I think Chuck realizes his condition makes him weird as shit to most people, so he doesn’t call the police ("He snuck in…changed them…snuck iback in and changed them back!), and he doesn’t want to involve doctors when he feels sick.
In theory, yes. In practice… lawyers are mostly all thieves that will try to get away with anything they can.
Michael McKean should win the biggest, fattest Emmy award for his performance. When he’s feeling bad and his discomfort is building, he takes you right there with him…I almost feel the electro-magnetic waves myself.
I agree. Lenny’s been great in this.
Probably cause he doesn’t have the slightest bit of proof.
Agreed. Kim is very smart and although passionate, usually considers a course of action before she actually takes it. She’s quick, but she still thinks through the outcomes before proceeding.
I think the reasons she protected Jimmy from Chuck and didn’t confront Jimmy right away are twofold: First, she laundry-listed exactly what Jimmy would suffer at the hands of the law if the truth came out (charges of forgery, fraud, etc.), and I don’t think she had the heart for that; and second, she wanted Jimmy himself to confirm to her that he did it before she makes an absolute decision about what she’s going to do about it.
There’s no question her judgment is impaired to some extent by her love of Jimmy, explaining why she agreed to open a shop with him. But that’s not inconsistent in any way with reality. We’ve all done stupid things for love.
She did what any good lawyer would do under the circumstances. She made it clear that Chuck had no evidence which protected her from having to take any action regarding a spurious claim, and warned him of the consequences of taking any action. And by doing so prevented Jimmy from saying anything else that might implicate him. She’ll never ask Jimmy directly if he did it, she doesn’t want to know.
If she knew Chuck’s accusation was true from the beginning, she’s taken a big bite out of Jimmy’s apple. Something bad they call it.
When he invited Walt to his house to eat he made a Chilean fish stew that he said he loved but almost never ate because his kids wouldn’t touch it. He also told Walt it was his duty as a man to provide for his family even if his family couldn’t stand him, which also implied he had some experience with an estranged family.
When he was having his vertigo and about to fall down I wanted one of the sounds in his head to be David “Squiggy” Lander saying “Hello!”
Agreed that he’s a revelation in this show.
What makes you think that HHM provided the application the day of the hearing? That would be weird. And Jimmy didn’t alter the documents the night before the hearing. It was a week before the hearing, as stated by Chuck when he confronted Kim and Jimmy with his suspicions. Jimmy then snuck back in the morning of the hearing to switch the forgeries back to the originals, after Chuck had left the house on the way to the hearing. So Chuck figured out the truth even after he hadn’t seen Jimmy in a weeks time.
Chuck had been fired by Mesa Verde and it was his responsibility to turn over their files to their new counsel, Kim. Considering the circumstances, doing so in a timely manner was critical so that Mesa Verde could minimize further delays. Of course, he also wanted to take the opportunity to convince Kim that Jimmy was no good.
Kim not only loves Jimmy, but she also *needs *(and deserves, really) that client. And it was Chuck himself who went out of his way to take that away from her. Not hard to see why she would hesitate to throw Jimmy under the bus and admit to her one and only client that she was tangentially involved in a fraud that caused them such problems. It would be simultaneous relationship and career/new practice suicide to entertain Chuck’s accusations.
Ok, that explains it, I thought Chuck was referring to Jimmy making the duplicates the night before. But it’s still not a great job by Chuck if he hadn’t double checked everything before the hearing. He didn’t handle it like the expert he’s supposed to be, but I’ll assume he was already freaking out concerning a potential mistake.
as to Why Ernie wasn’t immediately on phone to 911?
Ernie is HHM’s guy-on-the-scene. HHM would be better served by Chuck being out of the picture. HHM would protect their interests from Jimmy. As long as Chuck is HHM’s problem Ernie will be there. [my guess only]
Kim stepped forward immediately in the Kim-Chuck-Jimmy showdown To Ascertain If Chuck Had Anything Probative.
Chuck and Kim immediately knew Chuck didn’t.
Chuck and Kim, albeit from different experience, both know Jimmy’s capable of sabotaging Chuck’s documents.
As Kim sees Jimmy rolling over and hitting the lights she (as smarter legally than street rat Jimmy) feels obligated to let Jimmy know Chuck’s also smarter…and so Jimmy should heft himself outta the sack and “cross the t’s and dot the i’s.”
As for Mike letting the Good Samaritan buy it…of course Mike should have called the cops after leaving the scene. Having often traveled out of the way highways in New Mexico, there is traffic, and Good Samaritan’s usually with a gun rack. Maybe that explains Mike’s missed step.
I really hope Ernie (Ernesto) is Gus’ son, there is a resemblance. While Erie’s done nothing to show he’s not what he appears–that is what I don’t understand with respect to his character.
This may be the best episode of the series thus far for me. Mike’s story line finally became intriguing enough for me to care. And Kim falls a little bit deeper into the rabbit hole.
I’m consistently impressed with Michael McKean’s range. I grew up with him on Laverne and Shirley and through all of his Christopher Guest roles and everything else, everything of which he’s been great in. But this series is setting him apart.
Great episode overall, but Mike materializing out of thin air to disarm the guy with the gun-to-the-head cliché really annoyed me.
Just listened to the podcast and he did indeed do his own stunt. After it was presented to the director/producers with a demonstration, they weren’t going to allow him to because it looked so scary. But the stunt/effects leader insisted it was safe and the director tried it himself to convince himself ( and Michael McKean ) and he ended up doing it.
Nope!
Law firms do this by Fed EX.
He didn’t materialize out of thin air. You missed that he *intentionally *rigged it to look like the spike strip was pulled onto the road from directly behind the sign, where his car was parked. But he was well past the sign and his car, hiding behind some bushes, so that when the truck came to a stop, he was still in front of the truck and the driver was looking behind the truck towards the sign and car, where he thought the spikes had been pulled from. Pretty much anybody would have fallen for that nice bit of misdirection.
Not HHM in this show. Remember Jimmy had to come pick up all those boxes when the Kettlemans dropped HHM to go with him.
I did miss where that bush was positioned. Your description is how the show tried to portray it and it is indeed believable (except Mike comes from way to the right of the guy, instead of behind, for dramatic effect, but I’ll let it slide).
Which are mistakes on the writer’s part.