need a complete circuit for electricity to flow. Chucks reaction proves it was a psycho-somatic condition.
Except he didn't. The guy literally said current needs to be flowing, a fully charged battery is fully charged because it's not being discharged. Should have said it was a small transmitter or better yet a small EMP generator.
Just masterpiece
@@will123134 nah. Mental condition was caused by his self loathing and hatred of Jimmy being the one everybody liked more than him. Besides, if he had a mental disorder to exploit he shouldn't be practicing as a lawyer to begin with.
the common phrase is "robbing them blind" yet chuck says "stealing them blind" because the legal definition of robbing requires force, where as stealing does not. Like Chuck would ever make such a mistake, even when furious. Nice writing Vince.
Actually Gordon Smith wrote this episode!
@@NYQINABravo Gordon
As if he'd ever make such a mistake. Never. Never!
@@TheStraightestWhitest he just couldn't prove it 😂😂😂
bravo vince
I always saw Michael McKean as a comedic villain in 90s flicks. As Chuck though, he really brings his tragedy to life.
This scene is literally the most pivotal turning-point in the entire show. It's after this that everything really started to spiral.
yep
That's the moment when Jimmy became Better Call Saul
I think it's sandpiper case, when jimmy finds out chuck ruined Jimmy's opportunity.
Oh
Xd
"That thing with your brother, that wasn't even a crime!"
"It was."
:((((
Wrong scene, it was when he got his malpractice insurance canceled.
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@@jmie5 oh yeah i'm well aware, but IMO this is where it all started. the "crime" of exposing him in public
@@jmie5 their premiums wouldn’t have gone up if it wasn’t for this though.
everything comes down to the fact that Jimmy was their mother's favorite.
*Especially when their mother’s last words was her asking for Jimmy, even going as far as to confuse Chuck as Jimmy.*
Does Jimmy ever find out her last words?
@@rishanrai9 No. Chuck never told him.
yep，chuck has serious psychological issues
@@Holdit66 damn
we made it to this frame lads.
Chuck yelling: "I AM NOT CRAZY!"
Everyone: "Yea, he totally crazy"
Says more about them.
When you say "trust me" or "I'm not crazy" it just goes to prove the opposite.
@@ultimatefattie9022 He's just deluded. Many people get this and it's escapable. But he couldn't handle the fight out of it because he was so used to it.
@@thememaster7 How does it "says more about them"?
If you act crazy-like, then people will think you're crazy, doesn't say anything about anyone.
Doesn't matter what the actual truth is either, because people have nothing else but anothers actions to judge them on.
Besides, it's a joke.
@@Dead25m "I am not crazy," just means he thinks he's not crazy. Proves nothing. Everything he said was true, but hey, he said "I'm not crazy", so that won't be questioned will it?
In all seriousness though, I think in real life that wouldn't happen in court. They (or at least his lawyer lol) would evaluate what he said on the print and simply point out that there's nothing crazy about it. In terms of his psychological condition, he's simply deluded. He'd just get told off for having an outburst.
People don't get their case thrown out by judges just because they said they're not crazy in an outburst. That's ludicrous. If it did, then the judge is an idiot.
Not to mention that his condition and his outburst have no correlation with his concentration skills for the numbers. It makes no logical sense to end the case.
Halfway through chuck's rant you realize that to the viewer and jimmy and chuck it sounds normal but to everyone else including the jury, chuck looks actually crazy
That's the point
It sounded crazy to me.
That is brilliant observation
Well, it was half crazy. Despite what he said about the things Jimmy did, you can see intense jealousy and hatred in Chuck's voice, and is the root cause for anything happening right now in this courtroom.
The slow zoom into an intense low-angle close up crazies him up real nice too.
jimmy asking chuck to reach into his pocket never fails to make me laugh lmao, he plays it off like a magic trick
I laughed at the mini freak out he had when he pulled out the battery, like it burned his hand.
lol so true. reaches into pocket what is it now....then the expression on his face :D
Reminds me of the Riddles in the Dark scene in The Hobbit
@@alonsoarana5307 the filthy pockets of chuck
David Blaine style
"Not my Jimmy" - MrBeast fans
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Stealing them blind! And he gets to a millonaire? What a sick joke
NOT OUR PRECIOUS JIMMY!!!!!!!!!
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@@Literallyryangosling777 LOLLLL
Chuck: I should've stopped him when I had the chance!
Well you kind of did Chuck. He was genuinely going down a good path after you bailed him out and gave him an honest job. He was eager to become a real lawyer right alongside his big brother. Then you stopped him, and sent him spiraling right back down the path of Slippin' Jimmy.
@Martin Toledo And not only did he stab him in the back, but he made Howard take the fall for it. He made Howard play the villain so he could play the hero. He didn't even have the decency to be an honest man about it. Jimmy isn't exactly a good guy himself, but Chuck is a vindictive narcissist.
What I don't like is Chuck keeps saying Jimmy needs to change, but every time Jimmy tried to better himself Chuck would tell him he was still Slippin' Jimmy and that people never change. Chuck wouldn't give him the chance because at the end of the day Chuck couldn't bear the idea that he might have to treat Jimmy with some real respect. That's what Chuck was most worried about when Jimmy told him he passed the bar exam. He was viscerally horrified at the possibility that Jimmy might want to be seen as his equal. The sad thing is, I know exactly what would have been the perfect job for Jimmy. A law firm like Chucks would see a lot of fraud cases of varying kinds (both civil and criminal). Jimmy would absolutely be the perfect guy to analyze and work on those cases cause he would know all those angles and how to outcon the conmen (like when the two guys pretended that Jimmy hit them with his car). That's the thing Chuck couldn't (or wouldn't) wrap his head around. Someone like Jimmy would absolutely be an asset to almost any firm. The sad thing is Jimmy stops trying to do better because he doesn't see any payoff in it after all his fighting with Chuck. That's when he becomes Saul. It's almost like Richard III, Jimmy decides to hell with it and he'll play the villain.
@@mindassassin I am not crazy. I know he swapped those numbers. I knew it was 1216, one after Magna Carta, as if I could ever make such a mistake, Never, never. I just couldn’t prove it, he covered his tracks, he got that idiot at the copy shop to lie for him. you think this is bad, this chicanery ? He’s done worse. That billboard, are you telling me a man just happens to fall like that? No! He orchestrated it, Jimmy! He defecated through a sunroof! And I saved him, I shouldn’t have, I took him into my own firm, what was I thinking ?He’ll never change, he’ll never change. Ever since he was nine, couldn’t keep his hands out of the cash draw. But not our Jimmy, couldn’t be precise Jimmy! Stealing them blind, and he gets to be a lawyer?! What a sick joke. I should have stopped him when I had the chance ! And you, you have stop him, you -
@Minerales en rebaja That was different because he was already spiraling down. He became a lawyer to make his brother proud but once that was gone he lacked purpose as a lawyer. He got that big job but it didn't make him happy because Chuck broke him with his betrayal.
When Chuck offed himself I shed zero tears. He was brilliant but a conceited and vindictive bastard.
When people say this show is boring, I think of this scene and everything that built to it.... and just smile
No time of day should be given to people that can say this show is boring!
who the fuck are those people?
If this scene is the highlight of the show then yes I would say its a boring one lol
It is pretty agonizingly slow though tbh lol
@@Timdeenter but it isn’t
Part of the genius tragedy of Saul Goodman is that it’s a self-fulfilling prophecy. Chuck’s own flaws help turn Jimmy into what Chuck claims he truly is… such an incredible piece of storytelling.
"Say something enough times it becomes truth"
Jimmy was slipping Jimmy from the get go. He didn't need any push from Chuck. In spite of that he was people's favorite and consistently got rewarded as if the universe was conspiring in his favor. It's totally understandable why Chuck would go on to develop a bitter resentment as a result of this and felt that it was his duty to exact punishment in order to make the world a more fair place as some sort of karmic justice.
@@nPr26_50 Actually, Jimmy DID change until 1) He found out Chuck prevented him from becoming a HHM lawyer and 2) when he prevented Jimmy from working in the Sandpiper case. Chuck’s disbelief in Jimmy upholding and executing something Chuck believes is sacred made him not wanna support Jimmy. He slipped because of Chuck and it all went downhill from there. If Jimmy was truly slippin Jimmy from the get go and an irredeemable person, we wouldn’t have gotten the conclusion Jimmy had at the end (don’t wanna spoil the end in case you haven’t watched it).
Actually Chuck could only be held so much responsible. Some people just have it in their blood to take shortcuts, cut corners and do things the immoral/illegal way. Eventually one day or another due to certain event Jimmy Mcgill would have turned into Saul Goodman even if chuck loved him and kept him at his firm.
@@DocEtan He only started taking shortcuts after Chuck stopped believing in him
4:30 when I’m doing a low-honor playthrough on rdr2 and I see the blind beggar
Based
The look on Jimmy's face at 3:29 says it all. He knows he's sealed Chuck's fate and he's truly sorry that it had come to that. As much as he disliked Chuck, he knows how cruel what he's doing is
This is a great point. Jimmy knew he got Chuck in that moment....but he was sad about it. He had to do it to protect himself but he knew he just ruined Chuck. And of course Howard knew what had just happened too.
Don't forget Jimmy decided to snitch at Chucks insurance and told them about the lost case so his insurance would go up. That was only malicious intent from Jimmy
@@solidzack what a gamer
Just had to go on a maniacal rant
He didn't hate Chuck. It was a revenge for all the times Chuck sabotaged him, Jimmy was rage-fueled, but despite that, he didn't hate Chuck.
Fact: Micheal McKean wasn't even nominated for this performance. One of the greatest monologues in television history.
WHAT A SICK JOKE!
You think this is bad this chicanery?
They've done worse!!! The Oscars
Citizen Kane?
the sickest joke of all time tbh
He really should have won for this. I did see he was nominated for an Emmy though for Better Call Saul, but didn't win.
Too much perspective.
Michael who?
If Chuck wasn’t such a contemptible prick this scene wouldn’t have felt so satisfying.
If Chuck would have helped encourage and elevate Jimmy perhaps things could have turned out different but Chuck felt Jimmy didn’t deserve to be a lawyer because he didn’t go the same route as Chuck and thought Jimmy deserved to be an errand boy in the copy room.
Chuck was always jealous of Jimmy... his mother’s last word was Jimmy even though he was by her side...
The moment that made me absolutely hate Chuck was him not telling jimmy his mom's last words
they are both narcissists and assholes. Chuck had zero influence over Jimmy. And Jimmy had zero power to make Chuck love him. In reality Chuck hated his guts and vould never have loved him even if he became legit. The lesson of the story is that you can only love and respect your self, and you cant change others. Wanting a parent or a siblings respect who hates you is just a waste of time and life.
@@BEZERKSTUDIOS718 why? It’d just make Jimmy feel even worse because he wasn’t there for her when his mom wanted to see him. Also can you really expect Chuck to be able to say it right after he’s seen his mom die and had his heart crushed? I know I wouldn’t be able to under that circumstance
@@spankmesanta821 to not say it is one thing, but to lie and to tell Jimmy that she didn't say anything is cruelty. And this might have been a pivotal moment for Jim, who knows how that could've affected him. It could've destroyed him or could've been a wake up call either way Chuck lied to Jimmy and undermined his worth.
I find it really fascinating that Chuck is so convinced people are unable to change and yet the Breaking Bad universe was conceived from the prospect of the main character going through an incredibly fundamental change.
That's not even close to the same thing. You give a normal person power, they go crazy. You can't compare becoming a druglord to aging
Only to discover through flashbacks that Walter was always a megalomaniac who never had the power to impose on others at a time
Chuck made BB happen
"You have to stop him" After the events of Breaking Bad I wonder if everyone in the room who survived remembers this moment
I always wondered what the principal thought or the student who drove the vette
Right. Seeing Saul on the news as a wanted man nation wide search his picture plastered across the television. I’d love to hear those conversations
@@DJMotorMouth713exactly, the people here that survived till the end probably think that chuck is right
@@Tien_Shinhan46that reminds me of Walt’s neighbor who caught him back in his house, how she called the cops, she must have thought, one minute he’s this nice neighbor then he is revealed to be a dangerous man
@@Tien_Shinhan46He was right about his ability to push his own brother to a corner and turn him into a monster
I love how morally grey this is. You know Chuck has a point considering what happens in the future but you can’t help but root for Jimmy.
But chuck spent a lot of his life trying to stop Jimmy, for no reason other than his selfish beliefs. He was always out to get Jimmy.
@@Sarahsqueak not exactly true. Chuck was always right about Slippin Jimmy and how he loved taking shortcuts to get what he wanted, legality aside.
Both characters are right and wrong at the same time, you can't help but root for both at times.
@@youraveragepasser-by7367 i mean honestly, i always rooted for jimmy, but perhaps that cause i can see myself in him more than i can in chuck.
Whilst Chuck may be the morally better person (definitely not perfect either!) he is a far less likeable one.
@@youraveragepasser-by7367 I think your right man. its uncomfortable how this show can make us root for someone even when he's breaking a code, be it legal or moral.
As soon as Chuck says “I am not crazy” the camera switches to Jimmy and you can see he knows it’s already over, he just sold what soul he had left
Truly it was the moment where Jimmy because Saulsenberg
@@rootabeta9015 I know your comment is a month old but it litterally made me bust up laughing. Solid comment 8.5/10
@@jayhunt6199 in my opinion, this comment was 99.1% pure
No he didn't lol. His brother deserved all this
He loses his soul when he starts ruining Howard, not here. Chuck was a horrible brother and person, he merely set up Jimmy becoming Saul, but Jimmy going further down the path after chuck‘s death is what sells it
2:40 I love how Jimmy's voice kinda starts to break as he's talking and the look on his face. He knows that by going through with this plan he's going to permanently destroy his relationship with his brother and it shows in how he says it.
literally, every thing chuck said is true about jimmy and somehow chuck is still in the wrong there. That is the beauty of the scene
And yet I can understand his position. He's the guy who always did the "right" thing and yet no one ever liked him - even his mother and his wife found Jimmy more charming. From Chuck's point of view his moral superiority was the only thing he had over Jimmy so the last thing he wants is for Jimmy to become his peer. Their relationship is so complex and he's a sad, tragic character. I personally could never bring myself to hating him despite my affection for Jimmy.
Chuck is so easy for the audience to hate bc of this. WE know that Chuck is right about Jimmy, we just like Jimmy more than the grandstanding fake-illness-having Chuck who never respected Jimmy as a lawyer.
WE also know that Chuck has never/will never tell Jimmy about their mother's last words, but those words haunt him everyday and fueled Chuck's hatred of Jimmy. So Jimmy 'conning' Chuck is such sweet desserts for the audience since it helps even the playing field between brothers who have found vastly different levels of success in life.
@@katakana-kun2122 When you go out of your way to demean and destroy someone who loves and idolizes you, you don’t get to act like the victim when they eventually turn on you.
@@teecakes That’s because throughout his life, Chuck kept stepping on Jimmy’s fingers to prove he can’t climb, and then made sure everyone could see it. Even when he gave him a job in the mailroom, it was done with the purpose of putting him as a little fish in an ocean in which Chuck would be the biggest shark. All because he has a massive inferiority complex. By the end of the show, Chuck is completely irredeemable and I don’t find it one bit strange that Jimmy can’t feel anything about him anymore after all this.
Warning: Spoiler!
Notice how the exact same scenario plays out in the mid-season finale of the last season. Brilliant deja vu.
From the emotional speech that rings absolutely true to the tragic conclusion.
This is such a fantastic monologue. The writing, the acting, the timing and the steady build up of tension. Even the very slow zoom in of the camera is so expressive.
They got their dolly, that's for sure
yep. the "gaara fisheye lens" camera view in Chuck's face is brilliant cinematography at its finest.
@@kaizenzx_kzx it helps you feel the claustrophobia that Chuck feels, knowing he's been backed into a cornr
This is why I actually like Better Call Saul over Breaking Bad. I think the stories are equally compelling, but Better Call Saul was shot in a much more artistic way that really gets the point across.
Jimmy's reaction at 3:30 is priceless. He knows what's coming next, he knows it's a clear victory and yet he regrets it. At the same moment he tries to be very still not to stop Chuck
Another detail I like is how chuck doesn't react at all to the cellphone when Jimmy takes it out of his pocket. He knew how much Jimmy loved him, so he never for a moment thought Jimmy would purposely "harm" him with an electronic, only to be proven wrong when finding the battery in his own pocket.
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Nah it's because he knew it was going to be a trick. He would act like if he felt it and then he would show that it doesn't have any battery.
He should've expected it after orchestrating the whole scheme with uplaying his mental illness just to get his brother convicted
All that questions before was a redherring to make chuck suspect a trick,because he know saul is a conman. Turn out it was part of the keikaku
(P.s. keikaku means plan)
He winces when he initially sees it but as soon as he figures it to be a trick he doesn’t fear it.
2:04 that little smirk from Howard when he thinks Chuck outplayed him. Probably the first real example of how conniving Jimmy could be
3:25 Candace explaining to her parents how Phineas and Ferb organized a coup in South America for the fourth time this week
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And this ladies and gentlemen, is how you make the sharpest man in the room, armed with the truth, look like a madman before everyone's eyes.
He thinks he has "electromagnetic hypersensitivity." He _is_ a madman.
@@ShankarSivarajan Still, he was right.
He was only right because he made it so. Chuck never accepted Jimmy and always viewed him as a con artist. Every step Jimmy took to be better and be a legitimate lawyer was rejected by Chuck.
Jimmy returned to his old ways because he had no guidance from Chuck. Jimmy was a criminal, but he could have been brought into the legitimate world if Chuck let him.
Some truth. And a lot of fantasy.
@@ShankarSivarajan he’s not mad, he’s sick. He refuses to accept that’s what is wrong with him. He’s perfectly capable in every single way outside of it. And Jimmy used that mental illness against his rational, truthful brother. Jimmy conned us all too- we hated Chuck so much that many simply didn’t want to take a deeper look at what he did, rather than simply outsmarting him.
Shouting "I am not crazy!" is usually a good way to indicate to people around you that you are in fact crazy...
Thats the Kafkasque genius of it. Because..... what if you arent. what if you're telling the truth? Chuck was.....
Just like "I'm not drunk !"
It's a catch 22. Forcing yourself to act sane is something an insane person would do, but continuing to act insane is also something an insane person does. Chuck lost the moment he let emotions take over
Try searching: The punisher courthouse scene.
In most cases it's actually like that because insane people are always lying to themselves that they are perfectly fine. Because they couldn't tell apart between normal things and crazy things that they are doing, and they truly belive that others are seeing in the same point of view as theirs.
Chuck snapped when the truth hit him because everyone in that room are slowly drifting away from his ideal vision.
“He gets to be a lawyer” is such terrific phrasing, as if being a lawyer is some kinda treat that only he is entitled to because he’s an extra good boy. At the end of the day, Chuck is just a pathetic crybaby throwing a tantrum because he thinks mummy and daddy loved his little brother more than him.
He was right about Jimmy tho
But he still felt very jealous because Jimmy was always everyone's favorite.
@@R4in46He was right in the same sense that he was right about having an allergy to magnetic fields.
@@R4in46. It's a case of self fulfilling prophecy. If Chuck wasn't there every step of the way to block Jimmy from trying to change his ways, then Jimmy wouldn't have become Saul Goodman. Jimmy tried to play it straight and Chuck assumed the worst about him at every single moment. Jimmy loved and idolized his brother until he found out Chuck was the one who stopped him no matter how honest or hard Jimmy worked. He didn't care about Jimmy doing well as much as he cared for his own ego.
Chuck sees “the law” as a sacred thing that needs to be treated with absolute respect and pride. He knows Jimmy doesn’t do things the proper way and resorts to illegal tactics all the time. He sees the irony in someone who makes a mockery of his precious rule of law getting to be a representative of it as a lawyer.
Jimmy being a lawyer is a sick joke to him because he knows the conman that Jimmy is. It’s a perfect line in an incredible show.
@@R4in46 Despite being right, it was entirely Chuck's doing that Jimmy has become what he has become. If he was a better person, the whole mess would've been avoided.
That small glint of sadness in his eye before Jimmy asks Chuck to check his coat pocket... he knew the breakdown that was to follow.
FEIGNED sadness!
Seems Hamlin knew before he did
@@_c3a3m_88 Hamlin just knew Jimmy could push Chuck’s buttons to expose his insanity.
@@GeddyRC I don’t think so. Jimmy kept up the facade of the illness being real for years because he cared for Chuck
@@GeddyRC in other scenes in the show, Jimmy had a genuine care and concern for Chuck.
Here's a line from earlier in the season: "I got you a 20lb bag of ice and some bacon, and some eggs, and a couple of those steaks that you like, some fuel canisters. It's enough for three or four days. After that, you're on your own. I am done."
Even after Chuck betrayed Jimmy, Jimmy made sure Chuck was cared for, and informed him about everything before he "broke up" with him as a caretaker.
Michael McKean not even getting an Emmy nomination for this season proves how much of joke these award shows are. There was so much to this character and he owned it for the whole show above the high "Breaking Bad" standards that were established almost immediately. From 3:25 onward it's an absolute masterclass of a performance that brings an entire lifetime of deceit, frustration, hated, jealousy, and suppressed lunacy to an over-boiling break-down. I can watch it again and again and not get tired of it.
(Thought I do wish this clip kept the few key seconds after where the camera pulls back to match a recomposed Chuck coming back down to Earth after his rant, now realizing his defeat. It's such a great way to cap it all off.)
What a sick joke!
Ever since the beginning, always the same. Couldn't stop faking their ceremonies. But not our Emmys, couldn't be precious Emmys! Fooling them blind! And they get to be successful?! What a sick joke.
this rings even more true after yesterday and BCS ending its run without ever winning an emmy.
they only nominate people from the university of samoa
"The award shows are bad because they didn't give an award to someone I personally like."
Do you guys seriously think the point of award shows is to just agree with you?
Love this scene, even though Chuck was right about it all. Jimmy tried to turn his life around. He worked for his lawyer’s degree but chuck being so focused on what jimmy was couldn’t accept it and went out of his way to limit him and tear him down. Chuck is the sole reason Slipping Jimmy came back.
Maybe not sole, but yeah. I love how self-fulfilling their dynamic is. Chuck believed Jimmy couldn't change, but his actions were ultimately what turned Jimmy into Saul.
I don’t think Chuck did what he did because of the law or he couldn’t accept Jimmy’s past. I think he envied Jimmy. Everybody loved Jimmy more than him. Their mother’s last words were calling for Jimmy. Chucks own wife even laughed at Jimmy’s jokes. Being a lawyer was the one thing Chuck had over Jimmy and that’s why he tried to take it from him.
@@tylermiller5836exactly what was the case, Jimmy was a hell of a lawyer even tho he cut corners, and Chuck knew if he gave him opportunity to become one, Jimmy would be "better" at everything over him
No. Individuals have to take responsibility for their own happiness and not play this petty blame game. Jimmy had a chance at Davis and Maine. He chose to walk away. You cannot blame that on Chuck. "I quit my job because i cannot fit into the square peg job it's all my brother's fault for not believing in me."
Yes, it was Chuck's fault that he ended up in Davis and Maine instead of HHM. Yes, Chuck was petty in not believing in him and envying him. But Jimmy is a hypocrite. He think it ok to pull as much chicanery as he pleases. He takes shortcuts and even ruined Chuck's reputation as a lawyer just because he couldn't win back Mesa Verde fair and square. But when that ONE time chuck use his own trick against him and recorded him. Now Jimmy gets to be angry? Saying "you destroyed our family for this?" The audacity of him. Like he's never pulled any chicanery on anybody he loves.
ultimately Jimmy had a chance to live a good live, but he refused it. And instead of taking responsibility for his own life he blame it on Chuck for not supporting him enough.
Slipping Jimmy came back and became something worst, Saul Goodman
He deserved an award for this scene. Incredible scene!
4:35 me after knowing that Bob, Rhea and the series did not get any Emmys this year.
WHAT A SICK JOKE!
You shouldve stopped him when you had the chance!
"emmys is bob odenkirk father" - r/okbuddychicanery
I love how Chuck's lawyer was about to make a case-winning point then Chuck tosses it all out because of his ego
By that point Chuck was already pretty emotional and on the verge of exploding, so for his lawyer to make some off-handed example about Chuck having Schizophrenia (which Chuck took offense to) was all that was needed to put Chuck over the edge.
@@madgavin7568 he didn't even say or imply chuck has schizophrenia, he was going to use schizophrenia as an extreme example. "Even if" are the key words here.
The State's lawyer was muddying the waters.
Man, what's with your pfp?
Oh here come the ego comments these bums can never stop talking about ego
First Walter then chuck hahaha
The thing about this show, it's not just a "show", but an absolute masterclass in writing and filmmaking.
Very true. Vince Gilligan and his team are part of the all time greats when it comes to writing and directing.
i think its a show
BCS and BrBa put most, if not all, tv and film to shame
It's a good show
@@lostempyrean I love the cinematography in both of these shows
Chuck is such a goated character and his acting is on another level
The 3 season arc of Chuck and Jimmy is some of the most compelling character drama I've ever seen
I would call it the best. Can't really think of anything better to be honest.
Boy the way the atmosphere changes when Chuck shouts "I'M NOT CRAZY!". Speaks nothing but the truth (even though he couldn't prove it) and it makes him look so bad. It's crazy how good this show is. Lol
He's on so many layers of gaslighting by Jimmy that he has no choice but to bellow out in sheer frustration. Thing is, who's gonna back him up on that?
Well that’s the problem with chuck. Even when he is right about Jimmy, it is all fuelled by his extreme jealousy and superiority complex. Hence, he is so easily manipulated into this outburst and loses spectacularly
@@tovbyte oh yeah, he is incredibly intelligent but is blinded by his bias against Jimmy that he stops thinking logically.
He was crazy.
@@Ravenbones not about the things Jimmy was doing though, which is the point. Sure he had a psychological condition, but his memory wasn't the thing it affected. Everything he said Jimmy did was 100% the truth, but all Jimmy had to do was publicly prove what everyone already kinda knew (that his condition was psychological and not physical) and then get him to breakdown on the stand to drive it home.
Its interesting how Jimmy should be viewed as the bad guy, but Chuck just digusts me.
chuck is manipulative and full of malice and jimmy wasn't, chuck turned jimmy into saul
@@kirinyardberry1324 almost makes me want to cradle Jimmy in my arms like an innocent baby.
Also Jimmy uses his powers to help others, particularly the lower income citizens. Chuck on the other hand comes off of more of a personal gain, image, and success kind of guy.
@@AimForTheBushes908 . He helps Criminals get away with horrible crimes and only helps the low income people when he was up coming. As soon as he's made it big he has his own ego pride and ridiculous prices for personal gain. They are not any different.....all Lawyers are masters of Propoganda and boosting their image. Chuck did it legit while Jimmy did it the dirty way. But all lawyers are criminals
@@kirinyardberry1324 jimmy was always saul. He stole like 15k from the family business starting when he was like 12. Chuck just did nothing to help bring him out of it.
4:44 I love looking at the judges faces. The lady to the left and man in the middle both look confused and kind of bewildered at seeing a great legal mind like Charles McGill being so resentful towards his own brother. And the last guy on the right doesn’t even look at Chuck. Just staring down in disbelief at how awkward the room must feel in that moment.
Michael McKean is a phenomenal actor, you actually feel how crazy his character is here. A man that dedicated his entire life to his work, only to have his conman brother show him what an empty and trivial pursuit loving only your profession actually is.
You profile pic made me think there was a hair on my phone screen
@@EfromR light mode user
He's come a long way from Lavern and shirley
I'd change your last part, since Jimmy showed him the empty pursuit is always trying to kick down his brother. He also likes music as seen when he listens to it when not being affected by his illness, and probably theater and opera.
I dont think this is what this is about. The thing is, charles holds the law as sacred, as he mentioned several times. It is his passion. It is natural for somebody like that to have disdain for Jimmy 's disregard for it, You have to understand the deep meaning that the law holds for Chuck. Like something holy getting tainted. Jimmy only wanted acceptance from his brother, not knowing he actually resented him. He used his mental illness ( EH) to discredit him. I dont think him being crazy is related to loving his job.
Michael McKean's performance here is heart-breaking and devastating. He's really one of the finest actors of the past 50 years.
What’s interesting about the scene is that both Bob and Michael come from a sketch comedy background. For whatever reason, I think there might be something to that as to why both of them are such strong dramatic actors. I don’t think it’s a coincidence, and this scene is a microcosm of it.
Heart-stopping.
“He’s really one of the finest actors of the past 50 years”. Don’t be so ridiculous, god people are fickle
@@ResevoirGod ?? I agree with McKean being one of the best in the past 50 years. the Chuck character is played like the role of a lifetime in such a beautifully-flawed way as a narcissist delusional big brother who's secretly jealous of his more sociable, darling-of-the-family younger brother. Thus the little bro gets pushed into a life of crime almost entirely by an unreliable big brother who bares his fangs briefly for IIRC the only time in the series when he's under oath telling the court what he truly thinks of Jimmy McGill, who his own mother preferred over Chuck.
Can't recall anybody that's out-acted McKean in the past 50 years with any character, the closest one I can think of is maybe Terry O' Quinn as John Locke in 'LOST'.
@@teecakes You have to be trolling, the performance was good don’t get me wrong but have you really thought of all the media in the last 50 years? Not to mention most actors don’t get called “one of the finest ever” for just one single performance, consistency and variety is important as well.
McKean wouldn’t make top 500
I love how the camera slowly zooms in on Chuck as he plumbs the depths of his resentment and rage, taking up more and more of the screen as he digs himself deeper and deeper. Then, the end of this scene (not shown here), it zooms right back out again, as if everyone is now moving away, abandoning him, and he gets smaller and smaller. I hate Chuck and he's an asshole, but this just reflects his inner state so subtly.
To add to that, the scene ended up with Chuck in the farthest background and the huge exit sign as the foreground.
Get outta here, Chuck!
That shot was perfect
Good eye! You could also notice it in this scene from Breaking Bad th-cam.com/video/F9nSgCQmmp0/w-d-xo.html this is also one of things I like in BB and BCS: cinematography. Especially these scenes with "shaky" camera gave you feeling like you are watching documentary or like you were part of the scene as viewer. :)
I don't really hate chuck, coz at the end of the day he was right, jimmy never changed he ended up being an even worse version of slippin jimmy
@@pryo2460 Chuck never properly supported Jimmy to help him change like a brother should. Even when Jimmy was making strides to be a better person Chuck didn’t want him to be as good as he was. He always wanted to be in a more powerful position. His patronising personality was insufferable.
Im here because Better Call Saul Frames is about to show Chicanery 🤩🤩
Chuck’s use of the word “chicanery” was all the court needed to hear.
Stop writing comments and make the next Star Wars review
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THIS CHICANERY
@@zizoumonk10 what
LMFAO
2:35 this acting though subtle is brilliant. Jimmy is hesitant to do what the does, because he knows it will harm his brother and expose him as mentally ill, that is why he has a long pause here.
Love Jimmy’s quiet crackly voice leading up to before he asks Chuck to check his pocket. He knows he’s about to win and stay a lawyer but he knows it’s going to decimate his brother’s career and their relationship. That last bit of brotherly love shining through.
Love how at the end Howard is the only one who has the strength to look at Chuck in the eye for a brief moment while Kim and Rebecca immediately looked away. It's like they're watching an old dog dying.
Like he says, "I warned you."
Howard actually deeply cared about Chuck and it's sad how it all plays out. He's a red herring villain
@@turkturkleton2671 he looks at him sadly, but aware of this as a poasibility, like "you just blew it, what a shame".
This show is a masterpiece, down to every actor and down to everyone who took part in making it. I love this scene so much amazing acting.
3:32 as Chuck is clarifying you can notice the camera pushes towards him closer and closer.
It gives us a feeling he's reaching into his own rage and envy as he's slowly isolating from everyone else in the court. He descended into madness and cynicism. And the performance delivered is so great,I love this shot
Yup. And then when the shot is done - it switch's to his back and it shows how far away everyone is. We see it in his alternative POV that he is truly in isolation
Vince really is be a cinematographic genius.
Cameraman: whats that on his nose?
lmao. noticing a close up during an emotional scene doesn't exactly make you Gene Siskel
@@misterStevePikk he's just pointing out a neat camera trick that makes the viewer see things beyond what Chuck is just saying, no need to be a dick about it my man
I love the hesitancy before he goes on to say: “Could you reach into your breast pocket and tell us what’s there” His pained face knew he would never be on terms with his brother again.
i still watch this maybe once a month. what a masterclass in performance.
Seriously! Michael McKean is on another level. Outstanding performance in every scene!
This is based on a similar scene involving Humphrey Bogart in THE CAINE MUTINY (1954).
@@axr7149 I've said something similary, how this is a reference and homage to Bogart in Caine Mutiny and what a compliment to Michaal McKean that he also makes it wholly his own,
Just watched this episode for the 10th time...or so...whos counting lol
Michael McKean performance in this episode was Oscar worthy.
I know, right? He's an amazing actor.
@ Literally everyone in this show and in Breaking Bad is.