Better Call Saul S04E03 Clip | 'Reading Chuck's Letter' | Rotten Tomatoes TV

[@Ziolek.2000]

It pretty clear that the words "the truth is you've never mattered all that much to me" drained all emotion from Jimmy in relation to Chuck

[@bennyharvey703]

siema skod jestes ja z zielonej gury

[@ruffusgoodman4137]

Coup de Grace in words. He killed Jimmy's soul that moment. IMO, all Jimmy ever wanted was love and recognition from his older brother

[@chimp4225]

I think Chuck did that in purpose to spare Jimmy of feeling bad for him after his suicide

[@Senny_V]

@@chimp4225 Yeah, but Chuck was never the one who knew people well. Jimmy was. So, even if Chuck intended that well, it just broke Jimmy more.

[@m.h.2202]

@@chimp4225 I don't think that Chuck was planning on killing himself at that time. He just wanted Jimmy out of his life, but yes in a similar sense they were intended to hurt Jimmy that they wouldn't have anything to do with each other anymore. Of course the reality is that Jimmy DID matter to Chuck, both in the sense that Chuck was overwhelmed by resentment against Jimmy and that deep down I think he still loved his brother as well as hated him. As for when Chuck decided to kill himself, that was after his phobia of electricity came back in a major way. I think Chuck had somehow convinced himself that his speech to Jimmy would ultimately free him in some way, making Chuck better off, but in reality I think it messed him up majorly, and that was what caused his mental illness to come back severely. At that point Chuck has dug himself into a hole, and rather than trying to start the long process of getting out, making amends with Jimmy, working on seeking treating for his psychological condition, he instead in despair ends his own life

[@muhammaduzair3373]

Chuck never told him the last words of their mother.

[@tankdogization]

It was their father actually

[@wearebillionyearoldcarbon9563]

What were the last words?

[@PRubin-rh4sr]

@@wearebillionyearoldcarbon9563 Her mother called out for Jimmy before passing. Chuck told Jimmy their mother said nothing.

[@wearebillionyearoldcarbon9563]

@@PRubin-rh4sr oh right that's a bit out of order

[@murmurrrr]

Honestly you can hardly blame him for that. Seeing how incredibly bad of a son Jimmy was and how Chuck still felt he was the none-existant son. To such an extend that even in her dying moments his mother completely failed to notice he was even there with her.

[@ourempires6457]

This is truly the moment when Jimmy paid off his MasterCard.

[@daccount1994]

stop dude, I want to feel sad

[@donshingondonvergonio2247]

Or did he?

[@AB-nk5wv]

He lied, he bought they Pay As You Go phones instead. Chuck would have been proud that Jimmy invested in his business 😂

[@yawgmoth6568]

It's not though. That comes later once he actually gets the money.

[@shanemitchell7822]

My favorite moment of this show is when Jimmy looks at Kim and says “I am the one who pays off his Mastercard”. Truly magnificent.

[@thestranger4894]

“It’s a nice letter” is probably the worst thing Jimmy could’ve said. He doesn’t even have the energy to hate his brother

[@lakonikos8791]

Jimmy reading and munching flakes while Kim cracks. I loved this.

[@EnderSpy358]

The cereal was a nice touch. He cares so little about the letter that he continues to eat while reading.

[@mikevolpe5995]

Ha! Ha!

[@dr.aisaitl7439]

It's like he takes a bite of cereal every time Chuck said something bullshit

[@FranciumBoron]

@@dr.aisaitl7439 He would have finished that bowl ten times!

[@FranciumBoron]

@@EnderSpy358 The man's gotta eat! Nothing shall stop him from feasting on his soggy cereal!

[@DarkPriestess1]

The way Jimmy reads this, like he is dictating it to a secretary..."new paragraph".

[@philsmithsmith3979]

DarkPriestess1 I think this is a ploy by the writers to prove chuck wrong, to prove that Jimmy is a real lawyer, very late reply I know😂

[@DrakeOola]

@@philsmithsmith3979 Ahh yes, you're not a real lawyer unless you say "new paragraph" every time you read a paragraph. The best lawyers say "new sentence" with every new sentence. They had no other way of showing how good of a lawyer he was.

[@gabisuciu6785]

I think it was to prove Jimmy's apathy

[@enkiimuto1041]

Plot twist, it was just Chuck narrating it and someone else writing "new paragraph" into a textwall

[@ShadowBeetle]

@@gabisuciu6785 This. He doesnt care about whatever Chuck has to say now, they already talked the last time they saw each other before the suicide, the letter are just empty words from a time where chuck tolerated jimmy in the mail room.

[@HeatyFrog]

Chuck wrote this letter when Jimmy was still in the mail room. That's why it seems so compassionate, that's why it seems to lack all the poison Chuck had when we knew him. Chuck is very proud that Jimmy has found himself an honest job somewhere he is unquestionably Chuck's subordinate, and absolutely doesn't want Jimmy rising any higher than that.

[@maximthefox]

that would make a lot of sense actually

[@mrdarkstar3756]

Ya that sounds right on point actually. I've also heard theories of Kim writing it but I dont like that idea.

[@TheWarmachine375]

@@maximthefox Imagine what happens if the letter was brought up earlier.

[@Ealsante]

That makes sense. Chuck loves Jimmy - so long as Jimmy is under his thumb, completely, and not his own person. Which, of course, is not love at all, but just narcissism.

[@Midnight_Rider_777]

If that letter was Chucks’s actual final letter to Jimmy I seriously doubt he would have said that! Also no date? Chuck would have dated and time stamped it and had it witnessed by three other people! This was NOT Chuck’s final comments to Jimmy IMO. We may have heard an earlier letter written when Jimmy was working in the mailroom. I believe Chuck would have updated his will after Mesa Verde and the law board trial. I think it’s possible Kim switched the letter with one she wrote or Howard substituted an older letter. Howard was the executor of Chuck’s estate. He would have had access to to his will and final documents. Chuck might have even updated his old letter with a cassette recording or even had Howard video record him and put it on VCR tape! Chuck’s electrical phobia did improve for a while before he was forced to retire. He was coming in to the office regularly without electricity restrictions. It would be great if he recorded his last comments to Jimmy so we can see Chuck again in the last season even though what he says will likely be very cruel. I don’t believe what we heard was Chucks last words to Jimmy! I think we will hear the real one in season 6 and I can’t wait!

[@hilario3439]

„Well, say what you want, the man could write a letter.“

[@muffinman5741]

It's suhdhsh NICE LETTER

[@背头键盘侠]

"you are not all that matter to me. " It's ashamed Kim doesn't know that moment.

[@dr.aisaitl7439]

Let's see what the old boy has to say

[@user-pi1lb4tf2f]

@@背头键盘侠 I think she knows he's capable of doing such. That's why she took his side all the way and how Jimmy changed from being so sweet to becoming apathetic to Chuck says a lot of how Kim understands the way the brother screws him over.

[@Armor3d0ne]

@@dr.aisaitl7439 Let's see Paul Allen's letter.

[@fredmand]

Same energy as reading his divorce papers. “Have a nice life Kim”

[@bunmeng007]

True. Thats his coping mechanism

[@lqlaliut897]

And then proceeds to flirt with his secretary in front of her to show she dont mean jackshit to his romantic life. What a guy.

[@somethingcreativeprobably5160]

​@@lqlaliut897that's your takeaway from all of that?

[@DocterBumSki]

@@somethingcreativeprobably5160whats ur take away?

[@Rekoil2234]

Shes crying over that sheer pain that has resulted in this version of jimmy, he had so much love for chuck before this and always tried his hardest, and she respected and loved that about him, the fact that whatever chuck did to jimmy had killed him to the point that this cold emotionless man could read these words from a man who he idealized and loved without any sign of emotion shows that something fundamental broke in jimmy that night, something that cant be replaced, thats why shes crying.

[@Zorklis]

Oh, that is a very good explanation, always wondered why she cried

[@Fanthomas1742]

I would say this is the best explanation about this scene

[@noobiewatcherz9938]

OR ... she regrets lashing out at Howard because at first instant of the situation she lashed out at Howard believing Chuck meant Jimmy ill will even after death in that note (and she was right at 1st) ,, but when Jimmy read that she cried because she regret lashing at Howard (because the words of Chuck in that letter fooled her into believing he was nice to Jimmy).

[@bkreut]

@@noobiewatcherz9938 nah I doubt she cares that much about Howard. He was such a douch in regards to her in season 2 that I don't think he materrs that much to her

[@toolguyslayer1]

@@bkreut I seen it and this is the only part that I have ever seen but I would assume that he was sad about the situation more than the peopleall those awkward unforeseeable scenarios and then eventually in the end she had it end up solution but was not able to get absolute closure in a proper sense

[@freem8son86]

One of the saddest scenes I've ever seen. The Better Call Saul writers truly are genius. I don't think I've ever seen such a sad portrayal of bereavement. No outbursts of sadness or sappy music. Just the cold, depressing feeling of watching Jimmy reading a letter with no emotion, showing how utterly broken their relationship was.

[@chitsb]

Free M8son THIS

[@Greko-grb]

You do know that this was a fake letter made by Kim?

[@freem8son86]

@@Greko-grb no it wasnt, thats something fans made up lol. Writees have confirmed on the Insider podcast that Chuck wrote the letter

[@gameguild2396]

@ i think somebody commented this already, but chuck wrote this letter when jimmy got a job in the mailroom, but before he became a lawyer. Essentially this letter is just a giant piece of condescending "you did so good, well done champ". He was proud he was out of trouble, but somewhere he knew where jimmy wouldn't surpass him.

[@tarekdiab3881]

The breaking bad writers were better

[@thatguy8777]

As has been said before: "The opposite of love isn't hate. The opposite is apathy."

[@OlgaZuccati]

Jimmy felt apathy, hatred and very deep down love for Chuck.

[@kaz7690]

@@OlgaZuccatihe never hated Chuck, he just simply blocked him out of his consciousness because of what Chuck said. He really did care for him but unfortunately it wasn’t two sided

[@parkerboy795]

Another show had a guy say and I'm paraphrasing, that love doesn't suddenly die. It has to be transformed into another emotion.

[@supersquare04]

I hate that term. The opposite of love is hate. Such a stupid saying.

[@thatguy8777]

@@supersquare04 to love or hate someone is to care about them in some way or another. Apathy is not caring at all.

[@MultiEvil85]

Jimmy's reaction to Chuck's letter makes sense. Remember the last conversation they had. It didn't end well. Jimmy couldn't care less.

[@AuditoryStorytelling]

You're right. Jimmy knows how Chuck "really" feels about him. And those words in that letter were so generic-ly brotherly, Jimmy knows it's fake. There's no way he'd buy it, and Kim shouldn't be surprised about it.

[@ZephyrBW]

His not gonna tell people what happened the last they meet because he knows it won’t change anything and it be a waste of time

[@ame7272]

Yes, it's another one of Chuck's tricks. He knows that letter will be read by members of the firm and probably Kim, so he can appear to be the kind loving brother when in fact he hates Jimmy and wish him ill.

[@kr-sd3ni]

@@ame7272 chuck was right tho, jimmy is.. "slippin' jimmy". and say what you want about chuck, he was always right.

[@willieodea4941]

@@kr-sd3ni chuck forced slippin Jimmy and thus saul to exist

[@turkeysammich1059]

Being an older brother myself made me feel how sad of a scene this is. I’m pretty sure I’m a better older brother than Chuck was to jimmy, but if my little brother read my final letter like he did there; I would feel like I wasn’t even a brother at all.

[@brunocpc]

You wouldnt feel a thing because you wouldnt be here in the first place.

[@choppedlivr3934]

@@brunocpc r/technicallythetruth but still, you get what hes saying right?

[@LutherMahoney]

damm well said.

[@beatlecristian]

I love my brother and I would never do what Chuck did to Jimmy.

[@jackyzimmerman]

@@beatlecristian I *hate* my brother and I would never do what he did to Jimmy. Chuck is what happens when justified resentment turns into pure evil. Becoming as hateful as Chuck is a legit fear for me 😂

[@justinvarley6689]

Kim is the absolute heart and soul of this show. Love her character so much!!

[@stefanyordanov2885]

Vince Gilligan wrote a strong appealable female character on the first try. Something Hollywood has been struggling with for years.

[@TomboTime]

I never got the Skyler hate. I always thought Marie was WAY more annoying

[@1945joshuaruiz]

Tombocartoons Apparently if you don’t react positively to your spouse being a drug dealer you’re annoyingly lol

[@giulioscanferlato9693]

And knowing the BrBa world she won't have an Happy ending

[@telecomgear]

@@TomboTime LOL, yes.

[@tobeymalone3436]

I love how you can tell that Kim is initially moved to tears by the letter then immediately loses it entirely when she realizes the tragedy that Jimmy doesn't feel anything

[@marcosrausch1887]

Better Cold Soul

[@TeriPandi]

Bitter cold soul

[@adrianagomes9641]

Better Saul colder.

[@FlashEarth89]

Yes. He is very cold blooded. It looked like Kim regretted to play along with Jimmy when they both turned against Chuck.

[@unclelarry8842]

@@TeriPandi Deep 😔

[@antonioortiz4111]

Bitter cold sour

[@GR.1994]

That last capture at the end where the door is half open showing only a half faced saul. Brilliant.

[@Daydy377]

Words can't describe how brilliant Vince is. Bravo

[@prot07ype87]

GUStavo Ramirez.

[@FadazMada]

B R A Vince O

[@pab1972]

@@FadazMada YES

[@nickitysplit1232]

Vravo Bince

[@Paul180]

3:40 the way Jimmy says "nice letter" is so cold and unemotional, crazy

[@anonimus500p6]

It’s like had to come up with something quickly and that’s all he could think of.

[@nicolasdiez7688]

You know how It could've been more emotional? Putting Chuck's voice in the letter while Jimmy is reading it

[@amalraj2518]

New paragraph

[@pedrocamara885]

​@@nicolasdiez7688 I think that would mislead people into thinking those were Chuck's sincere feelings, which weren't

[@mememan2344]

I mean hey. Is he supposed to cry or something? He's got a future to forge, without his brothers...umm..."help".

[@kerelenis]

people that think jimmy was genuine in his emotionlessness while reading the letter don’t know much about repression. it’s clear he still adored chuck, but he was devastated by both his behaviour and eventual death. one doesn’t cancel out the other

[@mau345]

Agreed. Family can screw you in the most cunning and unpredictable ways.

[@chuck8249]

The episode later on with the youth looking to become lawyers, his speech to the young lady who they passed over because of her record, and then him breaking down in his car shows that he repressed quite a bit after Chuck died. It hurt him so bad he shut down for a while.

[@Will-bn9km]

​@@chuck8249 whats good Chuck

[@pumpernickelberry]

yess. and kim is not only crying at jimmy's performance while reading the letter, but also how emotionally shut away he is in the moment

[@malhog8603]

@@pumpernickelberry absolutely, thats how i interpreted this scene

[@tasogare6598]

Acting on this show is simply outstanding

[@SamTehGr8]

Hello.

[@HSE_VO]

@@SamTehGr8 would you look at that

[@JBrander]

He reads it like a notarized document. lol

[@jooyoungkang3858]

Because Chuck treated him less than that.

[@madduxnagel6935]

Let’s be real, that’s probably not far from what Chuck would’ve actually done. Dictated it to his secretary between meetings or something. Like writing an e-mail to one of his clients. Nothing more to him.

[@dgraninv7159]

I never realized this before, but maybe Kim cried because she did end up having to deliver the “last screw you little brother from beyond the grave” she yelled at Howard about. Chuck wrote this when Jimmy had a job in the mailroom, which is incredibly below Chuck’s position. He was only proud of him then because he still had the edge over Jimmy, but he didn’t bother writing a new letter even after Jimmy became a lawyer. Chuck made this sentiment clear to Jimmy in the season 1 penultimate episode that he wasn’t proud of him being a lawyer, but he directly stated he was proud when he buckled down to work in the mailroom. Kim didn’t let Jimmy touch her or console her because she’s upset that she had to remind Jimmy of Chuck’s indifference to him; his last “screw you, little brother”. Kim really saw their relationship for what it truly was. This wasn’t a tender moment for her at all

[@MrSoup-zs4rd]

I think you're absolutley right. Look at her reaction at 2:41. She begins tearing up about a second after he said "We have not always seen eye to eye, I expect that will continue to be so in the future."

[@carsongudz3099]

I wonder how Kim would react knowing that Jimmy is partly the reason why Chuck is dead in the first place.

[@TaxingIsThieving]

No, Kim's insistence on defending Jimmy is quite irritating.

[@paulallen8109]

@Daniel the Maniel Or the fact that when Chuck wrote the letter he loved Jimmy (in his own way) but all that love and care for each other ended when Chuck died alone and Jimmy abandoned him. Kim (probably) doesn't have a sibling and is all alone. With Chuck gone there are no McGills left except for Jimmy and Kim knows that Jimmy is now as alone as she is (if Kim's mother is still alive it's a good bet Kim has no contact with her at all).

[@alexgear959]

No dude, Kim was a sucker when it came to Chuck & Jimmy. I thought the last episode of the season explained that.

[@zuklar]

You can clearly see that it's not Jimmy, but Heisenberg eating those flakes. He's changed.

[@jensmufasa5577]

😂😂

[@mr.greasy6483]

Honestly this was a pivotal moment when Jimmy was truly gone and all that was left was Mr Mayhew, father of public masterbator Brandon.

[@syntheticvocalist-p472]

Saul.

[@_MaZTeR_]

This is the moment Jimmy became the cornflakes

[@Great_White21]

This is the moment Jimmy became Tony the Tiger.

[@Qwazin]

2:06 Look at Rhea Seehorn just acting her heart out. Such a powerful performance.

[@expo6877]

I always wondered how she had such beautiful feet

[@The_House_Always_Wins]

@@expo6877bruh

[@madduxnagel6935]

Fcking robbed of awards for one of the best performances an actress has put on television. What a sick joke.

[@yowaddup5649]

@@expo6877this is the moment expo6877 became Quentin Tarantino

[@colaithink]

“It’s undated” sums up perfectly why Jimmy couldn’t bat an eye and read it over breakfast

[@SouthJerseySam]

Honestly, if I were Jimmy, I wouldn't shed much of a tear either. Hard to say you loved someone whose last words were "you never mattered that much to me".

[@pencil6965]

and then right afterwards they killed themselves? kinda heartless to not feel a thing, perhaps that those words may not have been reflective of his real feelings (which they werent)

[@jkeebla]

​@@pencil6965he's feeling everything on the inside but hes supressing it on the outside. sauls entire character is supressed feelings and it was pretty much entirely chucks fault.

[@pencil6965]

@@jkeebla lmao blaming jimmys emotional regulation habits on Chuck is ridiculous

[@VictoriaVoltia]

@@pencil6965 Its not about the last words, its everything that happened that leading to the last words. Him stopping you whatever you want to do. When you go bad he scold you, when you do what he says he rejects you. He keeps his double faced opinion about you until you uncover it yourself. You sacrificed everything for him, but apparently he expecting those sacrifices and expecting more than that. He set up everything to kick you down while having his own judgement about you. He expect your submission and wanted your world revolving on his ideal. When you got all of that revealed, your world around you will crumble and will push you to adapt to the extreme mental condition. Uncovering all this stuff that revealing that he have a hate for you. Chuck jealousy grows his hatred to his little brother, but there is still love in his heart. Jimmy loved him with everything he have, but Chuck says that he don't. Chuck last words maybe a way for him to push Jimmy away for the final time. But after what happened, Jimmy believe those words are really what Chuck felt. After all the events leading to that point as the proof, Jimmy believe those words explains everything that happened. Its tragic, tragic last words.

[@justanotherguy5915]

The fact that Jimmy mom's last word was 'Jimmy' and he will never know that make me hate chuck even more

[@raw_riot_6917]

That would of broken Jimmy if he found out though, but still.

[@TaxingIsThieving]

So you hate Chuck and blame Skyler. Figures.

[@justanotherguy5915]

@@TaxingIsThieving what???

[@iagocavalcanti5277]

i think chuck didn't tell jimmy for 2 reasons, first of all, it's cause jimmy would being very sad about the fact he didn't was there when he's mom called him the second reason is that chuck was mad with jimmy because of that.

[@prot07ype87]

*Nah, if Chuck really wanted to hurt Jimmy, Chuck would have told him their mom was calling for him, making Jim feel extremely bad and regret he wasn't there for her.* Chuck actually spared him that sadness and pain by not telling him.

[@DJ_Music_Man2]

1:40 “let’s see what the old boy has to say.” Was the best part of this scene

[@UmeshPathak0911]

They have such great mutual respect for each other's personal space.

[@SempiternalScientist]

To me, what I think is so scary about Saul right now isn't that he's secretly hiding this deep emotional pain for Chuck, but that all those feelings and emotions he really did feel for Chuck have burned and hollowed him out to the point that he is literally a high functioning sociopath at this point...he really does feel nothing.

[@sparerodinog3760]

chuck destroyed him, he loved chuck and that jelly guy destroyed him

[@lqlaliut897]

Yeah, he has it gone, and replaced with a taste for more money. As much I hate it, Saul was necessary to be the person Jimmy couldnt. The world had been unfair to slippin jimmy in many ways and not even his brother would give him any chance. Saul is a cool guy like Tyler Durden in Fight club who could do the things Jimmy couldnt

[@atom_supuniverselovefromearth]

Him not caring for Chuck does not make him a sociopath, it means he does not care about Chuck.

[@kevinstart5107]

I feel like they used Kim to portray what Jimmy is feeling on the inside but is suppressing it after all the drama they had.

[@dranelemakol]

I don't think he was feeling it at this point. He felt all of this before, during their last chat, then got over it.

[@stam7250]

The interesting part of this letter is Chuck mentions their mom in the hospital but NOT the fact that she called for Jimmy when she spoke, moments before she died. He still kept that to himself after all these years and after his death. Chuck isn't sincere to jimmy here, he is sincere to himself. Jimmy knew that the letter would be written with no emotion or actual love from his brother, so he didn't mind. It's pretty sad because Kim is right there, getting emotional from their disconnected relationship but I don't think she realized quite how much chuck has hurt Jimmy.

[@dominiklis6261]

Chuck wrote the letter back when Jimmy was in the mail room, before their mother's death, Jimmy became a lawyer in 1998 and their mother died a year later

[@fantachoik6575]

Chuck didn’t tell Jimmy his mothers final words because he knew it would destroy Jimmy. Chuck didn’t want him to have to live with the knowledge that he wasn’t there for his mother in her final moments. I don’t doubt Chuck resented Jimmy a little for that, irrationally, but he kept that from his brother out of a place of love.

[@Onmysheet]

I think viewers were supposed to expect that Chuck would mention his mother's last words, but didn't. That shows how deep Chuck's feelings were.

[@lqlaliut897]

And she never will. She will never know how much Jimmy tried to sacrifice for Kim and how Chuck hurt Jimmy.

[@CyberCheese392]

That's what being emotionally abused did to Jimmy. Jimmy has been deceived by Chuck for his entire life and now has the idea that emotions are not to be trusted, even from Kim.

[@masterzombie161]

Chuck: I don’t want to hurt your feelings, but the truth is, you Never mattered all that much to me. Chuck’s letter: nothing can change the fact that we are brothers, flesh and blood. Remember that you’ll always have me in your corner.

[@lar9299]

I bet that letter was written way before the whole Mesa Verde thing happened. And it must have been while Jimmy was still working on the mail room for HHM. Maybe Chuck was never able to tell or at least to give Jimmy that letter himself and he gave it to Howard to keep it form him. Maybe Howard found it on Chuck's last possesions as a former member of HHM...

[@masterzombie161]

lar it was written while jimmy was in the mail room, Chuck had no intention of having jimmy any sort of success in his life. It’s why the letter was undated and he briefly says that he never saw his mother happier and says nothing about his dad. Chuck despised that jimmy was the favorite son and took their money and it’s all there in the letter even though it’s supposed to be Chucks last words, and they mean absolutely nothing.

[@rayloc420]

Chuck is mentally ill when he told jimmy he didn't mean much. And Jimmy had just humiliated him in front of everything he cherished.

[@nicholasvalverde1122]

@@rayloc420 Plus Chuck's condition got way worse after that, he started allucinating and killing himself a bit later

[@rayloc420]

@@nicholasvalverde1122 Definitely. Chuck had a brilliant life. The people around him genuinely respected him. He died humiliated feeling like his life's work was made into a joke. The fact it was over something so simple like wrong date makes it even worse.

[@mattmurdock5424]

People are saying Chuck is compassionate in the letter, but I disagree. Not once does he say he loves Jimmy or he even likes him. He talks about how Jimmy made their mother happy, but not how Jimmy made Chuck happy or light up. “You brought light to HER life.”

[@VictorMaxol]

If there is a better written TV show, I've not seen it. Mind you I don't watch too many either, even a cursory glance convinces me most series are not worth the time.

[@React24]

The last words my Papa ever said to me were to “rot in hell with my father”… when he passed, I didn’t care. I know the void that Saul reads that letter from. It’s not hate or love, it’s just emptiness.

[@agungwicaksono8639]

I could relate to this, I had a fight with my father before he passed away...... hopefully it doesn't eat u man,It is not you are insensitive but family could be complicated sometimes

[@mkaishomechannel2023]

I lost my brother in 2005 in a three car pile up. He was always standoffish and a little odd and I assumed that ne never liked me and, like any typical sibling he saw me as his replacement. It wasn’t until I was sorting through his things to take to goodwill where I came across a private journal he had kept of events throughout his life. He loved me. I found out he beat up a guy that bullied in me in high school and actually fixed my car a few times. He just had trouble expressing it. I never found out that side of him until he was killed.

[@Fuzmonster59]

Sorry he never got old enough to say what he felt.

[@VictorMaxol]

Good job the journal wasn't the opposite.

[@WQuantrill]

“I can pay off my Mastercard” gets me every time

[@callum7081]

Saddest scene of the season so far ;(

[@alessandroofthemediterranean]

She wasn't crying for Chuck, she was crying because of what Jimmy has become. He idolized his brother and pushed forward to be a better man. Now he's an empty shell.

[@snowyfieldsforever]

"New Paragraph"

[@jeroencrucke]

The disconnect... how unaffected he is by what should be most affecting. Kim being confronted by precisely how fractured he has become and unable to do any more about it. It's permanent damage. There's no saving someone from this. It reminds me of a line in an Al Pacino film: "There is nothing like the sight of an amputated spirit. There's no prosthetic for that."

[@DWill357]

Im realizing now that she mostly is looking at Jimmy as he reads. As if she already know what it says and just wants to see his reaction as he reads it aloud.

[@mythra7174]

Where else is she going to look?

[@kr-sd3ni]

@@mythra7174 that cereal looks damn good. stays crunchy for long too.

[@djsosonut]

She has no idea what it says. She's watching Jimmy because she cares about him. And she's distraught by how he's reading the letter so ambivalently. There is no love, hate, rage, or even ridicule. Just nothing. She knows how much he cared about his brother. And now nothing. That's why she's crying. And that's why she tries to get him help in the next episode.

[@NGYE-jx3xe]

But the letter was sealed...

[@THIZzSCO415]

@@djsosonut damm poor Kim she knew how much Jimmy loved Chuck and now that love died with Chuck super sad

[@phanindravaibhav3319]

I don't understand why there are people that theorise that Kim (or even Howard for the matter) wrote Chuck's letter for Jimmy. It might seem out of character for Chuck to write something like that but it makes sense if you pay attention. The letter was clearly written around the time Jimmy was still working in HHM's mailroom. While Chuck may not have ever had a big love for Jimmy, I think he still cared for him enough at the time. He even told Jimmy that he was proud of him when was working in the mailroom. I don't think he had any real hatred/jealousy for him until certain events - A. Jimmy joking around with Rebecca. B. Jimmy passing the bar exam to become a lawyer. C. Their mother calling for Jimmy (without acknowledging Chuck) before passing away. Kim's reaction also made sense. She was sad to see Jimmy's lack of grief/emotion when reading Chuck's letter. She may not know why he's hiding that grief, but it must have felt like he was emotionally broken from her perspective. Edit: Edited my perspective on Kim's reaction. Honestly don't know why I originally connected "Chuck's letter being different" as part of the reason why she cried when it's clear it had no bearing at all to her reaction. Looking back, I don't think there's really any reason for her to think Chuck would write some mean or insulting comments in his will to Jimmy, so I dunno why I made it sound like he wrote some thing deeply subversive that proved her wrong.

[@raw_riot_6917]

Yeah earlier on Jimmy really loved Chuck and would of had a different reaction but I'd say when Chuck said "You've never really mattered that much to me." I think ended it for Jimmy.

[@scaroian]

yeah, it's a dumb theory lol, plus it's a bit out of character for kim to do that, in my opinion

[@PieroMinayaRojas]

Nobody said that wtf

[@phanindravaibhav3319]

@@PieroMinayaRojas I probably exaggerated when i wrote this, but there were a couple comments here and there that talked about people thinking Chuck didn't write the letter (from what I remember at least).

[@sunsetman22]

the way the shot ends with the door obscuring half of Jimmy/Saul's face. masterful

[@nicolocasieri644]

Jimmy reading in such a cold-hearted way made Kim cry 'cause she knows that even if Chuck was an asshole, Jimmy still loved him. The man is lying to everybody (including himself) just to hide his pain.

[@asturianix9820]

Nope. Kim cries because she realices that Chuck wasnt the Villainous horrible brother she thought. He was a dick, but he loved his brother. And realicing how unfair she thought of him made her cry. Despite the fact that Jimmy doesnt give a shit because he is closer to Saul than ever before. Saul Goodman... A cold and cartoonish personification of everything about him.

[@milesdavis607]

@@asturianix9820 while I thought that at first, rewatching it (and listening to interviews) made me realize she is crying because she realized Chuck damaged jimmy to a point of no return. That no matter what, even with her not being there for the "I never cared about you" moment she realizes everything she has seen has destroyed the love Jimmy once felt for Chuck. Him reading this letter just proves it to her. Of course she is going to cry.

[@djsosonut]

@@asturianix9820 You're way off. Kim never agrees with Chuck over Jimmy in any moment of the show so far. Her focus is always on Jimmy. She's sad cause Jimmy is reading the letter so dispassionately. It's why in the next episode she tries to get Jimmy to go to counseling. She knows he's broken.

[@TaxingIsThieving]

@@djsosonut Plus later on doesn't she say to Howard she blames Chuck

[@chrisriani]

Thats how i feel, she expected the letter to be a big deal, that jimmy might need a moment of privacy or have to work himself up to even opening the letter. Instead he just opens it right up and reads it like he is dictating to a secretary, without even missing a bite of his cereal. He doesnt care about the letter at all and doesnt believe any of it is sincere due to his last interaction with chuck. To him its just a "nice letter", he doesnt see it as heartfelt. It rrally shows just how destroyed their relationship was and Kim can see that jimmy is not the same anymore

[@Favoxhille]

i love her look when he stumbled while reading like "do we have to shoot this again??"

[@James-vc1kc]

Glad that they didn’t. One of the most abnormal things about movies/shows is that they rarely allow for slip ups in reading/speaking, when it’s a very normal part of life.

[@itdenelll]

2:12 director all owed them to continue i guess.

[@JUNJYR]

​@@James-vc1kc I agree! I've been thinking for a while how nice and realistic it would be to just allow some unintentional slip-ups from the actors to stay in the scenes.

[@OlgaZuccati]

@@James-vc1kcit can get in the way of the flow of the dialogue, but here it works perfectly for the context of the scene.

[@telecomgear]

The business going on with Jimmy eating and reading the letter is golden. It wouldn't work with Kim just handing him the letter.

[@cmoreskylines]

It's literally insane this show didn't win the awards it clearly deserved. Such phenomenal acting.

[@BOBINDUN]

Her acting is perfect here, the holding back the tears, it's amazing. Absolutely criminal she didn't get an emmy.

[@VictorMaxol]

His acting is equally good.

[@shaheersk721]

It is amazing how perfectly jimmy’s character portrayed the persona of helplessness throughout his entire life to the point he became completely emotionless and heartless. I never saw him cry or being sad even once in the entire franchise except for the time when he faked it.

[@phanindravaibhav3319]

I mean technically he was sad a couple times. Idk if you saw it clearly but he was definetly sad when Chuck told him that he didn't matter to him.

[@shaheersk721]

Yes, in that specific scene he did show some kind of a shocking reaction but that was an expected response however overeall the show doesn’t depict his emotional attachment to deep related aspects of life at all iykwim.

[@TaxingIsThieving]

That is true! 🤯

[@GiantsFan1734]

I think he might’ve cried in the opening scene of the entire series when he was watching his old commercials, but I could be wrong.

[@suriyaelango703]

In the 4th season finale after talking to Esposito. He really cries.

[@wojak-sensei6424]

Kim can really see how broken Jimmy is because of his brother's treatment of him. The hardest thing to watch isn't to see a person suffer, but to see them accept that suffering. Jimmy is so knee-deep in Chuck's gaslighting and lies that he's practically numb to his show of good faith, no matter if it's genuine or not.

[@solidsnake9898]

This is the moment where Jimmy becomes Heisenberg.

[@elderonn3]

nice one lmao !

[@MrFring13]

The moment jimmy became Saul*

[@BrokenGodEnt]

This meme was old in 2016

[@PolishGod1234]

@@BrokenGodEnt Still everyone who watched Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul use it.

[@voidmaster4189]

Bravo Vince

[@spencerfrankclayton4348]

Jimmy's mannerisms while eating cereal was like a sassy teenager.

[@lar9299]

This is the most realistic dramatic scene I've ever seen on TV. And yet, we all know Jimmy still loves Chuck... dead or alive

[@Hockey_00002]

THE ACTING, THE STORYTELLING, THE DETAIL. It’s insane people.

[@MagnumTriumph]

Chuck was on a whole nother level of toxicity. So toxic infact that he made up a whole new illness

[@TaxingIsThieving]

Mental illnesses are real illnesses. Muppet.

[@camp288]

At this moment, the other characters can tell Jimmy is unscrupulous (Just like Saul Goodman) by how he expresses himself from his brother. And maybe, they got a point. But they don't know that no one but Chuck made him that way...

[@485ani]

This show is a masterpiece. It Really Makes you ask questions to yourself.

[@cygnusx9955]

Never seen such an adorable character like Kim...when i saw her crying, i just wanted to hug her!

[@JohnDoe-vx1rc]

It's so sad that Kim asks Jimmy if needs a minute to read it in case he needs a moment to shed a few tears, . All the while kim who looked up to Howard and Chuck and wanting to be recognized as a top player in HHM and be a partner in the firm, hearing the "Love" that Chuck had for his brother in the letter. Never knowing that Chuck told jimmy he never mattered anyways.

[@BillyBones-ui9ck]

Sauls like "great letter, can I finish my breakfast now?"

[@othervids3726]

Walter Jr moment

[@dannysevil]

So I feel like Kim started to tear up because shes seen how Jimmys personality has developed throughout everything that has happened. It really adds that feeling to where you just wanna jump in and talk with them.

[@Cozm1k]

She’s crying because he’s talking with his mouth full.

[@PieroMinayaRojas]

Underrated

[@GMSirLawrence]

I'm laughing so hard.

[@PrehistoricLEGO]

Interesting, when Jimmy said “rip the bandaid off” didn’t Howard also say that to Kim in an earlier episode, I wonder if that was a coincidence or not

[@kiwiana6190]

Even in this scene I feel the most for Jimmy. Kim doesn't understand how terrible Chuck was to Jimmy, and while Jimmy is apathetic when reading the letter (rightfully), he still appreciates Kim trying to help and tries to reassure her despite the bitterness he feels in his heart because of Chuck.

[@hellgates_javed6451]

Chuck should have left jimmy in jail

[@ryanm7263]

Rhea Seehorn is a rare talent, one of the absolute best

[@davidvegabravo1579]

2:53 - Shea´s superb acting really had me here.

[@WQuantrill]

I’m team Jimmy on this one. That letter was clearly written when Jimmy was working in the mailroom and everything Chuck did afterwards undercut everything he said in that letter.

[@jordansweet8054]

Watching the show over and over I honestly believe Chuck meant every word of it. I do believe he respected Jimmy's attempted reform and reinvention. I do believe he hoped he'd stay around as part of a team he valued. I agree with some comments here that say he was glad Jimmy was caved in and subordinate but I understand why he felt like that. I get something different every time I watch this masterpiece.

[@nachiketkalbhande4425]

This letter to Jimmy was like using scotch tape to fix a house that was burnt down

[@danllew1985]

I really don't think kim wrote that letter. It mentions Jimmy 's time at HHM, where both she and jimmy know he was denied a job because Chuck didn't want him there, I think that would bring up some bad memories, a bad tactic if her motive were to make Jimmy feel better about himself and his brother.

[@sfueg7680]

There's zero indication of kim writing the letter idk where you even got that idea from. Howard gave it to her from Chuck. Its confirmed to have been written by him

[@nothingineternityterms]

Kim writing the letter would be an incredible betrayal of Jimmy, there's no way.

[@Arthur-so2cd]

And who said she wrote it?

[@juniorlee7084]

It’s chucks handwriting tho

[@feugwtwra]

One of the best scenes! The acting of "neutral feeling" by Odenkirk and the emotional reaction by Seehorn were "simple", but so deep. THAT'S what makes this scene great.

[@boodyjacob9322]

I think Kim broke down not for Chuck's letter but for the lack of emotion Jimmy's showing while reading it, it's not just about Kim losing a once dear friend, it's also about Kim thinking that the Jimmy she knew and loved died with Chuck.

[@tankdogization]

In a way Kim still looked up to Chuck and Howard in the legal community while Jimmy wasn’t having it with them anymore at this point in the show. It took until season 5 for her to realize none of what she was doing with Mesa Verde gave her life meaning. This came after having to bring Jimmy in to help Acre keep his home. Season 5 was a turning point for Kim as much as season 4 was a turning point for Jimmy.

[@KobaAM]

“Say what you want, the man could write a letter” 😂

[@claymac7895]

This letter was written well before Jimmy even became a lawyer.

[@rosePetrichor]

Chuck wrote this letter to Jimmy when he got a job in the mail room. he did not rewrite it once Jimmy became a lawyer. He even went out of his way to mention that it was the opportunity that Chuck 'GAVE him'. One final jab at Jimmy's ability. Chuck only ever wanted the best for Jimmy on Chuck's own terms.

[@Rachsuchtig]

Jimmy changing his name after Chuck said he's proud they share the same name McGill.

[@Lazarevic17]

Amazing scene, a scene I'll remember for a long. There's so much intelligence in the writing here.

[@geertgietman]

Rhea did absolutely fantastic in season 4. Favorite actor of the season.

[@adamsinclair1959]

Odenkirk sayd more with how he sips his coffee and eats his cereal than most can do with an emotionally powered monologue.

[@Mila-di4bv]

When I watched this for the first time I was absolutely convinced that the original letter was so horrible that she switched it with this nice one and was crying because she had to bear the original one alone

[@swampfoxIX]

I'm absolutely convinced you're a drug addict.

[@momenakod6399]

First time I watched this, I wasn't sure whether Kim was crying for Chuck or because she was horrified by the way Jimmy read the letter.

[@timothymwape3053]

This scene made me feel so many things. Brilliant writing.

[@samuelbrown4764]

At this point Jimmy had already lost all connection he had with his brother. He didn’t believe for a second that chuck meant a word he wrote in that letter. Jimmy looked up to chuck his whole life, looked after him for years, several times put chucks needs above his own, and all he received in return was coldness and jealousy and bitterness. The last bit of love he felt that was left was gone after chuck told him finally that he never really cared about him much. Kim doesn’t know that chuck told him that, Kim thinks everything in the letter is genuine, and she’s distraught by the coldness and non-empathy in Jimmy’s voice

[@tucker3601]

I think Jimmy severed all emotion over Chuck not because of their last conversation, but when he found out about Chuck's malpractice insurance. It seemed like Jimmy forgot he even did that, and when he learned it likely contributed to Chuck's suicide, he shut every thing down. I think Jimmy died on the inside in the span of a week; his and Chuck's last conversation, Chuck's death, and finding out that he likely contributed to is. I think Chuck was also still hurting and wanted to hurt Jimmy with his words, which he did, but he didn't realize how much he still loved Jimmy. Chuck was doing much better right before their conversation; rehabilitating with electricity, even taking the news of his forced retirement relatively well. But the night he and Jimmy last spoke, it all went downhill, and he quickly spiraled into despair, and killed himself not long after.

[@aquaticambience40]

Even when chuck was somewhat trying to say nice things to Jimmy. There was still Venom in all the passive aggressiveness in that letter.

[@NoctuaOlivae]

3:59 I love these shots where we're visually shown Jimmy's confliction with his different personalities. He always hides his real self in favor of these constructed personas that he creates. I didn't realize how intentional that message was until I rewatched the series.

[@sng3939]

It’s sad that when Jimmy wanted to reconcile with Chuck, he was completely shut down. This led to him acting cold and emotionless. Kim is crying bc 1. Jimmy reads this with zero emotion 2. She thought it would be a horrible letter but actually isn’t

[@EvangelionPower]

Don't judge him for munching cereal while reading this brother's final letter. Cereal is quite disguisting when soaked spongy so once you've poured milk on it, you have to eat quickly.

[@VictorMaxol]

Haha! Is that you Jimmy?

[@marco1anziano84]

Jimmy read the letter the way it deserved to be read. One can easily feel a clumsy attempt to hide jelousy and resentment under a superficial veil of hypocrisy and a stereotypical manifestation of "love". Chuck thanks Jimmy of bringing joy to their mother and is proud of him becoming the person Chuck wanted Jimmy to be. There is no human contact here, just a selfish idealization of Chuck's person as the man who cared of and supported the family and who "saved" Jimmy from his own nature. Although both characters are imperfect, Chuck is responsible for all the consequences as while Jimmy sincerely tried to improve as a person, Chuck never tried to change or even acknoledge anything was wrong with himself.

[@Blasco_Snap]

Rhea's acting is pretty phenomenal here. No words, just her expression as the emotions swell up. You can see which lines hit her the hardest.

[@thomasmansellii9947]

damn she doesn’t start getting emotional until she starts looking at Jimmy realizing he has no emotion towards the letter

[@falsemessiah9821]

"one last screw you, little brother from beyond the grave?"

[@spinash7864]

That line made me laugh honestly ngl

[@callumrhind1357]

When Chuck talks about being "very proud" when Jimmy was working in the mailroom he essentially said "if you want me to not dislike you, you have to do this" and it also insinuates that what he was really saying was "my ego feels less threatened when I have you under my thumb, I need you to submit to me and live your life the way I tell you to live it so that I'm not only the unfavoured son and I have something in this world above you"

[@reinhardmoses5224]

Kim cries because she is perplexed about her furure with Jimmy, a man who has turned cold to a point where the words of his dead brother dont mean anything to him. Ofcourse Jimmy's emotionless demeanor is justified due to his strained relationship with his brother who he loved and adored so much but ended up being disappointed with him.

[@christosioannou9628]

Rhea Seehorn kills it in this scene

[@tuahahussain9176]

Rhea Seehorn's acting is just WOW.

[@thabreez456]

Jimmy doesn’t show any reaction to this letter cause he knows that no matter how much the letter seems to warm Chuck Up About his feelings towards Jimmy he knows that the only thing Chuck Ever really meant was his last words to Jimmy “The Truth is that you’ve never mattered all that much to me”