I know, but I don't think Jimmy grabbing a few bucks here and there caused his dad to die broke. I think we'll see that things weren't the way Chuck thinks.

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I'd disagree (shocking)
I think they're showing his first of many thefts from the till. Showing he's willing to be the wolf that he really became before his Chicago sunroof that ultimately led to his departure to Albuquerque.

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I wouldn't call Jimmy "a wolf". If he were he could have had Chuck locked up in the loony bin.

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I don't think a wolf ends up as Cinnabon Gene either

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Well... i would imagine that the fallout from the Chicago sunroof, his parents dying and the help Chuck gave him in new Mexico cmgave him a new perspective... he tried to change his ways and went to law school to impress Chuck, and with his disapproval and his persistence that Jimmy cant change reverted him to his wolfish ways. In a way Chuck seems responsible for both Jimmy changes, to the good side and back to the dark side.

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Yes. Chuck is the monster. Not Jimmy.

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From a comment on Reddit:

It is an amazing testament to the writing that in a show with murderers, thieves, and drug dealers, the biggest villain is a law-abiding lawyer trying to stop his irresponsible brother.

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That's true, but none of the murderers, thieves, or drug dealers is a self-righteous prick the way Chuck is.

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Wish I was binge watching this show. Hate waiting week-to-week for the next episode! Very entertaining.

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I think that's more showing us the power Howard Hamlin has as probably one of the top lawyers in the state with friends everywhere. Remember, if Chuck is deemed crazy, Howard has to pay him a big chunk of money as his partner's share.

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i love Howard's character. The first year or 2 i thought he was a complete asshole and maybe he deserved it with some of the stuff he did, but you can tell he respects Jimmy's resourcefulness as a lawyer - he didn't want anything to do with what he saw coming between Chuck and Jimmy in the hearing room. He realized Jimmy could be a pretty formidable opponent head-to-head in the courtroom, even when Chuck was blind to it. I think Howard wishes he still had Charlie Hustle over at HHM and Chuck had hit the road a long time ago.

I was just thinking about it some more after FavreFan posted that quote from Reddit. Everybody on the show has some basic code that he lives by that could be called honorable to a certain degree. Except Chuck. Chuck acts righteous and tells himself his code is the law, but he's a real selfish scumbag who would find a way to twist the law to suit himself. Like trying to make the copy shop clerk think he has some authority. For my money, Chuck is a lesser man than people like Mike or even Hector. Chuck only has fake honor.

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I remember the Tuco part, but what are you referring to with the good Samaritan? No recollection of that.

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Throughout the entire first season, we are led to see Howard as the stumbling block keeping Jimmy from finding success. I think it's in the finale that we find out it was Chuck who blocked Jimmy from joining HHM and that Howard was never standing in Jimmy's way.

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its only known through dialogue. after mike ambushes the truck, he leaves the driver bound in the middle of nowhere. its implied that Hector and his people found out because a good Samaritan stopped to help the driver. Mike asks about what happened with the good samaritan. hes told hector had him killed once the truck and driver were picked up.

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That was some pretty sloppy work by the lawyer for the state bar. Jimmy discloses Huell as a witness (and presumably what he will testify about, ie. Planting a cell phone battery on Chuck) but doesn't bother to dipose him prior to the hearing? Hmmmm.

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Thought that was pretty much implied season 1?

I just caught up on this whole season last night, can't wait for next week. Kinda like the day I watched season two, but had a whole year to wait. at least this is only a week!

I do find myself catching little "possible clues", like why is it courtroom number 235, what is the significance of 1216 or 1261...looking for a secret meaning.

Is this show "Lost"?

Best title ever for a show? Lost.

That show was Lost throughout the entire run. Making up bullshit as it went along.

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After the 2nd season, beginning of the 3rd, I just gave up.

Isn't that literally every TV show that ever existed?

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Yeah, I doubt most showrunners have much beyond season 1 planned when they shoot a pilot.

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same

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true enough...Maybe it was just the level of bullshit with Lost? That show just always left you feeling like it was really building up to some great "payoff" or "reveal".....and in the end...it just left you feeling "Lost". Thus...the "Greatest Title Ever" accolade. This was one of the first shows ever that I binged watched on Netflix...so I was hooked for awhile....then I got frustrated and gave up on it.

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Lost was a great show. And i finished it.

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You are probably in the minority on both of those.

It was great, then good, then probably average.

Seasons 1 and 2 are probably the best network tv of this century.

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Lost was a great show for seasons 1 and 4, and most of season 2 (excluding the tailies parts).

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it's because they kept acting like they knew what they were doing. i couldn't stand that they wouldn't just own up to making it up as they went along. of course they were doing that. they weren't tying up their knots, they were just patching shit up with other distractions. it became like an elaborate magic show that wound up being a parlor trick.

i don't like to give it credit, because that gets the writers off the hook. finish the damn job. they were well paid and most of them have careers post-show.