Better Call Saul | You Have to Leave HHM (Bob Odenkirk, Michael McKean)

[@mnmmcg3543]

Looking back yeah it probably was Chuck who wanted Jimmy to change the name of his practice because he didn't want them to be associated.

[@masterzombie161]

Yea I believe that. Chuck was just that Cruel to Jimmy.

[@josecabrera7090]

And if that’s the case, then chuck was responsible in a way for jimmy to relapse into his scheming ways. Because after this came the twins and tuco situation.

[@romilrh]

Watching this for a second time and realizing the name issue was really about Chuck not wanting to be associated with his brother but being too much of a coward to admit it so he pins it on Howard...it's just sickening

[@Whiteboykun]

Damn, both McGills made Howard look like a chump

[@Legacy0901]

The later seasons really humanize Chuck, but on a rewatch he is so utterly despicable in season 1. Being completely reliant on his brother and taking advantage of him at every turn while simultaneously believing himself superior and rejecting Jimmy out of hand is just inhumanely cruel. Jimmy made some bad choices and turned to awful people for favors, but he never would have been so desperate if Chuck hadn't been so insistent on refusing to give Jimmy the slightest bit of refuge. Absolutely disgusting behavior

[@matthewriley7826]

Sounds like another guy who started out seemingly nice and sympathetic, but gets nastier over time. Like Chuck he was at the top of his field, but his pride and ego cause both of them to make increasingly destructive decisions. Maybe there’s a reason Saul stuck with Walter despite his awfulness….

[@kendov288]

I think Chuck's ego could have never seen how he's asking for acceptance from Jimmy while COMPLETELY and UTTERLY rejecting him at every turn.

[@matthewriley7826]

And that he denies asking for support from him, yet expects it all the same.

[@MadelineSawyer]

Chuck's line at 1:04 about tearing HHM down for money is really fitting considering its ultimate fate following the Sandpiper settlement, where the firm shutters its main office and changes its name after Howard disappears following Jimmy and Kim's successful scheme. Jimmy gets what he wanted in this scene, but it ultimately precedes his total embrace of Saul Goodman.

[@DaScorpionSting]

That and Chuck was willing to tear it down following Jimmy's advice so they can keep him only for Howard to outsmart him because Chuck isn't Jimmy on fooling everyone.

[@matthewriley7826]

@@DaScorpionStingTrue, hypocrisy runs deep in the McGill clan.

[@marcushendriksen8415]

Chuck squatting in his own house

[@marcushendriksen8415]

"Ride on someone else's coattails"? What, by his using is OWN NAME? Maybe Chuck should have had Hamlin change their firm's name to "Bullshit Artists Incorporated"

[@theanimeboy9953]

I will really miss this show. i hope in the future we will be getting more content in the breaking bad universe, and hopefully saul will be a part of it

[@Winterstick549]

Be nice if a good Samaritan taking his son fishing, found and saved Mike so we could have more Mike, Jimmy and Jesse. Gotta include the good, minor characters such as Lawson the gun dealer

[@ChiefMasterGuru]

Vince said this will be the last of it

[@alberohonduran512]

@@ChiefMasterGuru no he didn’t

[@ChiefMasterGuru]

@@alberohonduran512 Yeah he did he is not planning to make anything official in the scale of bcs and bb after this and wants to move onto other projects

[@alberohonduran512]

@@ChiefMasterGuru stop lying

[@cdavidlake2]

Haven't seen all the episodes yet, but it does seem as though Chuck *will* get better. The signs are actually encouraging.

[@Moe_DeGrasse]

Bit of a spoiler but you'll see him performing at his best after his recovery, he's basically on fire!

[@govnopochta69]

@@Moe_DeGrasse duuuuuuuuuude

[@thevoidlord1796]

In hindsight, it's pretty funny how hard Jimmy fights to have his birthname be used on his law practice

[@waifu_enjoyer_zubo]

because he wants to be like his brother so he wants to share the name with him on his work

[@jamesmmcgill]

That's the moment Chuck gave me an idea of "Saul Goodman & Associates".

[@DaScorpionSting]

Yeah but Jimmy wouldn't start using the name until after Chuck's death

[@masterzombie161]

Ironic at the start of the show it tried to take Jimmys own name away from him.

[@MiniG-wz5gu]

This show is so f*cking good

[@GordiansKnotHere]

Agreed!

[@shiptj01]

It really is.

[@DaScorpionSting]

The fact chuck would eventually take Jimmy's advice except he's not Jimmy on outsmarting everyone which blew up in his face when Howard outsmarted him.

[@dwaynethemineraljohnson412]

There are no sides is probably one of the biggest lies chuck ever told

[@willokeefe1135]

The biggest lie he told was 'You never really mattered all that much to me'

[@2k6jayesh]

​@@willokeefe1135don't think he was lying about that. He really meant it.

[@willokeefe1135]

@@2k6jayesh He dedicated vast portions of his life and energy to ensuring Jimmy doesn’t succeed. Instead of just ignoring him, he embarks on a campaign to end his legal career. Why? If he didn’t care about him, why?

[@alexrohner1984]

@@2k6jayesh no way. Jimmy mattered a lot to him. In fact, Chuck pushing Jimmy out of his life completely is what caused his EMS "relapse" and him tearing his house down. Chuck manifests his intenty In a weird way and he needs to feel superior to his con artist "slipping jimmy" brother. When jimmy males moves that further his law career chuck hates it and it makes him sick. I think Chuck looked down on his brother. But he LOVED feeling like the better more sucesfull more important brother. When that started to be challenged he got sick and then eventually pushed his brother out. This is what caused his suicide

[@matthewriley7826]

At the end though we find out there were in fact two sides. One side that’s alive, and the other that isn’t.

[@B0bCat11]

" I might as well head down to Skid Row and sell plasma " -Jimmy

[@KAzik10001]

How about “Brookner Partners”? Oh sorry that new HHM now. Well played jimmy.

[@Stellarionas]

Anyone ever thought that Chuck's illness was due to his guilt about not helping Jimmy after he became a lawyer?

[@Toostupid2read]

His wife divorcing him amplified it.

[@mangobananana]

no not at all

[@chinmaytope]

Quite literally the opposite

[@alexrohner1984]

its not the guilt. its more like Chuck needs to feel superior to his brother. He gets him a job in the mail room at HHM and that's totally fine. As soon as Jimmy passes the Bar and is a Lawyer and can be csonidered a peer // equal to Chuck ... he can't stand it. Thats when he gets sick

[@matthewriley7826]

More like his loss of control. Chuck’s a major control freak (sound familiar?) and he lost control of his marriage, lost control of Jimmy once he left, and he couldn’t fathom it.

[@marianegonz5947]

Saul’s the best 🙌🙌🔥🔥

[@SputXD]

god this show is so fucking perfect

[@andrewxu3602]

I'M GOING TO GET BETTER!

[@youshallnotpass2140]

I love how knowledgeable Chuck is

[@richardroberts6021]

I'm not sure I understand the situation, Chuck was a managing partner so he was probably collecting substantial monthly paychecks either way right? we see Howard is fairly wealthy and Chuck had an extra couple decades to build up wealth from the practice, he should be sitting on a substantial sum. what's all this with a stipend and him being broke?

[@Lastofthemohaggens]

I think the implication is that between the divorce and living his electrophobic life for a year with no income coming in, Chuck burned through whatever savings he had.

[@richardroberts6021]

@@Lastofthemohaggens I can understand the part about the divorce and his condition burning through his savings but why doesn't he have income coming in? As a managing partner shouldn't he still be getting a paycheck? as opposed to a stipend

[@Lastofthemohaggens]

@@richardroberts6021 He's not getting income from the firm because he's taking unpaid FMLA leave, as they discuss in Chicanery.

[@masterzombie161]

@@Lastofthemohaggensright it makes sense that chuck is living like that seemingly broke. He probably does have money but it’s only associated with the firm if he left hence it’s 8 million dollars.

[@3rdEarlRussell]

@@LastofthemohaggensWhat does “FMLA” mean? Thanks in advance.

[@BUckENbooz]

Thats his GOD GIVING NAME. How the fuck would that be agains tthe law

[@joehanson1187]

Given*

[@Mansol1113]

It's not, that's why Jimmy said Howard could try to sue him (that would be dumb), and chuck talked about "courtesy". The name thing is pure pettyness, not legal issue.

[@Bruh-zx2mc]

Nobody circa the 19th century and onwards calls it a "god given" name.

[@Winterstick549]

Is Chuck taking cold showers?

[@ItsSillyBillE]

No, water tank for hot water is gas powered. Think like when there is a power outage due to a storm and you lose electricity, your water & gas will still work as normal.

[@Mordal1222]

@@ItsSillyBillE Unless you have an artesian well. Then you have to drink from a water container you usually use for camping and flush the toilets by dumping water from the pool in them FOR THREE STINKING DAYS!

[@kushalramakanth7922]

​@@Mordal1222 Not really, He could still have running water with zero electricity. No reason why his taps and shit dont work.

[@onxeb8331]

You wanna dance Howard ?

[@Quelloli1]

There are no sides Jimmy, you oughta build your own identity that's all... Oh and you're not a real lawyer anyway.

[@actioncinema6691]

where did you promote your video?+

[@LauraJohnson-f3v]

Alfonso Groves

[@TedBackus]

Bob Odenkirk has have more experience in show business than any 4 actors in this show, or breaking bad. Obvious the guy who played mike was in sanford & son, but not much of a career between then & these shows. Bob has been a working writer, comedian, actor, and everything in between for decades.