I don't see how Chuck could pick and choose in this situation. Either he takes this to the police, or he doesn't. Your rationale for determining that he doesn't is solid. Jimmy is still an attorney in Breaking Bad, so he obviously doesn't get convicted of a felony.

If you're saying he takes it to Kim and simply threatens to go to the police, I suppose it's possible that she believes him. So he uses it as blackmail to get the client back and possibly force her to cut ties with Jimmy? Although I'm not sure what the latter accomplishes for Chuck, apart from the satisfaction of screwing over his brother again.

Yeah, I wonder how that works. How easy would it be to get away with saying, "I was lying when he recorded me, but I'm telling the truth now"?

I could see that.

I am not really sure to be honest. It was just a thought. I believe that Chuck made a comment about "ending things" (or am I mis-remembering?) so Jimmy could maybe say he was saying whatever he could to prevent him from committing suicide. Not really sure. It will definitely be interesting to see how it plays out.

I got Nacho blocking the line of site because he is working with Gus

Maybe it was Gus, maybe it wasn't.

But the big question -- was the unseen radiology tech giving the CT scan Marie? Sounded like her to me.

Ship the No!!!!

Yeah, After Jimmy rushed in, then Chuck regained consciousness and saw Jimmy was there, he gave this evil smile

Jimmy would have been a lot more clouded by emotion in that situation even if it was logically obvious.

We never saw any kind of reevaluation from Chuck, he never apologized to Jimmy like he should have if he actually believed Ernesto's telling of events (he did get super mad at Ernesto though and tell him to get out), and most of all this just totally underestimates what a vindictive ******* Chuck is. The episode opened and ended with illustrations of just how much he haaaaates his brother.

Rarely do I audibly laugh out loud while watching TV by myself. This was an exception. I actually hit the rewind button to hear it again.

Poor Ernie

liked how the next ad on TV after jimmy's said "weasel". pretty subtle

I believe in Season 1, Chuck explained that he had moved away to pursue his career. Jimmy was basically the son that stayed close to his parents and that is why the mother was expecting (or hoping) it to be Jimmy, not Chuck.

I think it would work just fine. Chuck has been struggling with this "ailment" for years and everyone knows he is psychologically unfit. If you stick with the story that Chuck made a mistake, could not face that reality, tried to blame it on Jimmy, and then finally went over the top with quitting the HHM, etc., I can see how Jimmy could get away with explaining he was only trying to save Chuck by convincing him that Chuck was not losing his mind.

If Chuck tried to force the issue:

1. The police wouldn't get involved; they would defer to the State Bar.

2. Chuck would not push it with the State Bar because all the evidence of his erratic behavior would expose him and his license may be in jeopardy even if he "wins" his case against Jimmy.

3. From a P.R. perspective, HHM loses no matter what because the bank and potential clients will know Chuck is unstable and had client files unsecured and in a position where they could be manipulated from a third party.

What is the Fring's back anagram?

1st letter of every ep title this season iirc

how did that come out again, specifically? thought i saw that a redditor figured it out or whatever, but seems like something the show could have leaked. i mean they haven't done a title thing since S2 of BB afaik, but people have been playing around with them anyway just in case? possible, i guess, but so is the show just putting it out there because they want people to know what the note it about.

Wanted to strangle my cable company last night. My recording went off right after the "DON'T" scene, and the channel did not return until the 4am recording.

I thought it was a good episode, but problematic because of how hard the cliffhangers were. We don't get any kind of resolution on Mike's story for another 9 or 10 months. That hurts. I also found it highly unbelievable that Jimmy would fall for such an obvious manipulation by Chuck at the end. He even sounded completely insincere throughout that scene. It was also pretty obvious he was recording once he said the thing about "you realize you just confessed to a felony?" line.

The scene fake out was pretty A+ at the beginning, and the mom calling out Jimmy's name, dying, and Chuck lying was also awesome. I can't have been the only one laughing when the mom was calling out Jimmy and then flatlining. I also figured she'd wake up and say Jimmy. Chuck just can't get a break. I feel so bad for him.

That happened to me too. (Cox Communications in Las Vegas)

Was a sad night.

Season overall was a bit too slow for me. It started great but the second half felt kind of repetitive and slow and I imagined especially the Mike arc progressing more before the season was over.

Obv still great television. The show is once again doing a good job in making us root for the bad guy in Saul vs Chuck. What Chuck is doing is all pretty standard and Saul is doing terrible things yet I'm stuck thinking Saul is the better guy most of the time.

It's that whole hypocrisy problem that makes you root more for Jimmy than Chuck. Jimmy isn't a hypocrite.

Obviously she already believes him, she's the one who strongly hinted that Jimmy should tie up loose ends and punched him in the arm as they were leaving Chuck's house. She will simply have no choice once presented with the tape.

ya hard to be a hypocrite when you don't have any principles

What makes you think Jimmy doesn't have any principles? That's a pretty ridiculous statement.

his life of yoloing without gaf about the consequences?

like we know he's Slippin' Jimmy, and we know he becomes SAUL...

Nothing worse than a judgmental Canadian. Americans reject that cramped smallness of spirit.