Is Saul hiding out before or after Breaking Bad?
After. It’s his new identity.
Well they left it as a cliff hanger but I can’t see it going any way other than Chuck being “cured”. He’s been mostly rational throughout his illness. How could he not see that this proves it was all in his head?
I thought the same thing, as the episode ended – is he freaking out, or does he realize that he’s cured? But:
The scenes from “next week on BCS” show Chuck outdoors, and in a meeting outside his house. So apparently, he’s cured.
Because the illness isn’t rational in the first place, so we shouldn’t expect him to be suddenly rational about it just because he got distracted for a minute. Maybe he will realize he is fine, maybe he won’t. I lean towards the latter given his surprised/pained expression right before they showed him collapsing.
The ‘collapsing’ part confused me so I went back and watched it. At the very end, Chuck doesn’t collapse, he drops the file box he’s holding but he’s still standing.
Chuck’s ill but he’s not dumb. After reading this thread I’m leaning toward Chuck realizing that his illness is psychological but it will be devastating to him. Instead of ‘I’m ill and I’ll work towards getting better’ it will be ‘Oh my god, I’m crazy!’.
Maybe when Chuck dropped the box he realized that his poison aversion therapy was working … that he had built up his tolerance for electromagnetic fields.
He was not overtly evil but he was helping them launder drug money and was definitely encouraging them by the third season when both Walt and Jesse were trying to extricate themselves from the business. IIRC he got something like a 20% cut for laundering.
[spoiler]He lives. Happy housewarming, kid. Don’t look so glad to see me.
Thanks.
Interesting decor. It’s subtle. The whole minimalist thing never really blew my hair back, but hey. So how are you doing? Staying clean? Good. I was kind of worried that you were back to old habits since I didn’t hear from you, you know. You realise how stupid it is to ignore your counsel’s phone calls? What if I was trying to warn you that the DEA was gonna kick down your door? What then?
Why don’t you spare me the sermon and get to why you’re here?
Fair enough. Remember the other day when I brought up the idea of you getting back in touch with your partner? Well, I kind of wanted to re-float that boat. I’m not suggesting you yourself get back to cooking. I mean, you being in rehab and all. I only want you to convince the master chef to do his thing. So, what do you say?
Sure, man. Whatever.
Okay. Whatever what? I mean, you gonna call him?
I said I’ll handle it.
Final thought. Look at this place. You’re house-poor, you got no bankroll. If you get the maestro cooking again, I’ll make it worth your while. Call him.[/spoiler]
If Jimmy wins, he may be coming back for the money he feels Jimmy owes him for the Kettlemans?
IIRC, he also was the first to suggest just killing Badger when he got arrested. I think Saul was a pragmatic opportunist, but not eeeevvvvvil.
Much better to kill the lawyer’s client than the lawyer himself, particularly from the lawyer’s POV.
Unless New Mexico or US Federal Rules are different (markedly so from everywhere else) there is no property in a client and I cannot see Chuck’s use of Westlaw being enough to give the case to HHM unless HHM can convince the clients that they would be better off using them, which considering how big the case is going to get, is likely. Although the exact terms of Chucks Partnership agreement will also matter.
I think far more likely is that Jimmy accepts a payoff from the mega corp to drop or settle the case.
I loved the way Chucks actor portrayed him. The manner in which he brings up the demanded settlement during the negotiation was right on the money, although in real life the goateed fuck would have known not to speak so much and expose his hands. And the Federal issue.
I desperately want a t-shirt that says: “Go Land Crabs!”
Okay, I thought he fell over. It will be interesting if he turns on Jimmy to help HHM get the case as some people are guessing. It would also explain why they show Chuck’s clear hesitation when Jimmy asks for a job as a lawyer in the flashback. They needed to show that Chuck has never really trusted Jimmy’s abilities to explain the motivation.
Thank you for posting this; it makes a lot of sense. Unfortunately, I had spun a whole Unified Theory of Better Call Saul based on the one episode being so strangely named. I theorized that Alpine Shepherd Boy (which was given as a gift to Jimmy by one of his first wills client) was a stand-in for Jimmy retaining his soul, and that it was the crux of the entire season: will Jimmy stay straight, be the Alpine Shepherd Boy and all-around good guy or will he choose the easier path of Slimy Park Bench lawyer.
It turns out Jell-o are just bitches. I hope you get gutted by your new private equity owner!
If you’re a fan of 70s television, or even acquainted with it, prepare to have your mind blown: Chuck (Michael McKean) was Lenny on Laverne and Shirley.
Here’s another mind-blower: He was one of the stars of (and helped write) This is Spinal Tap.
The man is immensely talented.
Remember the episode of Friends, where Monica interviews with a company making imitation chocolate (“mocklate”) and has to cook with it? Michael McKean was the interviewer.
And he nails Superman’s mom!
This. All of it. Cosigned!
That was how I took it too. Or, as others have suggested, that his “aversion therapy” has been a success. I will be surprised if he’s like “OMG I’m outside, the RAYZZ” and has another space blanket freakout.
Very interesting on the legal background. But please feel free to “venture out” further! 
It wasn’t obvious to me, but now that you’ve mentioned it, I can see it.
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