anybody else type out 'better caul … ' before realizing their mistake. Either I'm stupid, or the brain's a funny little thing.

it was just one available tactic Chuck set up for himself.

boy, talk about catching a lucky break

i thought he might be protecting himself from nefarious electromagnetic radiation?

how did they discover the watergate issue?

it was an analogy from something I know well, sorry. I'm thinking of soccer clubs and leagues in particular. It's a fairly mature business, so some clubs specialize in identifying and developing talent, but aren't successful in terms of winning things. So they don't have the fan base, the resources, the whatever, to…

you know oftentimes smaller sports clubs will find and develop a great talent but don't have the resources or opportunity to give the talent the stage he deserves; in return they take a nice fee that will keep their business running for the next year. cest la vie.

something that bothered me was there wasn't a clear cinematographic cut b/w when jimmy was talking with chuck about giving the case to hamlin, jimmy going to sleep, and chuck going outside to use the cell phone. in fact, i didnt realize jimmy was asleep.

but ultimately their artillery is of the legal profession. Jimmy is more of a hustler in the garb of a lawyer. I can see why Chuck, who the show makes VERY CLEAR venerates the law, would be wary of Jimmy. And by the way, the show is kind of playing on our own biases - is there any reason we're supposed to think Chuck…

I mean, that's kind of Chuck's point. There is sincerity and people skills with Jimmy, but ultimately that just enables him to do more damage, because he's also naturally inclined to cut corners.

staging the rescue of the billboard worker

What did Mike say exactly? Onece you've made a deal, you do the deal. Guess Hamlin is good by Mike's ethics.

I mean, Howard's only being manly by doing chuck's bidding because of the profit motive, essentially, so he's only a good guy to a point.

he kind of scammed his way into elder law, no?

I saw the encore showing, but saw the last scene of the original airing, so I got to see Chuck set Jimmy up thru the full hour. Brutal, and more cynical when you take the time to see Chuck's deliberate lies and deceptions.

Fair enough. I love these moral twists bb/bcs (is there a good composite name?) puts you thru. Now Howard seems like a stand-up guy.

but the whole reason chuck's betrayal had leverage to hurt him is because it was apparently possible

A problem with the plot line is it isn't plausible to me that a mailroom clerk could get a correspondence jd and be hired by what appears to be one of the most prominent law firms in the Southwest. Law firms are very much about pedigree and reputation. Even getting a case like this doesn't seem to me like the pretext…

I'm sure Howard knew.