Heck yes. Nice to see this one get props. It never seems to get the recognition that So or Melt does.

I did love that moment when Chuck asked Kim to make him some coffee. Then explaining that he can't do it himself. All sorts of emotions just flickering by, in an instant.

You're right, this isn't Kim's story. We'll get that on the subsequent spin-off: Kim Wexler, Law Student! And somehow, it will be amazing television, too.

Hm. I'm honestly kind of hoping they don't go that route. For one, I like Howard as a "sort of asshole lawyer guy", but not a creep who uses his power for sexual conquest. It just seems more realistic—not that there aren't people out there who do that. And a love triangle just seems kind of soap-y. I'm more…

That's a good point, actually. Maybe the redemption will come by some way he can start conning again. Otherwise, if that really is the end of the story, it's going to be building to a helluva downer ending.

I agree—they wouldn't be speaking if it was infidelity. And I agree she must have died—which might wind up causing his illness. Man, Chuck's arc in all of this is the absolute highlight, for me.

Yeah, I don't think that was the direction they were going. I think it was simply to set up Jimmy's ability to charm, and how much it rankles Chuck, who obviously already had issues with him. I think it's kind of brilliant to set Chuck up as more successful, yet still innately jealous of his younger brother getting…

I think that's it exactly. And going after a bunch of low-money targets, as opposed to a big, corporate, big-money target, is a different thing. The criticism made about Jimmy's commercial implied it was everything to do with perception, not that he had actually done anything wrong.

I'm wondering if the final episodes/season of the show will flash forward to Cinnabon Jimmy, and maybe one last con to get out of his mess.

And that Jimmy knew full well what really happened to the money, but kept quiet—maybe even to preserve his brother's faith in his dad, and voluntarily took the blame himself.

I'm not sure he'd have a car at all, with his "condition". He seems to have enough clout with the firm (hmm, I'm curious if that will be a plot point down the line, how he became so revered), I assume they just send someone to pick him up as needed, which he tolerates by putting on his foil-lined suit.

I think I'm with you. Murder seems too extreme, and too final, a way to end a plot thread. Particularly within Jimmy's "legal" sphere. And funny enough, we already know the most evil and violent characters in Mike's world stay alive.

I think "villain" is a bit harsh. He may likely bear some responsibility for what will transpire, but we haven't really seen him (yet) intentionally harm anyone who didn't, on some level, "deserve" it. (Conning the investment banker in the bar, etc.) He may bend the rules and tend to be over-zealous or whatever,…

That's a grim thought. I'm hoping it's a matter of Kim basically making her choice to leave Jimmy, but pretty much anything (except them staying happily together) can happen.

Not a bad theory. The fun (if you can call it that) with this show is knowing all of this is going to fall apart, but you don't know how. It's like a long game of Jenga, just waiting for everything to collapse.

Anything with Old Sourpuss speaking professorially—I'm in.

FWIW, I took the latter example ("Jimmy, awful as he is…") as Chuck's own view. I suppose the former could be Chuck's view or that of the reviewer—we've not yet been given any other story to say that Chuck is wrong. Though I'm guessing the other shoe will drop eventually.

That dude is just perfectly cast. Everything about him just screams "type-A lawyer asshole".

I still do. Old habits die hard, I suppose, but I've never been in an environment where I've needed to change it. I recall being surprised when I learned two spaces is no longer the standard.

Yeah. Chuck's backstory right now is the most intriguing piece to be uncovered. What really happened with the 14K, what happened to his wife, how he developed his electromagnetic "sensitivity", etc. And Michael McKean is just a master.