I don't read episode titles for this reason. I honestly bet Gilligan would prefer the episode titles come out right as the episode airs, after the episode airs you think "yeah that is obviously the perfect title" but since you have to announce names way in front it does give people too much time to think about it.

Part of Jimmy's downfall is that he can be too optimistic. Had he had less faith in the strength of the old people to forgive and grow he wouldn't have done his evil plan. But because he believed in the goodness in people he acted more evil thinking he'd be able to fix it easily.

No, I disagree that he thought the bad thing would happen. He acts based on how he wants the world to work and then when things play out a different way he has to adjust but I don't think it's him choosing to be short-sighted if such a thing is even possible.

Aaron Paul is an expert at what things can't keep happening.

The funny thing about Jimmy is he'd be much better off if he was either a bit more evil or a bit more kind. In a way "Saul" is a superior form of him because he doesn't toy with "doing the right thing" as much.

I had the same thought. I thought "how the hell did they teach a kid to sound exactly like a young Chuck?"

idk, Hank was a braver man than Howard. If Howard wants to become more of a Hank type, he needs a bigger pair of rocks.

The tipped the "Howard is a legit character" hand last season in some key scenes.

Yeah, on paper that scene could've been boring as hell but somehow through directing, acting, and score they made an old guy messing up his house be more dramatic than all the avengers fighting ultron like 5 times over.

Nacho and Kim need to find each other and run off and live happily ever after together somewhere far away from the cloud of prequel doom.

His best moment was last season when he said something about his father and the family business and he paused and there was this brief moment where you could see him entertain the idea of a life different than this one, that moment quickly followed by him shutting it off and going back into "Howard" mode.

Did he buy out Chuck for the firm's sake or because he wanted to do a "screw you" to Chuck? I honestly think it might be the former which would make the guy who has the most douchey looks/mannerisms actually be like the most decent person on the show.

Best case scenario is that Kim found a way to become an atticus finch type by using saul as a deep deep deep cover agent in the drug world and in the end she'll be there waiting for him after saul stops all drugs ever. (Yes, cinnabun is part of the cover)

I disagree with that reading. I think there is a lot of authenticity in the Gilliverse and so authentic dialog COULD be just that. It obviously could be more, but I don't, for instance, read into every pop-culture reference Jimmy makes.

It is possible that rather than learn the lesson of "don't act like an addict" she'll learn the lesson of "don't work like an addict" and instead just move her addiction to pills.

You sound like Chuck.

That's not entirely fair. Chuck in particular, but other forces as well, push Jimmy back into being slipping Jimmy. Jimmy continued to "hurt" Chuck because Chuck let himself get hurt. In fact he encouraged the hurt to just prove how hurtful Jimmy was. That's far from all on Jimmy as being the continual agent of "hurt".

There are many people who would think "I'll manipulate people until I get my money and then I'll fix it" and then when 'fixing it' proves much harder than they thought they'd go "it's not my fault these people are being stubborn and not letting me mend their fences".

Can people weigh in on this: Why did Chuck kill himself? Was it to spite Jimmy? Most of how he acts is about fighting against forces that take control away from him, so how did what he was doing in the end play into that?

That's really interesting. I didn't think of it that specifically before.