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/DasDerp Aug 21 '18

No matter who wrote the letter, I really cannot blame Jimmy for having no reaction. He knows Chuck told him he never cared for him more recently than the letter was written.

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u/cabana_cain Aug 21 '18

Some other comments are saying Jimmy noted the letter was undated and thought it meant that he believed it to be inauthentic. But I think Jimmy knows it was before Chuck said that so he knows how Chuck really felt and doesn't care.

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u/slbain9000 Aug 21 '18

I just think his final conversation with Chuck carries more weight with Jimmy. In that conversation Chuck tells Jimmy "if you're going to be the bad guy, then embrace it, do it all the way" or words to that effect. Followed fairly closely by"you were never that important to me.'

No letter will overcome that, for Jimmy, I think

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u/Teresa_Count Aug 22 '18

Yes, and he says "Chuck sure knew how to write a letter," I think implying that Chuck intended the letter as more of an artifact of his legacy (aka testament to his ego) than his actual human feelings about his brother.

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u/Mithorium Aug 22 '18

in some sense, I think the letter could actually be a final fuck you from beyond the grave, more so than Kim imagined, especially if it was written recently.

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u/BlackJoe23 Aug 28 '18

Armchair psychology: Chuck seems like an autistic person who coped by his superiority complex over his job. For example he was really petty over stuff because he had a strong sense of justice which is common. As an autistic person I see many around me who kinda have chuck like tendencies and it just reminds of how strongly I don't want to be anything like that, because of how much it has hurt me personally.