I don't know about that. Jimmy's a hustler and a conman at heart. He tries to do "better" for Chuck, but it's still just him pretending to be a better person.

Also not wanting other people to know that the Great and Powerful Chuck McGill, which is kind of how Jimmy sees Chuck, is frail and vulnerable.

But expositing that Chuck's illness is completely psychological wouldn't have conveyed the emotions behind what that revelation means, not just for Jimmy but for the story they're trying to tell this season.

I had to look it up, but the video of the guys in the funeral home is dated late 2001 but the trial begins a few months later.

They establish in the first episode that it's 2002.

They exist. I had never seen BB so I didn't know Odenkirk was on the show. I have been power-watching BB, though, since I recap BCS on another, smaller, site that I won't advertise because I have klass, but can unequivocally say that Odenkirk is a draw separate from BB. At least for Mr. Show fans.

According to Tune Find, the greatest website if you constantly say "I love that song … what is it?' while watching TV, it's called Class Historian by Broncho.

I actually appreciated seeing just how bad off Chuck is. For me, he was kind of a dick to Jimmy in the first few episodes, especially considering how much Jimmy does for him. So seeing him have such a bad episode brought him back to humanity.

By the way, I've explained myself to you a hundred ways to Sunday. At this point you're just refusing to understand what I'm saying.

I don't care if he would have been happy or not. He's an actor, that stuff happens ALL THE TIME. I'm sure he's used to it.

Geez, you really have very selective comprehension.

Can you address your own questions? You wanted to know how Richie would fit into the story they're telling now. I've said plenty of times that he doesn't and probably should have been let go entirely. Richie's arc was pretty much over when he walked away from Patrick but Lannan and Haigh (not me) decided to actually…

Especially since he's the one who asked why they'd want to be friends since they weren't friend before.

In the story they're telling now, he has no involvement and shouldn't have been bumped up to a series regular. That's what I mean by pandering. Once they decided on the path they wanted to take, the writers relegated Richie and Castillo to set decoration to make his fans happy rather than find ways to make him…

I don't think he thought he could stop short, which is why he said he wouldn't do that to himself if Patrick wasn't ready, he was just ready to leave the relationship before he was in too deep and Patrick was still dithering.

That's why it feels like pandering. They know he's very popular so they feature him in episodes but they never really considered what they actually wanted to do with him. I don't mind him being Patrick's friend, I don't need, or at this point even want, him to be Patrick's boyfriend, I just wish they'd put some…

Don't people normally reminisce at funerals, though? Doris and Dom wouldn't talk about growing up in Modesto when they're in the city, but if Patrick's point was to get them talking about Doris' father and her childhood, why not just have Dom say, "Hey remember when …"

Dom told Lynn about his father's diner last season when he told Lynn about wanting to start his own restaurant.

Speaking for just myself, as a Latina, I loved the Richie character last season because it's rare to see a working class Latino portrayed as anything but a field worker, thug, drug dealer or an extra. Richie was allowed to be a full person with his own mind and I appreciated the sensitivity Lannan and Haigh showed to…

No argument there. The only way they wouldn't be lame is if Richard and Erlich were wearing them.