Jimmy Hides A Battery In Chuck's Pocket | Chicanery | Better Call Saul

Jimmy's ploy to plant a cellphone battery onto Chuck works as his brother's insecurities and illness show his ugly side.
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From Season 3, Episode 5 'Chicanery' - Kim and Jimmy face off with an adversary. Jimmy looks to Chuck's past to secure his future. Jimmy loses an ally and gains another.
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Better Call Saul is the prequel to the award-winning series Breaking Bad, set six years before Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) became Walter White's lawyer. When we meet him, the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, and often against, Jimmy is "fixer" Mike Erhmantraut (Jonathan Banks), a beloved character introduced in Breaking Bad. The series will track Jimmy's transformation into Saul Goodman, the man who puts "criminal" in "criminal lawyer."
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[@mithelysecc]

"Check your foreskin" - Saul Goodman

[@Dukesparrow1999]

Chuck: 🙄 What now?

[@PauloHernandezXD]

Lmfaooo

[@chisangasunkutu3693]

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[@freehudaifa4573]

Bravo Vince!

[@Dark_Brandon_2024]

@@PauloHernandezXD lmfao - is that the chinese hacker?

[@diegov2631]

Meanwhile Walter was giving a boring lesson in his classroom

[@umbrellaisaac]

best comment edit: stop liking this

[@andrewohare8550]

@@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

[@andrewohare8550]

@angelscryto working in the kitchen making Salamanca tacos

[@aldi7943]

@@andrewohare8550 High on what?

[@biggusdickus1689]

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.

[@Kragatar]

Yelling "I AM NOT CRAZY" is the #1 quickest way to make people think you're crazy.

[@karadanianoI]

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

[@AnthonyBlamthony]

@@karadanianoI”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.

[@Fedkar]

@@AnthonyBlamthonyHow could you assure that?

[@TracerBH]

Genuine question: How to tell people you are not crazy and paranoid? Saying "Im normal; Im not crazy" brings us back here

[@blueaxolotl6302]

@@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.

[@grazziotti7669]

Props to Chuck's own lawyer for being the one that actually triggers the breakdown

[@FenriZz]

Schizophrenic 😂

[@search4truth104]

This is a takeoff of the court scene in the Caine Mutiny (great movie if you haven't seen it) Lets him submarine himself.

[@Ghaltouni]

@@FenriZz I AM NOT CRAZY

[@Carlos-ln8fd]

​@@search4truth104Love that movie! Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould said it was one of their inspirations.

[@matthewriley7826]

All while doing damage control and pointing out Chuck’s mental illness is a “non-issue”.

[@elijahdoesstuff4600]

“I am not crazy.” Chuck said calmly.

[@arcanea9598]

I understood that reference! This needs more upvote.

[@alicekittleson4088]

"JIMMY, JIMMY, DID YOU CHANGE THE NUMBERS OF THE MAGNA CARTA?" he asked calmly.

[@tonyshome]

Underrated comment

[@Voshchronos]

@@alicekittleson4088 lmao

[@nemishasharma5737]

can someone explain?

[@spencerm5612]

and HE didn't win an EMMY? WHAT A SICK JOKE

[@Y.d.o.b.o.n]

theyll never change

[@OrangeHorizons]

Whom? Chuck or Jimmy?

[@SgtNoPants]

@@OrangeHorizons both

[@OrangeHorizons]

@@SgtNoPants fair enough 😁

[@Srinidhi00726]

Big Bang Theory won .. this guy and Steve Carrell never won an Emmy

[@evanfaust8672]

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.

[@kevinklassen4328]

Except a naked battery not attached to a circuit wouldn't be producing any electromagnetic waves...

[@nestormelendez9005]

@@kevinklassen4328except electrons in the battery make an electrical current

[@evanfaust8672]

@@kevinklassen4328 Boom. Roasted.

[@danielokay3725]

@@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

[@wooshifgay462]

@@kevinklassen4328 it wouldnt produce elecroMAGNETIC fields but it would produce ELECTRIC fields which do {pretty much} the same thing

[@lenenlawless]

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.

[@NYQINA]

Actually Gordon Smith wrote this episode!

[@TheAnimationStationTAS]

​@@NYQINABravo Gordon

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

As if he'd ever make such a mistake. Never. Never!

[@millaz26]

​@@TheStraightestWhitest he just couldn't prove it 😂😂😂

[@ASlickNamedPimpback]

bravo vince

[@tornadogamah]

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]

[@bohus5793]

And thats the exact moment Kim became Don Eladio

[@pablo_giustiniani]

James Mcgill entered the court room, Viktor Saintclaire got out

[@TrueRetroflection]

Jimmy: “ARE YOU F**KING NUTS?!” Chuck, holding up a whole bag of “batteries”: “I AM NOT CRAZY!”

[@Sugarplum99]

A-ha-haha!! Brilliant! 😁✌🏻

[@OrangeHorizons]

@@TrueRetroflection wanna find out?!? 😁

[@LLubdeRr]

"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." - Napoleon Bonaparte

[@guardaviewer4197]

Very relevant quote!!

[@luckybyte]

I'm having trouble connecting this quote to the scene. Can u explain?

[@davidworrall4899]

@@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

[@MsBlablablum]

Stalin> you are right

[@seneca4134]

Cringe

[@jharrjs80]

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

[@kevinklassen4328]

Except a naked battery not attached to a circuit wouldn't be producing any electromagnetic waves...

[@iantaakalla8180]

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.

[@canko15]

​@@kevinklassen4328 that always called my attention, I think I'm missing something here

[@wooshifgay462]

@@kevinklassen4328 it would produce electric waves tho which for most properties do the exact same thing

[@zacyquack]

@@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.

[@sheppik4252]

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

[@oceantume]

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.

[@AJ-lh4fp]

same

[@The0neWomanShow]

SAMEEEE (I work in law so I was watching it thinking uh buddyyyyy you might be overstepping here)

[@Luke101]

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

[@Tit0Matic]

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

[@mohammedhussain4907]

“An hour, forty three minutes” Badass Babineaux

[@kidsplanet6388]

Hhh got that chief

[@ferret4072]

Based Babinaux*

[@ferret4072]

aka King Huell

[@bendover-bz4bc]

Absolute Giga chad

[@aswithinsowithout]

Friggin love Huell!!

[@charlesmubangizi6395]

If you ever need to expose and humiliate someone; you better call Saul.

[@JohnWolf926]

Roll credits

[@qqxyz6550]

As long as you saw what lead up to this moment

[@Jafran_Helstorm]

His brother taught him how to humiliate people pretty well

[@wuraolaolagunju]

Ayyyy!

[@rstriker21]

@@Jafran_Helstorm damn

[@pseudonomenclature8054]

This scene is literally the most pivotal turning-point in the entire show. It's after this that everything really started to spiral.

[@Silver01Son]

yep

[@MaXXXXXXXXXXim]

That's the moment when Jimmy became Better Call Saul

[@p14t1num]

"You have to stop him" After the events of Breaking Bad I wonder if everyone in the room who survived remembers this moment

[@mynamejef7963]

I always wondered what the principal thought or the student who drove the vette

[@DJMotorMouth713]

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

[@Tien_Shinhan46]

​@@DJMotorMouth713exactly, the people here that survived till the end probably think that chuck is right

[@redshot5403]

@@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

[@christopherlethe2997]

@@Tien_Shinhan46He was right about his ability to push his own brother to a corner and turn him into a monster

[@andrejsvideo]

“It can take 20 years to build up a reputation, but only 5 minutes to destroy it.”

[@apark8787]

Warren Buffett

[@Drew__Films]

And nowadays you can replace the “minutes” in that quote with seconds…

[@jbarriossandrea]

5 minutes and 11 secods exactly 😂

[@darkmindedsith]

Michael Richards

[@s.k.christianrappersandieg2940]

Dang u preachin

[@5thcorps]

Chuck was the brilliant legal mind, Jimmy is the brilliant ILLEGAL mind...........

[@abdullahaltuwaijri8550]

Couldn’t have said it better myself.

[@masterzombie161]

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.

[@pyrefly7575]

He's not a criminal lawyer , he's a CRIMINAL lawyer

[@alexeikuznetsov1450]

Nice

[@haythamabdel-qader6934]

No

[@FriedrichTheGreatest]

I love how Chuck's lawyer was about to make a case-winning point then Chuck tosses it all out because of his ego

[@madgavin7568]

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.

[@stanpines9011]

​@@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.

[@CheeseburgerTurtle]

The State's lawyer was muddying the waters.

[@ezequielii2566]

Man, what's with your pfp?

[@suraqaar2871]

Oh here come the ego comments these bums can never stop talking about ego First Walter then chuck hahaha

[@braxtondurley1995]

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.

[@reginaldmeta2762]

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.

[@tylermiller5836]

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.

[@dzemilmehovic5271]

​@@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

[@user-uo5st2re6m]

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.

[@cujohjosefumi1252]

Slipping Jimmy came back and became something worst, Saul Goodman

[@LadyStoneheart312]

I like how this scene has single-handedly brought the word "chicanery" back into the modern lexicon

[@crud3lis]

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

[@maestrofeli4259]

r/okbuddychicanery

[@Jusuff]

@@crud3lis The word chicane is also used in racing to describe a certain type of corner

[@BintangGaryo]

@@maestrofeli4259 okbuddybraintumor

[@hobbesthegoblin]

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.

[@nikosgreek352]

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.

[@Daavlot]

You nailed it

[@instantregret7858]

family, eh?

[@dc7236]

This comment really taught me something about myself

Underrated comment, this is so true.

[@lupaloops4166]

family

[@FactHubREAL]

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

[@easy0828]

Maybe he really is schizophrenic

[@christopherlethe2997]

Correct about what? Chuck is a character that existed in this show, not in the writer’s room.

[@ItsFear]

@@christopherlethe2997 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.

[@shade08538]

@@christopherlethe2997I genuinely have no idea what you mean by this

[@TaxiDriverBonus]

​​@@christopherlethe2997​​Jimmy 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.

[@SmokeyBCN]

The best thing is that despite Chuck's rant making him appear completely deranged, he was entirely correct about everything

[@late8641]

Maybe he was right about the facts, but his feelings about Jimmy being a lawyer are his own twisted opinions.

[@FenriZz]

That's how good he was, but he made a mistake challenging Jimmy's con world

[@TheLudwigWan]

How was he right? You all gotta learn how to control your jealousy, especially when it's addressed to a relative.

[@lake4433]

@@TheLudwigWanThey’re talking about the events. He was right about literally everything Jimmy did, did you watch the show????

[@kikosawa]

Yeah. Correct. But the brother's duty is not to be "correct", but compassionate. Chuck is a joke, and I hate this character as a human being. I wouldn't wish such a brother on anybody

[@brianbernstein3826]

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]

@@nicolastorres-barbosa4302 because he personally despises his brother, because he is actually jealous of Jimmy.

[@MattSimon1]

@@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.

[@TheSlimmshadyy]

@@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.

[@thehound9008]

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

[@TheBrynoch]

@@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.

[@vysr304]

It’s amazing how Chuck was literally right about everything but the court sees him as a madman, I love this show

[@jamesrichards2720]

He was right, but he also *was* a madman.

[@rashizzles]

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!"

[@melodyconte]

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.

[@goku8621]

He was both right and wrong if that makes sense, Jimmy did change but his brother sabotaging him turned him into Saul

[@antighastly]

Saul and Chuck were both right about each other.

[@OrcaKiller1996]

"He defecated through a sunroof" I laughed a lot at Chuck's line because of Chuck's tone of voice and his brother's heroism and helping his brother.

[@PolarBimbi]

i still watch this maybe once a month. what a masterclass in performance.

[@anthos332]

Seriously! Michael McKean is on another level. Outstanding performance in every scene!

[@axr7149]

This is based on a similar scene involving Humphrey Bogart in THE CAINE MUTINY (1954).

[@kensimon2850]

@@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,

[@francescomamoli2496]

The “HE DEFECATED TROUGH A SUNROOF” always gets me lol

[@devilsephiroth9000]

"he orchestrated it!"

[@Entity404ITA]

""JIMMY!""

[@dorkbrandon4422]

I love when Jimmy gets inside his company car and looks up out the sunroof towards the camera ( audience)and shows a slight face of disgust from the memory it suddenly evokes

[@TheNaturalHealthBlogger]

and I SAVED HIM

[@skullface3191]

what does that even mean lol? someone please explain, is that something that happend, i dont remember watched bcs a while ago

[@natecummin]

The one thing to NEVER say in court “I should’ve stopped him when I had the chance” always paints a bad picture.

[@mrshadow4007]

Or "I'm guilty'

[@user-nt8od7ue6y]

@@mrshadow4007 Or "I'm defecated through a sunroof"

[@LianCasablacks]

You think? You are so smart 👏

[@somedude5465]

Or "IM NOT CRAZY"

[@Scalpelled]

Or, "It wasn't me, I swear!"

[@TheDark144]

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.

[@jahbama6202]

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.

[@applepie1434]

family members usually use similar methods no matter how they try to make an unlikely one..

[@WackadoodleMalarkey]

How can the people in your life enjoy a little taste of their own medicine? ...I said "enjoy a little taste", not "choke on" 🤘

[@astridkjellberg]

OOOHH righttt just realized

[@edwardhernandez6668]

Oh my god, I never noticed that. Good catch. 😁

[@StaticFX]

I never thought about it that way, spot on statement.

[@Horror-Man]

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.

[@HazeAbysmal]

The battery and the cigarette

[@jn4756]

sifat shams yes but Huel was only used as an instrument, the choices were made by Walt and Saul

[@Horror-Man]

@@jn4756 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.

[@ildyil1748]

So Huell... was the fuel...

[@heyoyo10gaming4]

@@ildyil1748 It turns out it was really Huell Better Fuel

[@WiggleJimmy]

But seriously though 3:51 McKean's acting here is actually crazy. Imagine being able to put enough emotion into a script that you genuinely start to feel the emotion yourself, you can see here he is genuinely outraged at 'his' mistake of taking 'his' brother in. Bravo Michael McKean, Vravo Brince.

[@tres4dayz]

This timestamp is perfect. Literally the best part Mannerism His scoff Gestures I love this scene and especially this part

[@StarryxNight5]

You can see him tearing up at the end. I wonder what he was channeling to get such genuine spiteful outrage

[@TezcatlipocaMountyRailfan]

The moment chuck realized what had just happened was perfect. He went from a full tilt rant, into dead silence. You could hear a pin drop in that courtroom.

[@stretch654]

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.

[@fedeborghesi4750]

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.

[@SuperJutah]

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

[@voidsff]

Wow, thats good.

[@otshepengditshego2991]

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

[@saiunagringa8746]

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.

[@babylonian]

“and HE gets to be a lawyer?!” is such an elegant summary of Chuck’s hostility towards Jimmy

[@modernbusinesschannel]

It nick

[@junkokonno]

it nick * jaw drops *

[@lol3342]

it nick

[@r49y92]

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.

[@micheal5117]

it nick

[@noahswiss1997]

The shock and awe on howard and Rebecca’s faces after jimmys battery hat trick is so awesome, rebeccas horror and guilt over the man she abandoned is nice but Howard’s look is a stark realization of how capable jimmy is and that he might be able to think of moves he can’t anticipate or detect. You can see it written all over his face that he is just completely blown away that jimmy could checkmate such an skilled and experienced lawyer and now he better watch out.

[@brandx3884]

I don't think Howard thought Jimmy did this to Chuck. Only later did he believe Jimmy was capable of anything

[@DaScorpionSting]

Howard was upset at Chuck he even warned him not to take Jimmy to public court now with Chuck breaking down it's on record.

[@matthewriley7826]

And a horrified realization that his law partner and mentor has been mentally ill this entire time.

[@noahswiss1997]

@@brandx3884 how?

[@noahswiss1997]

@@matthewriley7826 he knew on a certain level but was not fully facing it

[@rebelprincess1164]

“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]

He was right about Jimmy tho But he still felt very jealous because Jimmy was always everyone's favorite.

[@erickmaldonado9090]

​@@R4in46He was right in the same sense that he was right about having an allergy to magnetic fields.

[@notapplicable7810]

​@@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.

[@laxmantc77]

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.

[@Kirbo4004]

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]

hes faking it man

[@musicphilex2124]

@@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.

[@thomasthetankengine7307]

@@caetano1998 The last episode of the season literally has Jimmy trying to make amends with him

[@Legacy0901]

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

[@solidzack]

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.

[@Dead25m]

Chuck yelling: "I AM NOT CRAZY!" Everyone: "Yea, he totally crazy"

[@thememaster7]

Says more about them.

[@ultimatefattie9022]

When you say "trust me" or "I'm not crazy" it just goes to prove the opposite.

[@thememaster7]

@@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.

[@Dead25m]

@@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.

[@thememaster7]

@@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.

[@onecertainesquire486]

The way it zooms in on Chuck, emphasising his narcism and lack of awareness for what’s happening around him…just absolute chefs kiss 👌

[@imsammy1343]

One thing about this scene that seems obvious but I've never really thought about it, is Chuck is looking directly at Jimmy while he says all this. Screaming all that directly to his face.

[@falkets7888]

"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.

[@zumabbar]

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

[@peaness7275]

@@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.

[@ProdByAD21]

Pure brotherly rage lol

[@TheArenaOfIdeas]

And I learned what a "Chicago Sunroof" is.

[@pabell7219]

I missed that episode

[@YaBoiFetz]

The acting is just on another level

[@ChristopherTradeshow]

Right!? You could give every character their own series and it would be amazing

[@YouTubeAIbot]

Should’ve won and Emmy for best actor and best supporting actor

[@WhiteWolf496]

@@silhouette627 it definitely is

[@silhouette627]

@@WhiteWolf496 They're great, but just 'coz it sends chills down your spine it doesn't necessarily equate to an “Emmy-winning performance”.

[@freddiemercury5987]

Fr

[@turnip9367]

I do love how Better Call Saul singlehandedly resurrected the word ‘chicanery’ and introduced it into the modern lexicon.

[@dubbeking]

"I am not crazy!" It's Howard's resolved 'oh crap' look that makes it. He genuinely looks like he's about to reprimand Chuck.

[@craque_victor]

"That thing with your brother, that wasn't even a crime!" "It was."

[@erwinnarvaez7959]

:((((

[@jmie5]

Wrong scene, it was when he got his malpractice insurance canceled.

[@zoroluvr14]

😭

[@craque_victor]

@@jmie5 oh yeah i'm well aware, but IMO this is where it all started. the "crime" of exposing him in public

[@jakeengb]

@@jmie5 their premiums wouldn’t have gone up if it wasn’t for this though.

[@amanagarwal8011]

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

[@a_tarasevich]

It's the classic "Call an ambulance! Call an ambulance... BUT NOT FOR ME!"

[@silmarillion1576]

A lot of that was the director as well, don't forget him!

[@PalaceDude]

Peter Gould. Remember the name, my friend. Dude's writing is actually more prominent than in breaking bad this time. Just absolutely incredible.

[@smokelife6315]

Art of War

[@deptusmechanikus7362]

Genius showman

[@benobrien7920]

3:53 sigh, Chuck Blast

[@_xael7947]

okbuddychicanery

[@Cstid90]

There is nothing else to compare this scene to. I have never seen such a climatic event bring zero satisfaction to anyone in the room. Truly masterful writing

[@estegueydijo....]

everything comes down to the fact that Jimmy was their mother's favorite.

[@godsonalvarado6656]

*Especially when their mother’s last words was her asking for Jimmy, even going as far as to confuse Chuck as Jimmy.*

[@rishanrai9]

Does Jimmy ever find out her last words?

[@Holdit66]

@@rishanrai9 No. Chuck never told him.

[@ReddyCat1976]

yep，chuck has serious psychological issues

[@rishanrai9]

@@Holdit66 damn

[@Circuitssmith]

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.

[@samaritan29]

its more then you could say for amber heard

[@chagrin6919]

its not like he had a choice

[@Circuitssmith]

@@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.

[@CaptainBalcon]

@@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.

[@ryanmulligan7544]

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.

[@singleplayer69]

2:37 This is the moment when jimmy said: "it's slippin time" and goodmanned all over the court. Truly one of THE moments in TV history.

[@SejfTrix]

he also takoviced all over his brother

[@FenriZz]

Weak joke 🤡🤡🤡 More like deficated like he did on that sun roof

[@LAST_STAND_FAN]

Truly THE least funny joke in human history.

[@breakheartweather8015]

​@@LAST_STAND_FAN that would be you

[@LAST_STAND_FAN]

@@breakheartweather8015 Oh, man! I just got TOLD!

[@sartoriusrock]

This is the moment that Huell became happy.

[@roachdoggjr419]

Reasonably

[@themarmite95]

Howard didn't have a single line in this scene but the acting through facial expressions was absolutely brilliant

[@_Cato_]

Howard’s character and actor doesn’t get enough credit. Brilliantly written and acted.

[@MyNameIsFredFuchs]

@@_Cato_ and god he is handsome

[@onurdogan3378]

@@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.

[@jaylucino8890]

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.

[@themarmite95]

@@jaylucino8890 yeah, same here. Really felt for him

[@nemishasharma5737]

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.

[@pranavps851]

And the judges as well. They all have different emotions. Disgust, concern, and embarassment.

[@dougnulton]

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.

[@Wasserkaktus]

​@@dougnulton And Jimmy knew exactly how he could manipulate that ego to win.

[@IamCanadian3333]

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).

[@DaScorpionSting]

​@@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.

[@Babal.98]

3:30, anyone notice the camera slowly moving towards chuck? What a scene! They make you feel like you’re in it, it’s just amazing how well written and directed this series is! Bravo Vince!

[@jorisv207]

BCS was mostly directed by peter gould! But vince did a bit too!

[@giokspa3913]

Bravo Peter!

[@Bigdih]

Pravo Beter

[@Csnich96]

Perfect Peter !

[@GabrielTheCalango]

"I should've stopped him when I had the chance"... That voice crack... wow

[@unknownvariable9239]

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.

[@Snawsages]

"Say something enough times it becomes truth"

[@nPr26_50]

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.

[@SpectorEuro4]

@@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).

[@AndT101]

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.

[@jazzysoggy12]

@@AndT101 He only started taking shortcuts after Chuck stopped believing in him

[@EchoBoomer1987]

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.

[@sarahdumby]

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.

[@youraveragepasser-by7367]

@@sarahdumby 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.

[@sarahdumby]

@@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.

[@solidsnake9898]

Whilst Chuck may be the morally better person (definitely not perfect either!) he is a far less likeable one.

[@m.n.executor1902]

@@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.

[@EricTheBody]

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.

[@st.jimmy0244]

As a fan of TV, I love this scene. As an electrical engineer, it makes me insane.

[@andressotil4671]

Would an unplugged battery even be painful to someone with that condition?

[@st.jimmy0244]

@@andressotil4671 It's hard to say since it's not a real condition (also, I'm not a medical professional). To be clear though, it's made up by HIM, not the show's producers. As the clip demonstrates, it's all in his head. His condition is psychological rather than physiological. An actual "allergy to electricity" would be somewhat baffling since our bodies run on electricity. If you're reading this, it's because your eyes are sending electrical signals to your brain. Your entire nervous system is a highly complex electrical system. Neurological disorders (to the very limited extent that I understand them) are disruptions in the natural electrical processes of the nervous system. Chuck has all of his senses, he moves all of his limbs with no problem, etc...that's a lot of electrical signals running through his body and that never seems to bother him. What drives me nuts is Chuck states that his condition is directly proportional to the amount of current flowing. If the battery isn't connected to anything, then the current flow is zero. Current flowing through a conductor generates a magnetic field around said conductor; if his condition is some sort of allergy to the field generated by current flow then he should be mostly unaffected by the battery (the battery would maintain a very weak field on its own, but it would be miniscule compared to what would happen if it was connected across a load). It does make sense though since it's all in his head. It's just as Chuck is explaining how electricity works, much of what he says is wrong from a purely technical standpoint. But again, to be fair, it's not supposed to make sense, since it's not real; it's just something he's convinced himself is real.

[@samdurham6277]

Why? Chuck doesn't have a physical condition that makes him "allergic" to electricity; that's not a thing. It doesn't matter that the battery isn't in a circuit because it's in Chucks head, and he doesn't understand the intricacies of electromagnetism and other sciencey words.

[@Orto4956]

@@andressotil4671 No because its not a real condition thats the whole point of having the battery in his pocket.

[@duffman18]

​@@andressotil4671 nope. It's not a real physical condition. It's a mental illness. There's no such thing as being allergic to electricity.

[@PaddyRoon7]

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.

[@jagmaharesi2486]

Didn't he knew when the doctor said it after Chuck collapsed in the photocopy shop?

[@PaddyRoon7]

@@jagmaharesi2486 He knew way before that, the doctor just showed him proof.

[@jagmaharesi2486]

@@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.

[@PaddyRoon7]

@@jagmaharesi2486 I think he knew before the beginning of the show, actually.

[@maquiladora21]

@@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.

[@maxemore]

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

[@bait5257]

That's the point

[@alphanerd7221]

It sounded crazy to me.

[@modernmuslim5417]

That is brilliant observation

[@percy2043]

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.

[@nightmoose]

The slow zoom into an intense low-angle close up crazies him up real nice too.

[@Lorderll]

Every line, every frame, every perspective on this scene and just perfectly done. Masterpiece

[@user-uc4wf3ho3t]

Howard's look at the end was such great acting. The exact look of the student seeing his mentor truly fell from grace

[@ciarancaulfield9621]

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

[@GrumpyBearRawr]

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.

[@michaelwarren875]

@@GrumpyBearRawr and even sadder thinking about his death. Dude was innocent

[@sebastianrm1973]

@@michaelwarren875 Kim and Saul deserve what happened to them because of what they did to him. So sad and unfair

[@Mothers_milk]

@@sebastianrm1973 They got off lightly,Howard is dead

[@mrnukes797]

@@Mothers_milk only kim meanwhile Jimmy has 86 years

[@r.m2621]

Shouting "I am not crazy!" is usually a good way to indicate to people around you that you are in fact crazy...

[@nikosgreek352]

Thats the Kafkasque genius of it. Because..... what if you arent. what if you're telling the truth? Chuck was.....

[@aloyspaupe7403]

Just like "I'm not drunk !"

[@AtreVire]

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

[@ashishmaheshwari7097]

Try searching: The punisher courthouse scene.

[@desk1185]

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.

[@devinsethna1287]

This show was so influential, it made lawyers into an actual job

[@cinderluna]

This, on my first full rewatch of the show, is the episode it took the crown above Breaking Bad for me Absolute brilliance

[@eddie1690]

i watched it today and exactly!!!!

[@thesolarchive]

This scene is a masterpiece in writing. Jimmy completely trapped him, played him like a fiddle itt was great.

[@eclecticmusica]

Bob Wills couldn't have played it better. ;-)

[@themorningstar9704]

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.

[@deoxal7947]

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.

[@Tonyoh007]

Just masterpiece

[@thesolarchive]

@@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.

[@marcosnobuhara1126]

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

[@katakana-kun2122]

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.

[@teecakes]

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.

[@alexman378]

@@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.

[@alexman378]

@@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.

[@iskyj]

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.

[@danfelbm]

peak television right here... amazing...

[@honestlywtf587]

I'll always remember this guy for Short Circuit 2.

[@brendonsmith3080]

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

[@toomuchinformation]

Just like how J+K made Howard look like a drug crazed loony at the Sandpiper meeting.

[@cmillspa1]

Chuck did despise Jimmy, so it wasn’t entirely fabricated.

[@tovbyte]

Well it’s both true, he’s right about what Jimmy did, but he also hates his brother and raves like a madman

[@pezequilibradohace5anos538]

That’s the trick, chuck is both, a jealous bad brother and a genius, jimmy just showed how unstable that combination is.

[@Yamanals]

The billboard wasn't a scam. was it ?

[@tumbletunes3101]

jimmy asking chuck to reach into his pocket never fails to make me laugh lmao, he plays it off like a magic trick

[@matthewriley7826]

I laughed at the mini freak out he had when he pulled out the battery, like it burned his hand.

[@dimmuborgir82]

lol so true. reaches into pocket what is it now....then the expression on his face :D

[@alonsoarana5307]

Reminds me of the Riddles in the Dark scene in The Hobbit

[@adrianpale2342]

@@alonsoarana5307 the filthy pockets of chuck

[@le4chehenry324]

David Blaine style

[@thebutcher087]

The fact that Chuck is right and telling the truth with every word, and is still in disbelief by the court system, is what makes this such a good show

[@EkpyroticBounceHouse-DunderDan]

Ok this is one of the greatest scenes in tv history like ever right?

[@sexymexijesse]

4:18 He finally admits the real reason he hates his brother. "Because Mommy and Daddy loved him more!"

[@Punk__pixie]

Paging Dr Phil

[@Afghan31]

No it's more that Jimmy gets away with stuff and never faces the consequences of his actions

[@215jmo]

@@Afghan31 probably a combination of both

[@katatonikbliss]

@@Afghan31 BECAUSE mommy and daddy loved him more, cmon dude

[@maestrofeli4259]

@@katatonikbliss what a sick joke

[@WesCoastPiano]

Fact: Micheal McKean wasn't even nominated for this performance. One of the greatest monologues in television history. WHAT A SICK JOKE!

[@youknow227]

You think this is bad this chicanery? They've done worse!!! The Oscars Citizen Kane?

[@lol-ic6rs]

the sickest joke of all time tbh

[@danielstack4158]

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.

[@troubledjoe6201]

Too much perspective.

[@udonnoodlez293]

Michael who?

[@shade08538]

This is the moment Huell became happy

[@Brian-uy2tj]

One of the greatest dramatic scenes of modern cinema.

[@Luke101]

When people say this show is boring, I think of this scene and everything that built to it.... and just smile

[@joeboonmusic4004]

No time of day should be given to people that can say this show is boring!

[@patrickjamesbagtas2798]

who the fuck are those people?

[@fushion999]

If this scene is the highlight of the show then yes I would say its a boring one lol

[@Timdeenter]

It is pretty agonizingly slow though tbh lol

[@Luke101]

@@Timdeenter but it isn’t

[@OmegMaw]

One character in this scene has left an impact on me that any other character in fiction has failed to replicate. And it only took 1 hour and 43 minutes.

[@joep_films]

4:35 genuine reaction to the emmys

[@123videos456]

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.

[@SuperJutah]

Chuck was always jealous of Jimmy... his mother’s last word was Jimmy even though he was by her side...

[@BEZERKSTUDIOS718]

The moment that made me absolutely hate Chuck was him not telling jimmy his mom's last words

[@Ikaros23]

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.

[@spankmesanta821]

@@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

[@BEZERKSTUDIOS718]

@@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.

[@Happy_Shopper]

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

[@carllutz7523]

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.

[@solidzack]

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

[@Happy_Shopper]

@@solidzack what a gamer

[@SupportTheLittleGuy]

Just had to go on a maniacal rant

[@wryyyy1362]

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.

[@jellybabiesarecool4657]

I love how he gets the number wrong in his speech

[@DavidMartin-ud9gs]

Chuck had book smarts. Jimmy had street smarts.

[@everittoverton8398]

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.

[@ShankarSivarajan]

He thinks he has "electromagnetic hypersensitivity." He _is_ a madman.

[@everittoverton8398]

@@ShankarSivarajan Still, he was right.

[@emperorleroy6747]

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.

[@willlienellson7451]

Some truth. And a lot of fantasy.

[@Eljacob0]

@@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.

[@mindassassin]

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.

[@mindassassin]

@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.

[@pittland44]

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.

[@fredbarker9201]

@@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 -

[@JSmellerM]

@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.

[@lightyagami1752]

When Chuck offed himself I shed zero tears. He was brilliant but a conceited and vindictive bastard.

[@felixchallis8038]

Chuck's character was incredibly well done, he literally boils my blood

[@Clintaso]

The thing is Chuck could’ve easily explained that he didn’t feel the battery because a battery itself doesn’t have current. But since it’s mental he convinced himself even a battery would hurt him.

[@ethansolomon2126]

3:25 Candace explaining to her parents how Phineas and Ferb organized a coup in South America for the fourth time this week

[@ChairmanLor]

If Better Call Saul would've actually came before Breaking Bad, nobody would believe that the final showdown of this universe would be between a dying chemistry teacher and a bunch of nazis

[@themalcahtwinz4743]

What about El Camino

[@ChairmanLor]

@@themalcahtwinz4743 well yeah there wasn't any showdown, just Jesse trying his best not to end up in jail

[@unusualusername8847]

@@ChairmanLor What did you call the scene between the welders and Jesse literally dueling for the money? A shindig?

[@Gawk-nl9pz]

@@unusualusername8847A SHINDIG LMAOOOO

[@PauloHernandezXD]

When you put it like that, Breaking Bad is an overrated Tarantino Knock-off, especially that “TWO WEEKS EARLIER” or whatever TF the first episode was…

[@flataffect]

Without a doubt some of the best acting I’ve ever seen

[@nycchislc]

I like how Chuck calls the copy shop guy an idiot multiple times just because he didn’t confirm he had seen Jimmy that night 😂

[@shinquan]

4:35 me after knowing that Bob, Rhea and the series did not get any Emmys this year.

[@fikrifadillah3247]

WHAT A SICK JOKE!

[@killroy1117]

You shouldve stopped him when you had the chance!

[@Tarif2809]

"emmys is bob odenkirk father" - r/okbuddychicanery

[@jpetersgoyanks]

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.

[@GeddyRC]

FEIGNED sadness!

[@_c3a3m_88]

Seems Hamlin knew before he did

[@jpetersgoyanks]

@@_c3a3m_88 Hamlin just knew Jimmy could push Chuck’s buttons to expose his insanity.

[@jackmaitland8496]

@@GeddyRC I don’t think so. Jimmy kept up the facade of the illness being real for years because he cared for Chuck

[@MenacingBanjo]

@@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.