Better Call Saul - Chuck reads to Jimmy

[@burmiester1]

Incredible acting from the young man playing teenage Chuck. He sounds EXACTLY like Chuck would have at that age. Wonderful casting.

[@randombassist6297]

he even looks like him too

[@thesitharchives2387]

actually not teenage, he was 21 in this scene

[@Starbuck32123]

I don't hear Lenny from him at all

[@ELIAS-xj6pc]

I seriously thought it was dubbed

[@macafromthewired]

@@Starbuck32123 well lenny wasn't his actual voice

[@bruhffffgggg]

not only does he sound exactly like chuck, he even looks a bit like him. great casting

[@ericb8241]

Could be his kid

[@gamermasta525]

How do they find these people?

[@byronsenior6499]

@@gamermasta525 Alot of auditions.

[@Por-poI]

​@@gamermasta525being one of the most popular shows helped. A lot would audition to be in the show

[@Bessux]

@@Por-poI This was in season 3 - it was not "one of the most popular shows" back then.

[@freerf2459]

Fun Fact: This is the earliest scene in the series chronologically. The breaking bad universe is filled with flashbacks but none come earlier than this

[@beanieweenie1349]

What about the scene with Mike and Matty?

[@Cris00900340]

slippin jimmy has earlier scenes

[@beanieweenie1349]

@@Cris00900340 Does it really though? He seems younger in this scene than he is in Slippin' Jimmy

[@BokuGlack]

@@beanieweenie1349wish we got a older matty in the series before he died

[@cometmoon4485]

You're forgetting about the Mesa Verde commercial with young Kevin Wachtell. Yuuup!

[@ImJustNes]

Fun fact: Vince Gilligan actually created a time travelling machine and found Bob Odenkirk and Michael McKean in the past to get them to make this scene.

[@CarmenLC]

A TIME MACHINE?! QUANTUM MECHANICS? STAY IN YOUR LANE!

[@Csnich96]

Bravo Vince!

[@ImJustNes]

@@CarmenLC Too late, Carmen... The alarms have sound...

[@salmonellq2981]

First chronological scene in the breaking bad universe

[@LopesSalles]

Maybe Matt scene is the first?

[@ratedr7845]

No, the grifter scene is

[@salmonellq2981]

@@ratedr7845 what the fuck is a grifter

[@mikefloyd3152]

@@ratedr7845 he looks younger here

[@ratedr7845]

@@mikefloyd3152 hm

[@Cafferdite15]

It’s also so interesting that Chuck is reading to Jimmy with no electricity. He does the howl just like Marco and Jimmy did during their con.

[@maicoxmauler2825]

...Does this mean Jimmy canonically thinks of his brother at the moment of pure joy?

[@craskin4903]

Says everything about their relationship. Jimmy wants the shortcut, and Chuck just wants him to do it the right way. Heartbreaking scene, so well done

[@dtczyk8976]

Not only that but he seems agitated and feels stern in his correction.

[@michaelchen2718]

its not that deep XD

[@keveardo]

Even back then he was condescending to poor lil Jimmy, Chuck always had a sort of envy or malice towards Jimmy

[@chuckled125]

@@michaelchen2718 Of all shows, this one is pretty likely to actually be that deep

[@baaaldur]

one of the most ominous and heartbreaking scenes in the entire series

[@Krilg]

really is

[@bzenga5981]

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[@Bebe-rn2fh]

Considering this was 1965, then Jimmy would be 5 and Chuck is around 20 years old. That boy sounds so much like Chuck! And Jimmy is adorable

[@SheanWalsh46]

Nope, Chuck is 14 when this scene take place.

[@Ardiansyah_-rl3co]

​@@SheanWalsh46nope, he was 21 in this scene

[@chuckled125]

where do any of these numbers come from?

[@agentkracko]

This scene hits hard for me. I have 2 older brothers who I don’t see eye to eye with either. When we were younger we did have fun times like Jimmy and Chuck. But sadly things will never be as they once were

[@Fiddl3head]

Going back to this after the series finale, I find it incredibly haunting to think about how one of these brothers ends up falling into mental illness and suicide, while the other completely loses himself in a sleazy persona and eventually ends up in prison for the rest of his life.

[@feiwnakausvkaxbdkebkswowbq8331]

Maybe with good behavior he’ll be out earlier

[@hey7514]

That's fucking terrifying. Imagine you went back in time and told them "you will become mentally insane, and end your life in an house fire, burning all of your belongings. And your brother will become a conman, working for the most dangerous of cartels in all of America and indirectly killing thousands, and finally sitting in jail for the rest of his life." Like, they're so pure and innocent... what happened? ):

[@NormalChannel95]

even more haunting is that if you told them that, they wouldn't know who would do what and which event will come after, it would make sense one of them will commit the conman action first and the other finds out and goes mentally insane, however as we all know, that's not what happened, yet it makes sense which is terrifying and heartbreaking.

[@usdtisallineed]

​@@feiwnakausvkaxbdkebkswowbq8331, its federal prison. He wont.

[@benfrank9622]

​@@hey7514 When you save someone, for example, from a speeding car, it makes you feel good because you save a life. You saved someone's future. Its not wrong to feel that way, but its still becomes a confusing thought later on when you've come to known that the one you saved turned into a serial killer in the future. Killing many and affecting hundreds of lives.

[@Uncleprime4165]

Dammm, they managed to find young actor who is perfectly resembles Chuck

[@lechocolat3783]

Not only does he look like him, he also sounds exactly like him and even follows similar speech patterns. They did a great job picking this actor and I kind of wish we got more scenes with Jimmy and Chuck interacting when they were younger.

[@PsychorGames]

The first thing Chuck does when Jimmy voices concern is spoil the entire story. "She'll be fine, Jimmy." Instead, he should have said, "I don't know, let's keep reading to find out!" No wonder Jimmy McGill broke bad. This was the first step Jimmy took towards his transformation to Saul Goodman.

[@shadowboy2818]

i dont understand how this is a bad thing. if you can explain itd be appreciated...

[@easternlights3155]

Chuck and Jimmy's story is so damn tragic, because all the tragedy could have been avoided with just so little. Jimmy needed so little encouragement to do good.

[@jioreyes5838]

Jimmy was never good, chuck was right about him

[@gianluccamontechiari7662]

​@@jioreyes5838 Chuck was a fucking dick who undermined Jimmy because he was jealous.

[@amitkenan3878]

@@jioreyes5838 Chuck has always been a self righteous bastard

[@Night5225]

I would argue that’s the wrong takeaway from their relationship. Chuck DID give Jimmy a lot of actual encouragement. He got him out of a legal situation that was completely of Jimmy’s own making. It goes double because Chuck is someone who truly feels the responsibility of the law, meaning that almost-corrupting it to defend his brother was a hard thing to do. He offered him support with changing careers, as he knew Jimmy’s moral flexibility made him a dangerous candidate for a career defending the law. Before Jimmy even learned about Chuck conspiring against him, he pulled a morally dubious stunt with the fake billboard rescue. Jimmy did that even when he believed he had Chuck on his side, going out of his way to hide the truth from Chuck. Jimmy’s less-than-scrupulous nature was not something that resulted from Chuck’s betrayal, but rather exacerbated by it. One could argue that if Jimmy truly remained on the straight and narrow, Chuck would’ve never gone behind his back against him. To assign the full blame to either one of them misses the point.

[@charliedeese6272]

@@Night5225 To be fair, Jimmy pulled the billboard stunt AFTER he had been denied to work at HHM by Chuck. And he was having serious financial trouble because of that, so far as having to drive around in that shitty yellow car. The billboard wasn't superfluous, he genuinely needed clientele I think you're mostly right with what you are saying, but I definitely could imagine a universe where Jimmy got to work alongside his brother from the start, and because of that never ended up as a crook lawyer. I think more influential than anything Chuck ever did while he was alive, though, was his tragic death. Jimmy was fucked up by that and the pain definitely lead him to being a worse person

[@steveegame4233]

Damn, they've worked on this series for so long, they've actually started filming in the 60s to film Chuck reading to Jimmy

[@richxrocker4434]

This intro is so unhinged and unsettling, especially when the camera finally come to the lantern. RIP Chuck.

[@TD0150]

I know this clip doesn't include the intro, but I can't get over the way the cold open cuts from the panning shot into the lantern light to the title sequence with the coffee cup falling onto the floor and shattering, what a creative bit of visual foreshadowing

[@baaaldur]

i've always loved that falling mug sequence and how it was chosen as the intro for the finales. really effectively conveys a sense of dread and gravitas.

[@spacecowboy3569]

@@baaaldur I love how each finale has a sequence which added to Jimmy's "Breaking": In season 1, it was Marco's death In 2, Chuck recording him In 3, Chuck dying In 4, Jimmy regaining his license and adopting the Saul Goodman name In 5, it was both Kim deciding to help Saul bring down Howard and Lalo surviving and going back for revenge And while Saul had already fallen by 6×10, you can argue that the Nippy scam was the beginning of the end for Saul

[@kenthefele113]

The two young actors they got to play the McGill brothers were perfectly cast.

[@danielvictor3262]

Watching this now is incredibly fucking sad considered what eventually happened to both of them...

[@cometmoon4485]

I love all the subtle callbacks and connections in this series. Who would've thought that the loud guttural howl that Jimmy used in his scams was indirectly learned by listening to Chuck read him bedtime stories.

[@TrueGamerX]

Brings a tear to my eye :(

[@dariuscious]

To think that we would see this book one last time.

[@70sleadgarfieldmug]

I knew that something terrible was going to happen relating to Jimmy and Chuck when I saw this being the scene they start off with.

[@masterzombie161]

Really puts things in perspective. Notice how old Chuck is here. By the time Jimmy worked in the store Chuck was in College. Really shows Chuck was just that Petty against his young brother.

[@asdfasdf5695]

It's really sad considering that their relationship might have been more amicable if their ages were a bit closer together. Chuck viewed himself as Jimmy's father more than his older brother and felt a need to constantly correct and judge him.

[@RenaldyCalixte]

@@asdfasdf5695 To be fair to Chuck. Jimmy did lie and steal from his father while Chuck was in college. Chuck was hurt that Jimmy would do that to their dad. However Chuck saying Jimmy taking little amounts of money from the cash registered destroyed the business is Chuck being usual negative judgmental self. Jimmy and Chuck's dad probably was not a skilled business man.

[@tumbletunes3101]

@@RenaldyCalixte yeah, his dad constantly got ripped off

[@SwellingO]

"...Jimmy worked in the store Chuck was in College. Really shows Chuck was just that Petty against his young brother." Why does it show that?

[@dandyman204]

@@SwellingO the age difference and looking down on your little brother who’s around 10 years younger

[@Our_Friend_0f_Women]

Chuck reads to slippin' Jimmy

[@oofi422]

Incredible casting for Chuck, wow.

[@coyoots]

Agreed!

[@erikprimitivo5071]

“She tried to remember the way home, but the woods looked so different now-“. Wondering for a while how come no one’s mentioned how great of a throw in this line read was for the moment. A fun way to talk about Jimmy indirectly, small things like that are why I love the show. Couldn’t have been by coincidence

[@wickedviscus2139]

the kid looks so much like chuck i wonder if he's a grandson of his in real life

[@therzathegza]

Took me on my second rewatch, but this is the what Chuck was thinking about right before he killed himself. He told Jimmy he never mattered to him, but as he kills himself he's staring at his lantern thinking of this moment. Truly heartbreaking

[@Aztecius]

Low key most tragic scene in the BB/BCS universe

[@dacrohnswarrior]

I think it’s safe to say this is moment Walter White became Heisenberg.

[@ksksksjs]

The fact that he sounds like young chuck is incredible

[@skirtboi]

love the cinematography on this scene

[@abandonallhope.1040]

Thank you! I’ve been looking for this scene everywhere!

[@grosezero8834]

I really feel like this is what Chuck was thinking about when he was kicking the table

[@kylec3965]

It would have been nice to see a short flash back to this scene after chuck grabs the H.G Wells book next to the lantern in the last episode. I think most people would have forgotten this scene since it happened almost three seasons apart.

[@robynhyman6749]

The zoom in on the lantern is just chilling, especially once you understand the significance .

[@Por-poI]

Young Jimmy has Bob Odenkirk's forehead, while Young Chuck has Michael Mckean's eyes and eyebrows. Even if the voice is dubbed its stilk great casting for the two!

[@flagflow1232]

Chuck never thought that the Wolf from the story would be the boy sitting beside him.

[@Brianvanmoustache]

I loved when they had flashbacks to moments of different characters childhood. The young actors were always super spot on

[@magiccheetos420]

So sweet man

[@JS-fz4gv]

Good bye Chuck 🙌

[@mtndewisawesome3951]

phenomial casting with young chuck

[@sahilhossain8204]

Hmm yes lore momentum of the breaking bad universe: the beginning

[@ricarleite]

Funny trivia: Jimmy is being played by a female actress named Hope Whitaker.

[@bittybuta3756]

that is some fun little trivia !

[@mrfox9090]

?

[@ricarleite]

@@mrfox9090 Sorry?

[@VictorIV0310]

@@mrfox9090Balam Industries

[@vincenzobasile6730]

This intro gave me the same melancholic vibes of the one on Guardian of the Galaxy

[@keveardo]

Even back then he was condescending to poor lil Jimmy, Chuck always had a sort of envy or malice towards Jimmy

[@animegamerjace9851]

The shot of the lantern is creepy

[@shadowboy2818]

cant say i blame you...the way it makes that sound and the fact that the camera focuses and zooms in on it is foreshadowing at its most disturbing...

[@richardbenjamin6435]

People are hating on Chucks character here, but all I see is chuck trying to build jimmys character…he’s just teaching his younger brother patience with out cutting corners

[@rajvardhansingh6961]

Even chuck didn't pass the BAR back then

[@ChuckleHoneybear]

How does he sound exactly like?

[@owenwithagame619]

Is this the slipping Jimmy show everyones been talking about?

[@rifqiadam5911]

god i wish

[@James-v6b7t]

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