Better Call Saul
Summary
Despite being a prequel to one of the most well - received idiot box dramas ever , Better Call Saulmanaged to put up on its own merits , and it all started with the show ’s very best scene in time of year 1 , episode 9 , " Pimento . " After Jimmy discovers that his crony and idol , Chuck McGill , has been stab him in the back since becoming a lawyer , he confronts Chuck on the matter . Revealing his true colors , Chuck then explains in full detail why he does n’t respect Jimmy as a attorney in the slightest , believe that his jurisprudence career will only hurt people . by nature , this inflicts irreparable damage to their family relationship .
This is one ofBetter Call Saul ’s in force scene on shock economic value alone . Chuck start to show who he really is , and his Bible have both quick and long - term ramifications . His yelling equal with Jimmy not only lead to a falling out between the two but also spawns an intense competition between them as time blend on that affects both of them . In fact , everything that happens in Jimmy ’s story inBetter Call Sauldirectly results from Chuck ’s " sturdy love . "
The Better Call Saul season 6 conclusion give Jimmy McGill one last axial rotation of the die . What occur and what does it mean for the Breaking Bad spinoff ?
6"You’re Not A Real Lawyer" Sets Up Jimmy Becoming Saul Goodman
Chuck’s Words Only Push Jimmy To Stop Trying Ethically
Up until Chuck ’s confession , Jimmy had tried to go on the straight and minute . Sure , he had run some cons to get ahead as a attorney , but his efforts in the Sandpiper lawsuit show that he could do it by the volume . However , once Chuck recount him how slight he prize how Jimmy got his law degree and how destructive he thinks Jimmy would be if he worked for Hamlin , Hamlin , and McGill , it ’s Jimmy ’s first wind that attempt to make it as a lawyer ethically will never work . While he does n’t become Saul justly off , Chuck ’s actor’s line light the fuse to Jimmy ’s declination into becoming Saul Goodman .
5Howard Hamlin Begins To Look More Sympathetic
This Would Be the First Example Of How Tragic His Story Is
Beforehand , Howard ab initio appear asBetter Call Saul ’s first baddie , as his outright refusal to hire Jimmy to Hamlin , Hamlin , and McGill for ostensibly no intellect make water him look like an irrational jerked meat . The contempt for Howard is at its in high spirits when he turn down to lease Jimmy despite him bring a multi - million dollar cause to the firm and wo n’t explain why . It only make less and less signified when Kim , who had already been established as Jimmy ’s airless intimate , incline with him on the matter .
When it ’s clear that Howard was only have the nightfall for Chuck , his welcoming demeanor no longer comes off as a facade . It sprain out he actually is a nice guy and was simply a company man first and foremost . It would also mark the commencement stage of his tragic story . If Chuck had either let Jimmy work for HHM or taken answerableness for preventing Jimmy ’s achiever as a attorney , it ’s very possible thatHoward ’s tragic destruction inBetter Call Saulnever would have pass off .
4Chuck’s Better Call Saul Rant Is Really A Lie
He May Not Respect Jimmy As A Lawyer, But That’s Not Why He Cut Him Off
Chuck ’s rant sound like he hates Jimmy as a attorney because he’s"Slippin ' Jimmy with a law degree"who would expend crosscut to garner the same success as Chuck . That may be his rationale for his actions , but that ’s evidently not his motif . Chuck ’s issues with Jimmy are much deeper than practicing the same profession as him .
As time expire , it ’s clear that Chuck cuts Jimmy off at every round , not because of the sanctity of the law , but because of his mystifying - seated invidia of how people took to his small crony rather of him . That includes his parents , who , according to Chuck , always held Jimmy in the high gaze in spite of his obvious character flaw . Chuck ’s rant signifies the beginning of his embrace of how much he truly dislikes Jimmy . What made it speculative was that there was potential for how well the pair would work together as attorney , which Chuck never bothered to see through .
3"You’re Not A Real Lawyer" Perfectly Encapsulates Jimmy’s Story
Jimmy’s Purpose As A Lawyer Is Very Different From Most
Jimmy may have startle out desire to find success as a attorney earnestly , but that ’s not how he turns out in the terminal . The verity is , Jimmy ’s not so much a attorney as he is a crook who pass off as a lawyer . Knowing his action inBreaking Bad , like cut corners , pulling strings , and being all - around unforced to deform the natural law for his client , he is a condemnable first and a lawyer second . And all for the sole purpose of making a spry Pearl Sydenstricker Buck , and many of them , too , knowing who his clientele is . Hate Chuck or not , he ’s not awry about what his crony would turn out as a attorney . It was riveting that Chuck knew what the future hold .
2Chuck Shows Why He’s Better Call Saul’s Villain (But Is Technically Right)
He May Be Correct, But That Doesn’t Justify What He Did
Chuck stomach out amongBetter Call Saul ’s cast and charactersbecause of his word , bitterness , and self . All of that first show up to the cutting edge when he enjoin Jimmy how he really feels about him as a lawyer , single out his abilities as a con artist to exploit the police , which Chuck would by and by single out as " mankind ’s greatest accomplishment . " woefully , he is technically correct about how problematic Jimmy will be as a " criminal " lawyer .
However , his deception in prove to head off being the bad guy in keeping Jimmy down is what truly lay out him up as a villain because of his manipulativeness and lip service . Chuck proves he ’s no better , if not worse , by seek to suffer Jimmy ’s law career behind his back while making Howard take responsibility for all of it . On top of all that , he never gave Jimmy a luck to prove himself as a lawyer first . While he ’s right about what Jimmy is capable of , it ’s fair to wonder if that would have been the case if Chuck had let go of his grudge .
1This Better Call Saul Scene Foreshadows Jimmy’s Eventual Redemption
Jimmy Proved Chuck Was Wrong When He Confessed To His Crimes
When Jimmy has the chance to serve a clean prison condemnation , given the severity of his offence , he is ab initio all for it . However , with Kim attend to his trial , Jimmy decides to confess to everything . In Chuck ’s bombast , he tell Jimmy that his practise jurisprudence is like " a chimp with a machine accelerator , " ruining the law ’s sanctity . While Jimmy ’s initial deal would have meet the prophecy , when push come to jostle , Jimmy ’s confession , which contribute to a harsher conviction , proved that Chuck was incorrect .
Jimmy ’s confession try out that , despite all that he had done inBetter Call SaulandBreaking Bad , Jimmy was a good person up to of respecting the law . Even if it hail at the expense of spending the rest of his spirit in prison , Jimmy proves that he has ethics as a lawyer that he prize more than playing " the plot . " Chuck ’s rant playing a part in Jimmy ’s choosing to ransom himself underscores why " You ’re not a real lawyer " isBetter Call Saul’sbest scene .
Better Call Saul can be pelt on Netflix .
