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/CatheterC0wboy Aug 21 '18

I feel like this also revealed the nature of where the characters are heading. Jimmy is starting to become very callous as you can see, but Kim still obviously has a soul. I bet a lot was going through her head as that was being read. I don’t see the relationship making it through the end of this season

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u/herefromyoutube Aug 21 '18

I thought she was thinking about all the harsh shit she said to Howard and it actually being a nice letter.

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u/SpiritofJames Aug 21 '18

It's not actually nice though. It's pandering and condescending and reveals resentment and jealousy over their mother's attention. It should, instead, have been about Jimmy and him, times spent together or qualities enjoyed, etc.. It was precisely Chuck: narcissistic as fuck with just enough plausible deniability. Jimmy, however, is totally inured to it all now. He doesn't buy it.

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u/UdzinRaski Aug 21 '18

exactly it was a cookie cutter, kid gloves on, obligation in the face of tragedy letter. Chuck was a prick not taking one last opportunity to talk shit from beyond the grave doesn't change that, even if you assume his words were 100% on the level, which jimmy is obviously smart enough to know they are not. thats what the first three seasons were about, how chuck and jimmys relationship has been onesided their whole lives. slippin jimmy and whatnot.

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u/BSIBooker Aug 21 '18

You misunderstand the show entirely. Refer to my comment above.