It's the same ring Teresa Banks wore, that Chris Isaak found under the trailer, causing him to disappear, and that BOB was trying to get Laura to wear (and Coop warned her not to wear). It appeared on that same Black Lodge pedestal in FWWM.

I probably wouldn't have a policy number either—it's very simple to look it up by name. I agree that Jimmy was there for the refund. I think he was genuinely angered by the increase to his premium, and that he seized on the opportunity that presented itself to stick it to Chuck and HHM.

Robert's rebellion was openly declared, it wasn't an act of treachery (a term I would reserve for acts like Roose Bolton's betrayal of Robb, and the Lannisters' turning on Aerys at King's Landing once inside the gates), and Robert had both a genuine grievance and a claim to the throne (he was equally with Rhaegar the…

Weird thing is, in my paramedic school we were told specifically not to play into delusions.

In general, the correlation between age and appearance is way less predictable than you seem to suggest. In my job as a paramedic I've met 50-year-olds who look 80 and vice-versa. Genetics, environment and circumstance can age a person (or preserve them) to an amazing degree.

His savior-quest also inadvertently gets Outback-Kevin killed, as he leaves the copy of the Book of Kevin just lying around for Grace to find and catalyze her crazy.

Walt also exploited Gus' relentless perfectionism. Take away his drive to put out the absolute most pure product and Gus would have never allowed the fly that was Walt into his immaculate world.

I guess I didn't know this view of alcoholism was exclusive to the USA. It's certainly a widely-believed truism that an alcoholic will begin to fail if they touch alcohol after a recovery and require another either additional detox or a re-dedication to a program. I agree that the AA method is probably not worthy of…

I'd say rather that her obliviousness towards Rob's alcoholism is a by-product of her guilt over her penis-handling: her seeing the best in Rob, ignoring his increasingly obvious negative qualities,and seeing the worst in herself.

Wasn't it just suggesting that both Rob's job-hunter is a bit of a terrible person and that employment discrimination is widespread and awful? It's definitely what you describe in your second paragraph: a comment on general human callousness and beauty-privilege. Depiction is not endorsement.

Really good insight. I could easily see Elder Law Jimmy scamming a rich asshole who came to him for help if Wexler-McGill became a successful thing. I think Jimmy (even now, as he's started to show shades of Saulness) actually cares about his elderly clients and is on balance a decent person, but I also think he…

The tourism board?

For some reason my brain always supplies lyrics to that piano theme, and it's "Just you…and I", sung by James Hurley and Donna Hayward. I cannot get that out of my head.

I think by the start of Season 2 the die was largely cast. I think it could be argued that Jimmy might have played it relatively straight and been content at HHM had Chuck shown faith in him in S1.

Chuck is only "good" in certain senses. He's certainly a coward: as referenced above, he tried to put Jimmy's not being allowed to work for HHM on Howard—when Hamlin breaks the news to Jimmy, Chuck feigns outrage—if he's as morally perfect as you claim he stands up to Jimmy openly. Claiming his disability causes him…

To contrast him with Jimmy, who undoes Mike's vigilance in under five minutes.

Well, Walt was pretty bad, but I don't know if he's a worse human being than Tuco or the Nazis.

We've been given enough insight into Chuck apart from Jimmy's perspective to be able to make a reasonable assessment of Chuck's viewpoint. Of course there might be a mitigating incident in the past that could shift sympathy towards Chuck, but the moral narrative flows very strongly from Season 1, when Chuck, not…

I'm hoping Howard is disgusted enough by the situation (and Chuck's increasing obsession) that he turns his back on Chuck; maybe he forces Chuck to give Jimmy the break that prevents him from being disbarred.

Maybe, but there's no real reason for such a tactic, given that doing so still creates some risk of being see. It's unlikely that Gus would ever be so impatient as to take that risk rather than delay a drop. It's simpler to assume that Gus changed his routine enough to signal to abort the drop-off, since it's…