That's why he hates Jimmy being a lawyer so much too. The law is the one area where he's superior to Jimmy, seeing him become his peer and find success in a moral and legal way is destroying Chuck.
@@schmuck.on.wheels It's part of, sure. But I also understand Chuck, I don't agree with him at all, but I can see why he's so paranoid of Jimmy, he had to deal with Slippin Jimmy his whole life, and he also hates how Jimmy is so likeable. There's so many layers to Chuck's resentment of Jimmy that is worth an entire analysis. Love how complicated their relationship is.
Yeah I think she (after getting the answers from howard - as well as a promise to not reveal the truth to jimmy) realized that telling the unadulterated truth to jimmy would annihilate his relationship with his brother.
@@thebortthe I also like how Jimmy figured it out *because* Kim still wouldn't say why. If it were true what Jimmy was accusing her of, which was to convince Jimmy in exchange for a new office, she wouldn't have responded as she did. So with the call he didn't make on his cell phone to Hamil, he pieced it together. I love how the absence of information is information in of itself, and it was a clever deduction from Jimmy.
one of my favorite moments of this series was when it dawned on me then not only was Howard not the antagonist but he's actually one of the most moral and decent people in the entire show
@@keatonpotatoes4552 uh, no we do NOT root for jimmy throwing bowling balls at his car. If you still are on jimmy's side at that point you totally miss the point of the show.
@@keatonpotatoes4552 yeah kim has fully 180'd in my eyes, she has been using jimmy to escape her boring life, i'm pretty sure shes about to become the villain.
Fun Fact: The third guy who ran away during the Steven Ogg scene was in El Camino. He was the driver for the female companions that visited the mechanic's shop.
He also helped Jimmy deal with the 3 young punks when he was selling phones. Him and Huell were the hired muscle. The episode is called "Pinata" and the ending is very satisfying.
That moment when you realize Howard isn't a scumbag, instead, he's a good friend taking the fall and all the hate from Jimmy so that Chuck doesn't have to be the bad guy. Admittedly Howard isn't an angel, he still treats his employees like shit if they fail something even if it's out of their control i.e., Kim and the Kettlemans.
If Chuck didn't call Howard, Jimmy would have been hired. They showed us how much Howard and HHM respect Chuck. They will do anything for him. And Howard was taking the heat for undermining Jimmy for Chuck from the start. Jimmy asked Chuck for a job in the flashback and Howard had to break the news and pretend that it was his decision. That started the deception.
Yep, and at the start they try to misdirect the audience into hating Howard and thinking of him as the archetypical rich sweater vest wearing jerkoff, and from here on out we learn that Howard is actually a legitimately good dude, but Jimmy increasingly treats him like trash
@@SkeleTonHammer u missing the point of the show... He still did all of those things, they still have reason to hate Howard for what he did. Just like the land owner said "one of those rich asshole lawyers who gives money to charity so he can feel better about himself". That was about Howard as well. Thats Howard right now in later seasons. He never really changed (just look as his fake ass license plate, he's full of shit), the only reason he tries to do "nice things" now is because he dosn't want to feel guilty inside about the things he done. Its part of his therapy. In the end he's doing "it" for "himself" only. He still dosn't care about anyone else and has a huuuge as ego.
I feel like most people started the series like that, trying to guess stuff for no real reason, as if the first season would immediately connect into BB. I did at least.
@@SolidSnake240 I think so too. Probably a lot of people were making those guesses in their heads, but since this is a youtube channel, he has to voice what's going on in his head, otherwise it wouldn't be interesting for us to watch him.
“Jimmy and Chuck can work really well together” said right before their relationship changes forever. Brandon’s gonna be so surprised by this show’s character arcs.
@@BritneyLaZonga Haha actually I think that's just a play on words because we call wrestling "lucha libre", so they just replaced lucha for Nacho which is similar just because it's a 5 letter word that also has a "ch"
As incredible as the scene is, I think what I love best is the little tremor in Jimmy’s throat as Chuck is laying into him, it’s something that happens when you are so really upset, it’s little nuances like that, that make so many of these scenes so powerful.
Lol it took him like 6 episodes to find out Chuck and Jimmy are brothers. He'll realize the McGill thing in a few weeks. ... but somehow knew Walter poisoned Brock before it was revealed.
"The law is sacred: if you abuse that power, people get hurt!" That line sums up Chuck's view of the law and at the same time is highly prophetic. It is not the only reason for him opposing Jimmy as there is certainly jealousy, bitterness and sibling drama going on. However, Chuck is neither lying nor incorrect. From what we have seen so far (trip with Tuco into the desert for example) and what we know of the future, Jimmy/Saul bending the rules, taking shortcuts and outright criminality causes and enables a lot of suffering. For Jimmy the ends justify the means. For Chuck the means determine the ends. What is so tragic is that although Chuck can practically see the future coming, he does not see that he could have prevented it. Jimmy loved, respected and went out of his way to care for Chuck. Chuck was probably the only person on Earth who could have kept Jimmy in line. Instead he betrayed him and did his part in forging Saul Goodman.
That was really well said, and I had never really thought about that before. I absolutely love how their brotherhood is portrayed. It's unlike any relationship I've seen, but still really relatable if you've ever had a brother.
It's hard to believe that Jimmy would have been a good boy and fit in at HHM, even if Chuck supported him. After all, he refused to be a public defender. We also know what he refused later. He enjoys breaking rules and conning people, even as a lawyer.
@@quark1153 What? He's doing PD work in literally the first scene of the first episode of the series. Also he made a sincere, serious effort to turn his life around: put himself through law school while working in the mail room, all to make his big brother proud. He was doing everything to please Chuck, show him he could change, and his own brother chose to cowardly sabotage him and belittle him. Jimmy dreamed of making his brother proud, if his brother had accepted him instead of quietly hating him we wouldn't have a show.
@@MrHarbltron As much as Chuck didn't want Jimmy to be a lawyer, he was proud of him doing PD. But Jimmy hated that job. Instead, he was trying to persuade Chuck to cash out of HHM, even though his firends there would lose their jobs. When an opportunity appeared, he again wanted to work at HHM as a lawyer. But how long would he last there? Hardly longer than at D&M.
@@quark1153 Eh that's hard to say. Of course he can't stop being slippin' Jimmy when the one person who knows him best tells him he'll never change. You're not necessarily wrong though, there's just no way to tell because it was constantly reinforced to him that he'll always be bad. And keep in mind, the only reason he wants Chuck to cash out so badly is because he hates Howard and thinks he's taking advantage of Chuck. That's all Chuck's doing.
Chuck was a douche, but seeing what Jimmy gets into in Breaking Bad, he was kind of right. But if he had taken Jimmy in then maybe he would've never got involved in that kind of stuff in the first place.
Jimmy got another offer and we know what he did with that. What makes anyone believe that it would be different at HHM? Jimmy loves bending and breaking rules. That doesn't go together with any established law firm.
But was he wrong. Look at all the bad Saul has helped accomplish. Numerous murders, helped with poisoning Brock, at a drop of a hat wanted to kill Badger and later Jesse, introduced Walter to Fring, introducedTodd and the prison crew to Walter and Jesse. Saul is not a good dude and Chuck knew what his brother could/would do.
@@cheebees He may have known what he was capable of, but Jimmy was working in elder law, trying to make his brother proud... I would argue that had Chuck accepted him and worked with him etc he would have no reason/motivation to go back to the dark side... If Chuck hadn't broken his own brother he most likely would have never become Saul, he COULD have been a well loved member of HHM. The way Chuck gives him no option to move up in the business not only means he has no family that believes in him, it also pushes him away from his friends in the mail room, leaving him lonely and broken... only then becoming Saul Goodman. Chuck knew what he COULD be but his actions led to what WOULD be, sad.
@@cheebees If Chuck had embraced his brother and helped him flourish, none of that would have happened. Instead he sabotaged Jimmy systematically, he refuses to accept that he's a "real" lawyer, and constantly treats him as inferior. Jimmy always had the potential to become Saul, but the person that caused him to be born is Chuck.
@@parsonage123456789 Jimmy could work for elders at D&M. But he couldn't help himself. Like he couldn't help himself but "slipping" already in the first episode. By the way, this is a dialogue from the first episode (so much for his friends): CHUCK: Fine. Let’s take this to its logical conclusion. In order to pay out my share, suppose the partners are forced to liquidate the firm? Then what? JIMMY: That’s their problem. CHUCK: My clients are out in the cold! My cases are scattered to the winds, and 126 people lose their jobs. What happens to your cronies in the mail room? The assistants, paralegals, the janitors? All of them, out on the street. Your friend Kim. A promising career over and done with.
Reasons why Hamlin is a good guy (and these are just season 1 examples): - Hamlin does two things in the mailroom talk with Jimmy. He leaves WITH the cake which tells me that he was proud of Jimmy and wanted to take part of the celebration. A scumbag with no feelings would be given the cake and then put it down because it doesn’t mean anything to him. Second, he tells jimmy they’ll re-assess in six months. I think that was all Hamlin and Chuck (who more than likely arranged it all) would’ve never agreed to that. - Hamlin doesn’t disparage Jimmy. He doesn’t do it when we first meet him in the meeting room or the scene where he & Kim check out the billboard, he never insults jimmy behind his back. He doesn’t even do it when Kim asks him why Jimmy won’t be brought on after bringing the case to them. - Hamlin obviously took it personally when Kim questioned him in his office but even he realized he was too mean to her for no good reason. Guys who really don’t care...really don’t care. But he checked himself. - and of course, taking the fall for not bringing Jimmy onto the case after Chuck told him not to. Look at his face when he wishes Jimmy good luck. He slowly and deliberately looks at Chuck. Those eyes said, “we’re out millions of dollars but I did this for YOU. Are you happy?? I’M the bad guy.” Look, Hamlin has been a douche at times and he’s not innocent by any means. There are future moments in later seasons that prove it but if anything, the show does a great job of writing his character as a real person because just like real people, we’re all sometimes good AND bad but mostly good and sometimes it influences how others view us.
I actually feel sorry for Howard having to shut down Jimmy all those years because of Chuck. Jimmy thought he truly hated him but he was just being loyal to Chuck. I believe Kim was told that Chuck didn't want Jimmy to work there. So instead of telling Jimmy and breaking his heart she told him to take the deal to spare his feelings.
In Chuck's eyes he will never see Jimmy as an equal, ever. And it's sad when all his brother wants to do is be like him. Chuck is the epitome of keeping the underdog down. I truly love this show possibly even more than BB because of the atrocities and struggles before Jimmy became Saul.
The Mike backstory episode was amazing, but this was the episode that REALLY got me excited and invested in the future of this show. Thankfully it only got better from here.
Same as "Mijo" which is usually an endearing way to call your sons (Hijo = Son, Mijo -Mi hijo- would be like "Myson" lol) Mijo is the title of episode 2.
@@patrickw123 Absolutely. Its amazing. My friend recommended it to me a long while back and I was not really interested in a "vampire show" but one evening was bored and couldnt believe how great it is..
@@Obeefnik Yeah exactly that's why I get surprised! haha. He picks up stuff I didn't get the first time of watching these series (BCS and BB as well). I wonder how fun it'd be to watch a film or show if I had good observation like he does
Damn this show is good. I still remember seeing this for the first time and being shocked that Chuck was the one undermining Jimmy this whole time. Micheal McKean is such a great actor. Kim just wanted Jimmy to take the deal so that he doesn't find out that it was Chuck that pushed him out. She did have Jimmy's best interests at heart.
The big guy that gets scared in the parking garage; is the same guy who drops the prostitutes off and falls asleep in the hummer at the Kandy welding place in El Camino. Also Trevor from GTA. 🙃
Yeah this episode was deep and the moment the fans were like ohhh ok so Howard isn't such a bad guy and Chuck is the real a-hole. Completely changes your opinions of both characters.
Nacho is the Spanish nickname or short way of the name Ignacio. This series was created from the scene where Walter and Jesse hijack Saul on Season 1... "it wasn't me it was Ignacio".
It's amazing how well Bob Odenkirk and Michael McKean just absolutely thrive in a show like this, considering both of them have spent most of thier career as comedic actors.
This is one of the weirdest shows to watch someone react to when you’re ahead of them. You realize that the viewer is almost always wrong with what is happening even in the present.
This is the perfect example for “You can be right and wrong at the top of your voice.” Chuck was saying some very true things. Even before becoming Saul, Jimmy was playing fast and loose with the law. Jimmy’s lifestyle of doing minimum work for big rewards and his addiction to being the smartest guy in the room (not unlike Walt’s addiction to being in charge) made him unsuitable for something as serious as a law degree. But Chuck doesn’t care about the law. He wants to feel superior to Jimmy. That’s what separates Chuck from being right to being an ***hole
Thus begins the actual Plot to Better call Saul. From this point on things are going to get really crazy. One of the most heartbreaking things about this episode in particular is that Jimmy really did try to do good. He wanted Chuck to be himself again and Jimmy gave up everything for Chuck. Yet Chuck from this scene says it all. To Chuck Jimmy being a lawyer is an insult to everything he stood for and is willing to do anything to Hurt Jimmy to protect his views on the Law. “People don’t change.” That is pretty much how to sum up how delusional Chuck is about how life works.
@@kindadecent9754 what makes it more Hypocritical towards Chuck is how he views his allergy to electricity. It’s such a huge Change for him, yet doesn’t acknowledge that it’s something he really needs to get help for to Better understand it. Same with Jimmy, when Jimmy moved with Chuck and helped him out during his hiatus from HHM he didn’t acknowledge how much a few years has changed Jimmy and the times they live in. If you don’t acknowledge change, then life is going to pass you by and the people who changed for you will move on.
Ironically, Chuck's right. Jimmy never changed. I get why people hate Chuck, he's a very unlikeable person, but I also understand why he never wanted Jimmy to become a lawyer. When he got Jimmy out of prison, he warned him to not make a fool out of him (Chuck). Jimmy seemed to understand that and for a while he straightened himself out, until he started going back to his old ways. Watching a profession with a GREAT deal of importance get pissed on by someone like Jimmy is one of the things I think Chuck despises about Jimmy the most. Also add to that the jealousy of Jimmy being a likeable person by most. The majority of people are willing to turn a blind eye or cut a person some slack if they're charming, likeable (like Jimmy). Personally that never affected my judgement. I generally dislike both of them equally.
The two of you on the bottom do not understand at all about the point of Chuck. Yes he is right about what Jimmy will become, yet Chuck never once tried to save him from that fate. He dedicated his entire life to keep Jimmy down because of his past and his past wasn’t even all that bad if you look at it from Jimmys perspective. The only person Jimmy really hurt was their father, but to be fair their father was a very weak man who kept giving away all their money to charity and to scam artists who Jimmy would target for scams. Never once did Jimmy scam someone innocent or hard up for cash, he only did it to assholes who take advantage of people like his father. To Chuck though that didn’t matter, he still blamed him for their family’s downfall and got The guy who Jimmy Chicago Sunroofed (who also slept with Jimmys wife by the way but you two love to skip over that) to draw up trumped up charges to put Jimmy in prison for good. Chuck knew he got him and forced him to live the rest of his life under chucks thumb. If it wasn’t for Chuck Jimmy would not be in Albuquerque where he would later be a lawyer and meet Kim. So go ahead and say Chuck was right, however you will forever be fools to think Jimmy would not be Saul if it wasn’t for Chuck.
Now that the show’s been on for a while and more people are reacting to it, one of the more anticipatory parts of the show is in this episode, the moment when everyone jumps off the Chuck wagon (pun intended lol).
Chuck is the real conman. We thought he was a good guy. Jimmy was really trying and if he just gave him an honest shot the whole BB series would’ve been vastly different
@@kendric2000-q3d It's even more frustrating because it's not like Chuck is secretly hatching evil plans. He truly justifies everything to himself, not just everyone else. It's more of a delusion than a conscious con.
I was surprised to learn that it was all Chuck who didn't want Jimmy on the team, but I knew from the start the type of person that Chuck was. He is an amazing actor and character but everytime he is on screen I get genuinely furious, even before this episode. I've known people like him and I hate people like him.
Howard told Kim it was really Chuck that was working against Jimmy; Howard himself had no problem taking on Jimmy but Chuck told him no. Kim just didn't have the heart to tell Jimmy it was his own brother that was keeping him down all along, because she knew it would crush him.
The actor that plays Howard is so good! 10:05 Rewatch the scene when Chuck was asking Howard to change his mind. Howard was staring at him like your a total piece of shit. Chucks playing the good brother and Howard has to take the blame what a coward.
It seems impossible, but with this guy it's believable, that he doesn't realize Chuck is a partner in the firm. He is so surprised by the respect they all have for Chuck, just assuming it's because he's a good lawyer?? I'm so confused why he is confused.... Who does he think the McGill is in the title??
What you getting at? The scene is played as reveal after all. It also sets up that the firm/howard would do anything for him (e.g. taking the heat for cutting Jimmy out etc.). The whole situation could have played out very differently, if the makers would have written it another way - like everyone could be kinda condescending because they believe Chuch is mentally ill and not fit for work, not taking him seriously to begin with. ... So plz don`t act as if you did see it coming a mile away back when you watched it.
@@BritneyLaZonga I don't understand what you're trying to say. All I'm saying is it's obvious from almost the beginning that Chuck is a partner in the firm. Hence, the McGill... It's not that complicated....
Watching these reviews reminds me how awesome that show is... Can't wait till Thursday to see the season finale. This is like rewatching it in an abbreviated fashion with another viewpoint. Awesome job brother!!👍👍
Steven Ogg aka Trevor from GTA 5. Fucking legend! I remember watching this episode when it came out with a big smile on my face as soon as he showed up.
The acting is phenomenal in this show. If you told me 10 years ago we’d have a follow up to Breaking Bad that was of the same caliber I would have laughed at you.
Probably been said to bits but the actor for Nacho is Michael Mando, he plays the villain Vaas in the game Far Cry 3. The man who gets his gun emptied by Mike is Steve Og, he plays Trevor Phillips in Grand Theft Auto V and Simon in The Walking Dead TV series.
This Episode's Easter Eggs, Callbacks & Trivia! - Mike brings Pimento sandwiches on his stakeout of the meth house with Jesse in Breaking Bad. My guy is nothing if not consistent - The huge guy in the parking garage who runs away ("Man Mountain") is seen on the Wanted board at the beginning of Episode 7. He also appears in El Camino as the bouncer for the prostitutes that show up near the end of the movie - driving a model of Hummer that's very familiar to those who have seen Season 2 of BCS. - The writer's hadn't actually conceived Chuck as a villain when they first started writing the show - it was as black and white as it seemed. However, they saw the way Michael McKean portrayed Chuck, and the amount of pride he brought to the role, and it got them thinking about his relationship to Jimmy and the law.
Ah Jimmys and Chucks relationship reminds me so much of my own to my brother. For him I always be this little troublemaker that he has to clean up after, no matter how old or independent I become, his attitude is always the same. Still love him though.
7:05 fun fact, the guy built like a fridge that's running away is the same guy running protection for the hookers that show up at the welding company in El Camino.
The seeds of the show planting Jimmy, Kim and HHM for the legal half of the show and Mike and Nacho for the criminal half. When this show hits it's stride it goes from good to great.
I'd say he's an integral part of Saul in a way tbh. Like Saul was created in opposition of Chuck. He lives in a state of denial, but Chuck will forever be a part of him imo.
The guy who plays Chuck is not only a great actor, he's also the front man of very influential Hard Rock/Heavy Metal band Spinal Tap. There's a very legendary documentary about them called *"This is Spinal Tap"* (1984), maybe you could check that out some time.
Yeah, it’s horrible to see after Jimmy has done so much for Chuck in his time of need but...... is Chuck really wrong about him? It’s another case in the classic writing of these shows where you can make a case for either side or at least see where they are coming from
@@futurereflections4097 as it's been said in other threads here, maybe Chuck's attitude actually became a self fulfilling prophecy? That said, Jimmy certainly has a vindictive streak that is incredibly hard to excuse.
5:37 by the way, that is Steven Ogg... playing a character who's name is Trevor... The same name a character in the GTA-franchise had who was also voiced by and looked like Steven Ogg... That's another little connection there... Steven Ogg also played a recurring character on TWD afterwards
And thus, Better Call Saul truly begins. If you watch the episode back right before Howard leaves the conference room, he gives a glare at to Chuck as if to say, “You did this.” But of course during first watch we could just see it as anger
The parking garage scene with Mike was a fun little play on the game GTA 5. Steven Ogg (tall guy) played a criminal in GTA 5. Other main GTA 5 characters were Michael De Santa (Mike) and Lester Crest (who looks like Price - the minivan pill guy). And most game characters carry large arsenals of weapons which is why Steven Ogg carried so many guns.
Not the guy that Mike disarmed but the heavy set dude who ran off. He's in El Camino. Literally the only BCS original character that makes an appearance. It's before Jesse has that wild west standoff, during those crazy guys coke and sex party.
"I made my mom proud. But Jimmy made her laugh"
- Michael McKean from the perspective of Chuck.
Their rivalry breaks my heart.
That's why he hates Jimmy being a lawyer so much too. The law is the one area where he's superior to Jimmy, seeing him become his peer and find success in a moral and legal way is destroying Chuck.
@@schmuck.on.wheels It's part of, sure. But I also understand Chuck, I don't agree with him at all, but I can see why he's so paranoid of Jimmy, he had to deal with Slippin Jimmy his whole life, and he also hates how Jimmy is so likeable. There's so many layers to Chuck's resentment of Jimmy that is worth an entire analysis. Love how complicated their relationship is.
I suspect Kim didn’t want Jimmy to found out about Chuck betraying him.
Yeah I think she (after getting the answers from howard - as well as a promise to not reveal the truth to jimmy) realized that telling the unadulterated truth to jimmy would annihilate his relationship with his brother.
Yes. Howard came clean with her, she was trying to spare Jimmy the pain; but he figured it out.
*find out, but yeah solid point bro
she literally says so in the next episode lol
@@thebortthe I also like how Jimmy figured it out *because* Kim still wouldn't say why. If it were true what Jimmy was accusing her of, which was to convince Jimmy in exchange for a new office, she wouldn't have responded as she did. So with the call he didn't make on his cell phone to Hamil, he pieced it together. I love how the absence of information is information in of itself, and it was a clever deduction from Jimmy.
one of my favorite moments of this series was when it dawned on me then not only was Howard not the antagonist but he's actually one of the most moral and decent people in the entire show
And yet we still root for Jimmy throwing bowling balls at his car 😂
Why else would they cast Patrick Fabian
@@keatonpotatoes4552 uh, no we do NOT root for jimmy throwing bowling balls at his car. If you still are on jimmy's side at that point you totally miss the point of the show.
@@Vad3r yeah I was kidding. I also don't root for Kim plotting to take Howard out just because he's trying to look out for her.
@@keatonpotatoes4552 yeah kim has fully 180'd in my eyes, she has been using jimmy to escape her boring life, i'm pretty sure shes about to become the villain.
Fun Fact: The third guy who ran away during the Steven Ogg scene was in El Camino. He was the driver for the female companions that visited the mechanic's shop.
DA Ericsen is in the TV that Jesse was watching too, there are couple of Cameos from BCS. Thats so cool
Fun fact... he was driving Price's car :)
His name is Clarence, and Mrs. Strauss mentions a Clarence in "Alpine Shepard Boy"
He also helped Jimmy deal with the 3 young punks when he was selling phones. Him and Huell were the hired muscle. The episode is called "Pinata" and the ending is very satisfying.
"the female companions" wtf 😂
“Slippin Jimmy with a Law degree is like a chimp with a machine gun!” Perfectly sums up chucks feelings on Jimmy. Love that quote
Sums up the show! That's the premise
Considering what Jimmy becomes he wasn't completely wrong...
@@zatoichi1 he was wrong
Jimmy was willing 100 % to change, he brought him back to the crime
Yeah
@@spunkymaniac9312 yes..he called the Kettlemans for them to be safe..he was straight as an arrow..and ready to change
That moment when you realize Howard isn't a scumbag, instead, he's a good friend taking the fall and all the hate from Jimmy so that Chuck doesn't have to be the bad guy. Admittedly Howard isn't an angel, he still treats his employees like shit if they fail something even if it's out of their control i.e., Kim and the Kettlemans.
So he IS a scumbag then.
Ikr
He's more of a sycophant to Chuck than a friend if we're being honest.
The quickest 180 on two characters at the same time.
If Chuck didn't call Howard, Jimmy would have been hired. They showed us how much Howard and HHM respect Chuck. They will do anything for him. And Howard was taking the heat for undermining Jimmy for Chuck from the start. Jimmy asked Chuck for a job in the flashback and Howard had to break the news and pretend that it was his decision. That started the deception.
Yep, and at the start they try to misdirect the audience into hating Howard and thinking of him as the archetypical rich sweater vest wearing jerkoff, and from here on out we learn that Howard is actually a legitimately good dude, but Jimmy increasingly treats him like trash
@@DoubleMonoLR Charlie Hustle! Think about my offer?
@@DoubleMonoLR Like how it's said everybody likes Jimmy, I think even Howard did and that was another reason Chuck wouldn't want Jimmy there
@@SkeleTonHammer Well put! An excellent point
@@SkeleTonHammer u missing the point of the show... He still did all of those things, they still have reason to hate Howard for what he did.
Just like the land owner said "one of those rich asshole lawyers who gives money to charity so he can feel better about himself". That was about Howard as well.
Thats Howard right now in later seasons. He never really changed (just look as his fake ass license plate, he's full of shit), the only reason he tries to do "nice things" now is because he dosn't want to feel guilty inside about the things he done. Its part of his therapy. In the end he's doing "it" for "himself" only. He still dosn't care about anyone else and has a huuuge as ego.
Brandon's best reaction to BCS so far. He gave up trying too hard to guess and is finally enjoying the story.
I feel like most people started the series like that, trying to guess stuff for no real reason, as if the first season would immediately connect into BB. I did at least.
I think he just thinks out loud alot of times. I do the same thing when Im watching shows by myself. Lol
@@SolidSnake240 I think so too. Probably a lot of people were making those guesses in their heads, but since this is a youtube channel, he has to voice what's going on in his head, otherwise it wouldn't be interesting for us to watch him.
Chuck: “You’re not a real lawyer!!!”
Brandon: “... so wait, Jimmy ISN’T really a lawyer? He’s the ultimate con man! Bro, the twists in this show...”
@GroundedEarth Ahaha, nice joke... it's a joke, right?
“Jimmy and Chuck can work really well together” said right before their relationship changes forever. Brandon’s gonna be so surprised by this show’s character arcs.
The scene with Jimmy calling Chuck's bluff and then Chuck revealing his true intentions is just masterful. Amazing acting, amazing writing.
Just as a fun fact; in latin culture "Nacho" is a nickname for people named Ignacio, same way people named Charles get called "Chuck"
So, Nacho LIbre is actually Ignacio Libre? :D
@@BritneyLaZonga Haha actually I think that's just a play on words because we call wrestling "lucha libre", so they just replaced lucha for Nacho which is similar just because it's a 5 letter word that also has a "ch"
@@BritneyLaZonga yeah, they call him Ignacio a few times in the movie. “Where are your robes, Ignacio?..... They were..... estinky.”
Ah... Pryce, the character we will all love.
Check out Zim Zam the Yo-Yo Man if you haven't.
As incredible as the scene is, I think what I love best is the little tremor in Jimmy’s throat as Chuck is laying into him, it’s something that happens when you are so really upset, it’s little nuances like that, that make so many of these scenes so powerful.
Yup, when you're trying to not even talk because If you do you might cry. Jimmy is so affected by it.
Of course Chuck's a big thing, he is one of the founders of the company lol, hence the McGill in the name.
Lol it took him like 6 episodes to find out Chuck and Jimmy are brothers. He'll realize the McGill thing in a few weeks.
... but somehow knew Walter poisoned Brock before it was revealed.
@@CaptainOfGames He didn't? He reacted to the Lilly of the valley scene and was shocked that Walt actually had poisoned Brock
@@theshrek__3287 The thought of Walt orchestrating the whole thing happened just before the reveal
@@theshrek__3287 Well if you watch the reaction he has a theory about it near the end, then gets a little surprised when he realized was right.
yeah this guy's not very bright lol
"The law is sacred: if you abuse that power, people get hurt!" That line sums up Chuck's view of the law and at the same time is highly prophetic. It is not the only reason for him opposing Jimmy as there is certainly jealousy, bitterness and sibling drama going on. However, Chuck is neither lying nor incorrect. From what we have seen so far (trip with Tuco into the desert for example) and what we know of the future, Jimmy/Saul bending the rules, taking shortcuts and outright criminality causes and enables a lot of suffering.
For Jimmy the ends justify the means. For Chuck the means determine the ends.
What is so tragic is that although Chuck can practically see the future coming, he does not see that he could have prevented it. Jimmy loved, respected and went out of his way to care for Chuck. Chuck was probably the only person on Earth who could have kept Jimmy in line. Instead he betrayed him and did his part in forging Saul Goodman.
That was really well said, and I had never really thought about that before. I absolutely love how their brotherhood is portrayed. It's unlike any relationship I've seen, but still really relatable if you've ever had a brother.
It's hard to believe that Jimmy would have been a good boy and fit in at HHM, even if Chuck supported him. After all, he refused to be a public defender. We also know what he refused later. He enjoys breaking rules and conning people, even as a lawyer.
@@quark1153 What? He's doing PD work in literally the first scene of the first episode of the series. Also he made a sincere, serious effort to turn his life around: put himself through law school while working in the mail room, all to make his big brother proud. He was doing everything to please Chuck, show him he could change, and his own brother chose to cowardly sabotage him and belittle him.
Jimmy dreamed of making his brother proud, if his brother had accepted him instead of quietly hating him we wouldn't have a show.
@@MrHarbltron As much as Chuck didn't want Jimmy to be a lawyer, he was proud of him doing PD. But Jimmy hated that job. Instead, he was trying to persuade Chuck to cash out of HHM, even though his firends there would lose their jobs. When an opportunity appeared, he again wanted to work at HHM as a lawyer. But how long would he last there? Hardly longer than at D&M.
@@quark1153 Eh that's hard to say. Of course he can't stop being slippin' Jimmy when the one person who knows him best tells him he'll never change. You're not necessarily wrong though, there's just no way to tell because it was constantly reinforced to him that he'll always be bad. And keep in mind, the only reason he wants Chuck to cash out so badly is because he hates Howard and thinks he's taking advantage of Chuck. That's all Chuck's doing.
Holy shit, that's the guy who voiced Trevor in GTA VI! The one who Mike takes the guns from.
Steven Ogg. I enjoy seeing him pop up in other tv shows like _Westworld_ and _The Walking Dead._ 😄
Also, Simon in TWD.
uh... are you watching these reactions without having seen the show yourself? bruh...
@@eighthdoctor I feel like "pop up" kind of understates his role in The Walking Dead :)
Love Steven Ogg
Ahhhh yes the episode we realize nacho is Ignacio from breaking bad "it wasn't me it was Ignacio!"
Chuck was a douche, but seeing what Jimmy gets into in Breaking Bad, he was kind of right. But if he had taken Jimmy in then maybe he would've never got involved in that kind of stuff in the first place.
Basically a self-fulfilling prophecy. If you never give someone a chance, is it any wonder they turn out the way you "predict"?
@@thecaptain9590 Spot on.
I feel like the season 4 finale scene where Jimmy is talking to the high schooler exemplifies this theme.
@@brandonhensley14 definitely.
Jimmy got another offer and we know what he did with that. What makes anyone believe that it would be different at HHM? Jimmy loves bending and breaking rules. That doesn't go together with any established law firm.
The fact that chuck also “encouraged” Howard to hire jimmy at the meeting shows how selfish he was
But was he wrong. Look at all the bad Saul has helped accomplish. Numerous murders, helped with poisoning Brock, at a drop of a hat wanted to kill Badger and later Jesse, introduced Walter to Fring, introducedTodd and the prison crew to Walter and Jesse. Saul is not a good dude and Chuck knew what his brother could/would do.
@@cheebees yeah but i mean that was much later on and this is entire show is based around his downfall
@@cheebees He may have known what he was capable of, but Jimmy was working in elder law, trying to make his brother proud...
I would argue that had Chuck accepted him and worked with him etc he would have no reason/motivation to go back to the dark side...
If Chuck hadn't broken his own brother he most likely would have never become Saul, he COULD have been a well loved member of HHM.
The way Chuck gives him no option to move up in the business not only means he has no family that believes in him,
it also pushes him away from his friends in the mail room, leaving him lonely and broken... only then becoming Saul Goodman.
Chuck knew what he COULD be but his actions led to what WOULD be, sad.
@@cheebees If Chuck had embraced his brother and helped him flourish, none of that would have happened. Instead he sabotaged Jimmy systematically, he refuses to accept that he's a "real" lawyer, and constantly treats him as inferior.
Jimmy always had the potential to become Saul, but the person that caused him to be born is Chuck.
@@parsonage123456789 Jimmy could work for elders at D&M. But he couldn't help himself. Like he couldn't help himself but "slipping" already in the first episode.
By the way, this is a dialogue from the first episode (so much for his friends):
CHUCK: Fine. Let’s take this to its logical conclusion. In order to pay out my share, suppose the partners are forced to liquidate the firm? Then what?
JIMMY: That’s their problem.
CHUCK: My clients are out in the cold! My cases are scattered to the winds, and 126 people lose their jobs. What happens to your cronies in the mail room? The assistants, paralegals, the janitors? All of them, out on the street. Your friend Kim. A promising career over and done with.
Reasons why Hamlin is a good guy (and these are just season 1 examples):
- Hamlin does two things in the mailroom talk with Jimmy. He leaves WITH the cake which tells me that he was proud of Jimmy and wanted to take part of the celebration. A scumbag with no feelings would be given the cake and then put it down because it doesn’t mean anything to him. Second, he tells jimmy they’ll re-assess in six months. I think that was all Hamlin and Chuck (who more than likely arranged it all) would’ve never agreed to that.
- Hamlin doesn’t disparage Jimmy. He doesn’t do it when we first meet him in the meeting room or the scene where he & Kim check out the billboard, he never insults jimmy behind his back. He doesn’t even do it when Kim asks him why Jimmy won’t be brought on after bringing the case to them.
- Hamlin obviously took it personally when Kim questioned him in his office but even he realized he was too mean to her for no good reason. Guys who really don’t care...really don’t care. But he checked himself.
- and of course, taking the fall for not bringing Jimmy onto the case after Chuck told him not to. Look at his face when he wishes Jimmy good luck. He slowly and deliberately looks at Chuck. Those eyes said, “we’re out millions of dollars but I did this for YOU. Are you happy?? I’M the bad guy.”
Look, Hamlin has been a douche at times and he’s not innocent by any means. There are future moments in later seasons that prove it but if anything, the show does a great job of writing his character as a real person because just like real people, we’re all sometimes good AND bad but mostly good and sometimes it influences how others view us.
I actually feel sorry for Howard having to shut down Jimmy all those years because of Chuck. Jimmy thought he truly hated him but he was just being loyal to Chuck.
I believe Kim was told that Chuck didn't want Jimmy to work there. So instead of telling Jimmy and breaking his heart she told him to take the deal to spare his feelings.
One of the highlights of my week. I’m more excited for season 6 then I am with most everything.
In Chuck's eyes he will never see Jimmy as an equal, ever. And it's sad when all his brother wants to do is be like him. Chuck is the epitome of keeping the underdog down. I truly love this show possibly even more than BB because of the atrocities and struggles before Jimmy became Saul.
It's interesting how Howard is so easy to hate at the start - but Chuck is far, far worse.
The Mike backstory episode was amazing, but this was the episode that REALLY got me excited and invested in the future of this show. Thankfully it only got better from here.
Kim knew how much Chucks betrayal would hurt Jimmy.
I think that's the first time I've heard Brandon say "The perfect place to end that episode" lol. Especially in regard to a breaking bad-esque shows
The actor in What We Do In the Shadows! series, not film. And Nacho is a common nickname for Ignacio.
Same as "Mijo" which is usually an endearing way to call your sons (Hijo = Son, Mijo -Mi hijo- would be like "Myson" lol)
Mijo is the title of episode 2.
Yeah, the vampire of energy
@@karlaj.4056 Riiiiiiiight. Thats where I know hiim from. God, "What we do in the shadows" is so underrated..
@@RawJah It deserves a much larger audience! The comedy/satire is some of the best in years
@@patrickw123 Absolutely. Its amazing. My friend recommended it to me a long while back and I was not really interested in a "vampire show" but one evening was bored and couldnt believe how great it is..
"Chimp with a machine gun." Fabulous line. And Jimmy's response? More gracious than he needed to be.
"Tell him, Chuck! This man deserves an earful"
Lol Brando is gonna be bamboozled throughout the show😂
'Nacho' is the diminutive for Ignacio, like 'Bran' for Brandon
Sometimes I'm surprised he doesn't get what even I get, and i'm not even a native speaker lol Like "it's all good, man" and this 😂
@@thesameboyyouvealwaysknown904 Hah! sometimes we all have blind spots, but he does usually have a good intuition
@@Obeefnik Yeah exactly that's why I get surprised! haha. He picks up stuff I didn't get the first time of watching these series (BCS and BB as well). I wonder how fun it'd be to watch a film or show if I had good observation like he does
@@thesameboyyouvealwaysknown904 I think part of his observation is having already watched some of this stuff. I doubt all the reactions are 100% real
@@thesameboyyouvealwaysknown904 Right on, totally agree
The big dude that runs away was also in El camino
Kim is definitely the MVP of this show! I love her!
We all... seeing her in the 1st season and knowing how much she grows not only in the show but in our hearts
mehh more like Howard
We all need a Kim in our life
@@cluster_f1575 I think i found my Kim Wexler, but i'm afraid we meet too young... i'll just hope for the best
until season 5 when her true character is revealed
I love Howard so much. He's one of the few pure characters in the whole B.B. & BCS universe
Damn this show is good. I still remember seeing this for the first time and being shocked that Chuck was the one undermining Jimmy this whole time. Micheal McKean is such a great actor. Kim just wanted Jimmy to take the deal so that he doesn't find out that it was Chuck that pushed him out. She did have Jimmy's best interests at heart.
The big guy that gets scared in the parking garage; is the same guy who drops the prostitutes off and falls asleep in the hummer at the Kandy welding place in El Camino. Also Trevor from GTA. 🙃
Re-watching these now, knowing Chuck made Howard the bad guy, when Howard would’ve gladly given Jimmy a job, and knowing Howard’s fate…
Yeah this episode was deep and the moment the fans were like ohhh ok so Howard isn't such a bad guy and Chuck is the real a-hole. Completely changes your opinions of both characters.
Nacho is the Spanish nickname or short way of the name Ignacio. This series was created from the scene where Walter and Jesse hijack Saul on Season 1... "it wasn't me it was Ignacio".
It's amazing how well Bob Odenkirk and Michael McKean just absolutely thrive in a show like this, considering both of them have spent most of thier career as comedic actors.
...."like a chimp with a machine gun"......one of the most emotionally-wrenching scenes in the entire series. thanks for posting.
This is one of the weirdest shows to watch someone react to when you’re ahead of them. You realize that the viewer is almost always wrong with what is happening even in the present.
Watching all of this unfold knowing what happens on the later seasons just makes it even better! It's truly beautiful. Heartbreaking.
This is the perfect example for “You can be right and wrong at the top of your voice.”
Chuck was saying some very true things. Even before becoming Saul, Jimmy was playing fast and loose with the law. Jimmy’s lifestyle of doing minimum work for big rewards and his addiction to being the smartest guy in the room (not unlike Walt’s addiction to being in charge) made him unsuitable for something as serious as a law degree.
But Chuck doesn’t care about the law. He wants to feel superior to Jimmy. That’s what separates Chuck from being right to being an ***hole
Chuck would tell himself that he cares about the law, but you're right, it's just ego once again destroying people.
Thus begins the actual Plot to Better call Saul. From this point on things are going to get really crazy. One of the most heartbreaking things about this episode in particular is that Jimmy really did try to do good. He wanted Chuck to be himself again and Jimmy gave up everything for Chuck.
Yet Chuck from this scene says it all. To Chuck Jimmy being a lawyer is an insult to everything he stood for and is willing to do anything to Hurt Jimmy to protect his views on the Law.
“People don’t change.” That is pretty much how to sum up how delusional Chuck is about how life works.
Right? “People don’t change” what a cynical point of view. Especially from a lawyer
@@kindadecent9754 what makes it more Hypocritical towards Chuck is how he views his allergy to electricity. It’s such a huge Change for him, yet doesn’t acknowledge that it’s something he really needs to get help for to Better understand it. Same with Jimmy, when Jimmy moved with Chuck and helped him out during his hiatus from HHM he didn’t acknowledge how much a few years has changed Jimmy and the times they live in.
If you don’t acknowledge change, then life is going to pass you by and the people who changed for you will move on.
Ironically, Chuck's right. Jimmy never changed.
I get why people hate Chuck, he's a very unlikeable person, but I also understand why he never wanted Jimmy to become a lawyer. When he got Jimmy out of prison, he warned him to not make a fool out of him (Chuck). Jimmy seemed to understand that and for a while he straightened himself out, until he started going back to his old ways. Watching a profession with a GREAT deal of importance get pissed on by someone like Jimmy is one of the things I think Chuck despises about Jimmy the most. Also add to that the jealousy of Jimmy being a likeable person by most. The majority of people are willing to turn a blind eye or cut a person some slack if they're charming, likeable (like Jimmy). Personally that never affected my judgement. I generally dislike both of them equally.
The two of you on the bottom do not understand at all about the point of Chuck. Yes he is right about what Jimmy will become, yet Chuck never once tried to save him from that fate.
He dedicated his entire life to keep Jimmy down because of his past and his past wasn’t even all that bad if you look at it from Jimmys perspective. The only person Jimmy really hurt was their father, but to be fair their father was a very weak man who kept giving away all their money to charity and to scam artists who Jimmy would target for scams. Never once did Jimmy scam someone innocent or hard up for cash, he only did it to assholes who take advantage of people like his father.
To Chuck though that didn’t matter, he still blamed him for their family’s downfall and got The guy who Jimmy Chicago Sunroofed (who also slept with Jimmys wife by the way but you two love to skip over that) to draw up trumped up charges to put Jimmy in prison for good.
Chuck knew he got him and forced him to live the rest of his life under chucks thumb.
If it wasn’t for Chuck Jimmy would not be in Albuquerque where he would later be a lawyer and meet Kim. So go ahead and say Chuck was right, however you will forever be fools to think Jimmy would not be Saul if it wasn’t for Chuck.
@@masterzombie161 Jimmy's Wife? What? Is season 6 out? Am I missing something? Im so confused right now
Anyone watch The Office? I just realized “Pryce” here was Nate, a side character, in some of the later seasons of The Office
I knew he looked and sounded familiar, glad to see someone made the connection
Ya and Trevor from gta is in a scene with Mike and Pryce.
hes also in what we do in the shadows
@@swedishpenis yes, the “emotional vampire”!
Now that the show’s been on for a while and more people are reacting to it, one of the more anticipatory parts of the show is in this episode, the moment when everyone jumps off the Chuck wagon (pun intended lol).
Fun fact : the actor who is playing chuck was chosen by Bryan Cranston
Chuck is the real conman. We thought he was a good guy. Jimmy was really trying and if he just gave him an honest shot the whole BB series would’ve been vastly different
Jimmy is a conman and is out in the open about it. Chuck is a conman but does it behind the scenes. He's much worse in my view.
@@kendric2000-q3d It's even more frustrating because it's not like Chuck is secretly hatching evil plans. He truly justifies everything to himself, not just everyone else. It's more of a delusion than a conscious con.
I was surprised to learn that it was all Chuck who didn't want Jimmy on the team, but I knew from the start the type of person that Chuck was. He is an amazing actor and character but everytime he is on screen I get genuinely furious, even before this episode. I've known people like him and I hate people like him.
Perfect timing. You should publish the video at this time. It's a good hour for Europe.
small detail: the big guy who ran away from mike in the parking garage was the guy who brought the girls to the wielders party in el camino
Howard told Kim it was really Chuck that was working against Jimmy; Howard himself had no problem taking on Jimmy but Chuck told him no. Kim just didn't have the heart to tell Jimmy it was his own brother that was keeping him down all along, because she knew it would crush him.
the guy Mike takes down in the garage is the voice actor for Trevor in GTA V
The actor that plays Howard is so good!
10:05
Rewatch the scene when Chuck was asking Howard to change his mind. Howard was staring at him like your a total piece of shit.
Chucks playing the good brother and Howard has to take the blame what a coward.
It seems impossible, but with this guy it's believable, that he doesn't realize Chuck is a partner in the firm. He is so surprised by the respect they all have for Chuck, just assuming it's because he's a good lawyer?? I'm so confused why he is confused.... Who does he think the McGill is in the title??
What you getting at? The scene is played as reveal after all. It also sets up that the firm/howard would do anything for him (e.g. taking the heat for cutting Jimmy out etc.). The whole situation could have played out very differently, if the makers would have written it another way - like everyone could be kinda condescending because they believe Chuch is mentally ill and not fit for work, not taking him seriously to begin with. ...
So plz don`t act as if you did see it coming a mile away back when you watched it.
I know right
@@BritneyLaZonga I don't understand what you're trying to say. All I'm saying is it's obvious from almost the beginning that Chuck is a partner in the firm. Hence, the McGill... It's not that complicated....
From that intro I almost thought you were talking about a double drop
"Man Mountain" was the driver for the strippers in El Camino
David St. Hubbins is awesome playing the role of 'Chuck'!
" Howard is an absolute tool , I hate this guy "
Me:😈 just wait for it
Howard told Kim that Chuck was the one blocking Jimmy from HMM, not Howard. Thats why she told Jimmy to take the deal
Man, Mike is just pure gold
Mark Proksch (Pryce) is a legend! So funny in everything he's in. He's a 5-bagger
Fun fact: The giant 3rd bodyguard was in El Camino as the guy who helped deliver the girls to the welders in the 3rd act
Can't wait for the Boston Cream Splat!
The infamous Squat Cobbler
*Simple Simon the ass man*
@@TeddymanYT Simple Simon the Ass Man
You guys are cops, you never heard of this?
I guess Brandon still hasn't realised that Chuck is owner of the firm too.
13:27 actually in Argentina, if your name is Ignacio, the nickname always is Nacho
Watching these reviews reminds me how awesome that show is...
Can't wait till Thursday to see the season finale. This is like rewatching it in an abbreviated fashion with another viewpoint. Awesome job brother!!👍👍
Steven Ogg aka Trevor from GTA 5. Fucking legend! I remember watching this episode when it came out with a big smile on my face as soon as he showed up.
The acting is phenomenal in this show. If you told me 10 years ago we’d have a follow up to Breaking Bad that was of the same caliber I would have laughed at you.
Probably been said to bits but the actor for Nacho is Michael Mando, he plays the villain Vaas in the game Far Cry 3.
The man who gets his gun emptied by Mike is Steve Og, he plays Trevor Phillips in Grand Theft Auto V and Simon in The Walking Dead TV series.
Hey we had a mid-video ad, and I was glad to sit through it. Old Brandon is making the big time now.
This Episode's Easter Eggs, Callbacks & Trivia!
- Mike brings Pimento sandwiches on his stakeout of the meth house with Jesse in Breaking Bad. My guy is nothing if not consistent
- The huge guy in the parking garage who runs away ("Man Mountain") is seen on the Wanted board at the beginning of Episode 7. He also appears in El Camino as the bouncer for the prostitutes that show up near the end of the movie - driving a model of Hummer that's very familiar to those who have seen Season 2 of BCS.
- The writer's hadn't actually conceived Chuck as a villain when they first started writing the show - it was as black and white as it seemed. However, they saw the way Michael McKean portrayed Chuck, and the amount of pride he brought to the role, and it got them thinking about his relationship to Jimmy and the law.
Ah Jimmys and Chucks relationship reminds me so much of my own to my brother. For him I always be this little troublemaker that he has to clean up after, no matter how old or independent I become, his attitude is always the same. Still love him though.
13:25 "Nacho" is the nickname for Ignacio in Spanish. Like Chuck is for Charles.
7:05 fun fact, the guy built like a fridge that's running away is the same guy running protection for the hookers that show up at the welding company in El Camino.
The seeds of the show planting Jimmy, Kim and HHM for the legal half of the show and Mike and Nacho for the criminal half. When this show hits it's stride it goes from good to great.
As the show goes on, the relationship between Jimmy and Chuck is explained much deeper. Chuck is an integral part of Jimmy, but not Saul.
I'd say he's an integral part of Saul in a way tbh. Like Saul was created in opposition of Chuck. He lives in a state of denial, but Chuck will forever be a part of him imo.
The guy who plays Chuck is not only a great actor, he's also the front man of very influential Hard Rock/Heavy Metal band Spinal Tap. There's a very legendary documentary about them called *"This is Spinal Tap"* (1984), maybe you could check that out some time.
Chuck’s reluctance to have jimmy work with him is not due to jealousy. It’s his belief in the principles of the law.
That's demonstrably untrue. That's on the level of saying that Walter did it for the family.
Okay then. Keep telling yourself that.
That final scene is absolutely heartbreaking. Chuck's complete lack of belief in Jimmy is like a gut punch.
Yeah, it’s horrible to see after Jimmy has done so much for Chuck in his time of need but...... is Chuck really wrong about him? It’s another case in the classic writing of these shows where you can make a case for either side or at least see where they are coming from
@@futurereflections4097 as it's been said in other threads here, maybe Chuck's attitude actually became a self fulfilling prophecy? That said, Jimmy certainly has a vindictive streak that is incredibly hard to excuse.
At 6:02: Mark Proksch, the energy vampire from "What we do in the Shadows" TV series ! Great stuff !
I like how this show plays us. We start out kind of liking Chuck and thinking Howard is the villain of the series. How wrong we all were...
Love watching you react to this! I know you will only get more engrossed by this excellent series!
Yes, that's Trevor Phillips, actor Steven Ogg - currently on the Snowpiercer series. Which is something else you should watch.
Michael McKean is such an amazing actor... I always smile when I think the same guy who plays Chuck was in Spinal Tap.
The Squat cobbler guy is here finally
Baseball Card guy is my favorite 😃!
He’s hilarious as the Energy Vampire in FX’s What We Do In The Shadows
5:37 by the way, that is Steven Ogg... playing a character who's name is Trevor... The same name a character in the GTA-franchise had who was also voiced by and looked like Steven Ogg... That's another little connection there... Steven Ogg also played a recurring character on TWD afterwards
Howard is a great guy!
Well, not that great. But better than we thought.
And thus, Better Call Saul truly begins. If you watch the episode back right before Howard leaves the conference room, he gives a glare at to Chuck as if to say, “You did this.” But of course during first watch we could just see it as anger
An absolute devastating episode . An astounding bit of acting.
7:02 the big big guy is the dude who brings the strippers to the welder guys in el Camino and the other bloke is trevor from gta
I love your reactions 👍 can’t wait for season 2
The parking garage scene with Mike was a fun little play on the game GTA 5. Steven Ogg (tall guy) played a criminal in GTA 5. Other main GTA 5 characters were Michael De Santa (Mike) and Lester Crest (who looks like Price - the minivan pill guy). And most game characters carry large arsenals of weapons which is why Steven Ogg carried so many guns.
Fun fact: The guy that Mike punches in the throat is Trevor from GTA 5 lmao
Nacho is like a nickname or like short for Ignacio in Spanish ! so technically both are his name
Honestly this shows better than Breaking Bad, the characters are so much more complex and it’s much more subtle
Not the guy that Mike disarmed but the heavy set dude who ran off. He's in El Camino. Literally the only BCS original character that makes an appearance. It's before Jesse has that wild west standoff, during those crazy guys coke and sex party.