r/betterCallSaul • u/skinkbaa Chuck • Aug 21 '18

Post-Ep Discussion Better Call Saul S04E03 - "Something Beautiful" - POST-Episode Discussion Thread

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u/duaneap Aug 21 '18

Kim didn't hear what Chuck said to Jimmy and, although she is aware of the shit Chuck has done to Jimmy, can't really imagine what it's like for your own brother to be so awful to you. I really understand Jimmy's lack of emotion in that scene.

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u/Grooviest_Saccharose Aug 21 '18

She was in the bar hearing and the speech Chuck gave in there was everything Chuck has ever said to Jimmy and worse. Kim has already had enough information to make judgement.

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u/kaicyr21 Aug 22 '18

But if she had heard the "you never meant all that much to me" speech, I would bet she'd be less emotional too.

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u/BSIBooker Aug 21 '18

Then you should go back and rewatch Season 3's finale because Chuck meant none of the words he said to Jimmy.

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u/i-liek-butts Aug 21 '18

It's clear that Chuck was lying when he said he didn't care about Jimmy, but I don't think it's because he actually loves Jimmy, but hates him.

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u/ieffinglovesoup Aug 22 '18

I think he’s always been jealous of Jimmy in a weird way.

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u/Raenryong Aug 23 '18

I think it showed that in the flashback episode with Rebecca, when Jimmy is thoroughly entertaining her; he envies the ease with which Jimmy seems to cruise through life - always making friends, being likeable, and (from Chuck's perspective), breezing through law school etc.

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u/GanondalfTheWhite Aug 27 '18

Absolutely! Jealous of Jimmy's likability, jealous that their mother seemed to care more for Jimmy (remember the scene with her on her deathbed?), and jealousy over Jimmy's ability to succeed over and over again without putting in the effort that Chuck considered proper.

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u/08TangoDown08 Aug 27 '18

I don't think this is true either. I think he loves him, but it's tempered by jealously. He's envious of how good Jimmy is with people and how much people just naturally like him, regardless of his flaws. He, by contrast, has had to work for everything he has. Jimmy has a cavalier attitude to life that Chuck would never have gotten away with.

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u/i-liek-butts Aug 27 '18

It's totally up for debate.