Chuck's mistake in his "you're not a real lawyer" speech was that he didn't start it by saying "with all due respect". Jimmy would have felt so much better about all the whole thing. Maybe Chuck could have ended the speech with "I'm just being honest."

Also, wouldn't Chuck have had a nice car for Jimmy to borrow instead of driving around in the Esteem?

Not my situation. Happily married for the last 10 years. However, I totally agree with what you said. It applies to a number of situations in life.

Not half-cocked. Full Cock

I was thinking about this from Chuck's point of view stemming back from Jimmy's initial desire to work at HHM.

There has to be frustration on their part because they are no longer special if they are equals in a position with someone from a lesser school. The one time I dealt with this when I was teaching high school with someone who went to Harvard, and my reply to whatever comment they made was, "my student loans were payed…

Maybe not a betrayal, but still an act of cowardice. He wanted the problem of Jimmy wanting to work with him to just go away, like when someone has a person who wants to be involved with them romantically and keeps them in the friend zone, all the while waiting that they find someone else so they never have to have…

True, but I would offer two arguments: first, what will clients think when they see the University of American Samoa diploma in Jimmy's office. Second, if "slipping Jimmy" returns, it all comes down on Chuck for vouching for him.

But by bringing Jimmy into HHM, it would sully both his good name and the name of the firm, especially with the fact that they are brothers.

He underestimated Jimmy's true desire to help these clients and become a legitimate lawyer. Chuck probably thought that Jimmy would jump at the money and not press for work. It's potentially a"couple of million for no more work, but to Chuck's surprise, it's not about the money here. Chuck never thought it would come…

What makes this show able to be as good as it has become is that Gilligan and his team has built up so much capital with AMC and fans of Breaking Bad that they were allowed to let this oftentimes slow burn of a narrative play out. I couldn't imagine BCS making past the pitch phase without it being tied to one of the…

Even though I love the show, I couldn't see it even making it through the pitch phase if not for Breaking Bad.

I don't think Howard will make him. I see Chuck taking it to HHM because a multi-state fraud/RICO case is going to take much more manpower than Chuck and Jimmy. What most likely will happen is that Chuck will want Jimmy to stay on the case alongside the HHM team, but Howard will refuse.

It sounded like it was from a The Colonel James Production. Maybe from "Brock Landers: Angels Live in My Town"

Maybe the only point one could fault Kim on is not anticipating Mrs K's reaction. Surely after dealing with them in prepping the defense, Kim should have known what kind of nut job she was dealing with and how she would react to a plea deal.

It seemed to me that Kim never outright "refused" to go to trial. She presented the deal, urged them to take it, and was fired because Mrs. Kettleman thought Kim believed they were guilty. She would have eventually gone to trial if that is what they wanted, but they cut her loose.

It is a very intimate act. Both times they are shown sharing
a cigarette in the parking garage, the lighting is similar to that of light
coming through a bedroom window and they are leaning against the wall in the
type of pose that seems post-coital.

He probably would be the same way with the stickers as he was at the beginning of the season. To Mike, they are square: He broke into the Kettleman's and stole the money in return for Jimmy's "legal services".

I don't think they went to law school together. He seemed to have received his law degree from University of American Samoa Law School, maybe through some mail order courses. I think he must have worked at HHM in some capacity but left when he passed the bar given the "your buddies in the mailroom" comment from…

I was expecting him to say to Kimmy, "We thought you was turned into a toad."