Better Call Saul 3x10 Reaction
Added 2021-11-07 00:40:35 +0000 UTC
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I was just about to post this. Nowadays these meters are digital but back in the day that's how they worked.
BNJ
2021-11-08 13:26:45 +0000 UTCI don't think Chuck was intending to kill himself when he spoke to Jimmy, he was legitimately trying to get better. It was after he spiraled that he made that decision.
BNJ
2021-11-08 13:25:58 +0000 UTCmaybe but i always took as he genuinely means it towards jimmy but he doesnt realise how hypocritical hes being, they both as bad as eachother despite their methods being different, jimmy feels more though
Santos
2021-11-08 00:54:58 +0000 UTCI would so want them to react to lost, how long it is really helps the characters develop.
T0ast
2021-11-07 23:12:17 +0000 UTCI always felt that Chuck's last conversation with Jimmy had a lot of projection from Chuck, that's for a lot of it he's actually talking about himself, and how much he hates himself, that he's going to keep hurting everyone around him, he's never going to change. These are things that apply to Chuck just as much as they apply to Jimmy. I think that saying these things out loud, and realizing how much he hates himself is what really sparked his downward spiral.
Volatile
2021-11-07 22:54:16 +0000 UTC"You've never mattered all that much to me" is in my opinion the most brutal thing ever said in all of BB and BCS.
Suhhh Dude
2021-11-07 22:03:34 +0000 UTCNice to find a fellow Lost fan.
the Forgiven
2021-11-07 21:47:50 +0000 UTCanother Lost appreciator, nice. My tops are 1. BCS, 2. Mad Men, 3. Lost. Aside from Evangelion, I have not watched any anime since I was like, 13, lol. But I'm very curious about AoT and will definitely check it out at some point.
Taya
2021-11-07 19:00:21 +0000 UTCyes.. last week Korra post was delayed that's why on Sunday .. usually no posts on sunday
c01d_h4nds
2021-11-07 18:22:56 +0000 UTCOh I was hoping it's today. Do they take a break on Sundays?
Yic17
2021-11-07 16:59:31 +0000 UTCHaven't watched Steins;Gate, I should give it a shot.
Yic17
2021-11-07 16:59:03 +0000 UTC@the Forgiven, yes that I can agree on!!
Taya
2021-11-07 16:40:11 +0000 UTC@Taya Yeah I know they had to get rid of Chuck eventually. They just had such a unique dynamic. There'll never be two brothers like them.
the Forgiven
2021-11-07 15:00:48 +0000 UTCa few years back and death note would also be on that list. back when i first started watching it, it was the type of show even non anime watchers seen or at least heard about.
Danny
2021-11-07 14:46:33 +0000 UTCThe Chuck & Jimmy story was excellent but it couldn't go on forever IMO. There is no place for Chuck as we get closer to BB. Either the brothers remain estranged, which wouldn't really add much to the story, or they continue battling each other which would start feeling kind of tired and repetitive. Alternately, some kind of happy redemption story wouldn't work either, because it doesn't fit Jimmy turning into Saul. At some point, Jimmy has to move on to other things and the conflict in his life has to come from somewhere else besides just Chuck. So I think Chuck's exit happened at the right time. No shade to seasons 1-3, I love them, but seasons 4 & 5 are my favorites by far. Especially 5 lol. and yessss I'm beyond excited for PACA PACA PACA EN MI CABALLO!!!!
Taya
2021-11-07 14:03:36 +0000 UTCTop 5 shows... 1. Attack on Titan, many go beyond considering this just an anime. 2. LOST 3. Better Call Saul 4. Breaking Bad 5. Steins;Gate, I consider this anime above many shows.
David Caine
2021-11-07 13:21:35 +0000 UTCMonday
TeaDrinker3000
2021-11-07 13:18:13 +0000 UTC@the Forgiven Disagreed, but I see your point. Chuck and Jimmy's slow paced story of two estranged brothers was the best part of the show in the first three seasons and it's what distinguished it from Breaking Bad. But as our fellow show enthusiast above me commented - paca paca paca en mi caballo! <3
Gorostas
2021-11-07 12:15:45 +0000 UTCAlso, Chuck's and Jimmy's actions mirror themselves. Chuck lies to Jimmy, making himself the "villain" in order to help him; just like Jimmy does with the old ladies.
szepi79
2021-11-07 12:15:15 +0000 UTCis DN coming out today because they released Korra last sunday? or is it coming out monday?
michaa
2021-11-07 10:47:24 +0000 UTCOne of the main reasons why Chuck killed himself was that he wanted to get rid of all the sources of electricity around him. When he was done with the house, the last source of electricity he needed to shut down was in his own brain.
Adam
2021-11-07 07:46:04 +0000 UTCIt seems like every time I watch you, I think you're the smartest reactors I've watched
Troy
2021-11-07 07:13:07 +0000 UTCThis is such a good post. Thank you for writing it!
Forrest
2021-11-07 05:50:34 +0000 UTCIf you remember Chuck's last conversation with the doctor, he said he wanted music to fill his house and he wanted a big party with all his friends. It was such a happy moment because he was thinking purely about the joy he could have after getting over his illness. But in the end he did fill his house with music, but not to celebrate. He used it as a tool to try and hurt Jimmy- to make Jimmy feel like Chuck was better off without him. Ironically it was Jimmy who he needed the most. Chuck never got that dinner party. So sad.
the Forgiven
2021-11-07 05:06:26 +0000 UTCI disagree. I think the show loses a big part of what made it so special with the loss of Chuck.
the Forgiven
2021-11-07 05:00:32 +0000 UTCI don't think Chuck had intentions to kill himself when he was talking to Jimmy. He was trying to push Jimmy out of his life once and for all, but after Jimmy's visit he quickly spiraled back into his mental illness.
EvelynStreet
2021-11-07 03:30:32 +0000 UTCI don’t know that killing himself was meant as a weapon against Jimmy. I think he just finally realized he had pushed away every living person that ever cared about him and he felt like there wasn’t anything left. His electricity issues were always just physical manifestations of the emotional pain he felt. Maybe he was able to finally understand that connection in his final moment, but at that point it was too late.
Kyle Thorne
2021-11-07 03:09:17 +0000 UTCNote on that particular electric meter that Chuck was obsessing about: There's a disc below the numbers that spins around slowly and a thick black mark on the disc so you can tell it's moving. It spins faster when electricity is being consumed faster. When it's not moving, the house isn't using any electricity. Chuck was obsessing, not because of the numbers, but because he thought everything was shut off, but he could still see the disc turning every time he came back to check.
jveezy
2021-11-07 02:38:37 +0000 UTCAnd, somehow, even after all this excellence, it keeps getting better!
Bryan Givens
2021-11-07 02:11:52 +0000 UTCI never picked up that Chuck was going to end his life, after he said that Jimmy never meant all that much to him, I just assumed Chuck only wanted to be an asshole. Saying that horrible thing then killing himself, he must've wanted to inflict maximum pain on Jimmy.
Steven Jeanrolus
2021-11-07 02:11:45 +0000 UTCChuck telling Jimmy that he never mattered to him contradicts what we see at the beginning: Chuck reading to Jimmy when they were kids, and also the first episode of the season where Chuck is clearly hurt when Jimmy doesn't remember that it was Chuck that read him the book. I think that Chuck is just trying to cut Jimmy out of his life permanently but ends up doing so in such a cruel and low way that a part of him realizes that on some level it was wrong even if he feels that Jimmy deserves it. I certainly don't think that Chuck was planning to kill himself when he says that to Jimmy. He doesn't start relapsing until later that night, and we see that he refuses to write in his notebook about why he's feeling his symptoms (because he can never be truly honest with himself about all of his complicated feelings for his brother). From there he just keeps spiraling more and more. This was just the extra push on top of everything going on with Howard and HHM. And that's another fucked up layer to this whole thing because if Jimmy didn't go there to try to mend things between them (or as Gus said to Mike earlier this season "correct something that cannot be corrected") would Chuck have spiraled out like this? He'd had a setback but he still had his electricity going, he still had his appointments with the doctor scheduled. By doing the "right thing" Jimmy ended up causing even more trouble because by this point Jimmy just existing in the same space with Chuck is poisonous for him.
Shadoe Price
2021-11-07 01:55:50 +0000 UTChis voice and cadence is EXACTLY like Chuck's!!
Taya
2021-11-07 01:17:18 +0000 UTCObligatory mention of how fantastic the casting of young Chuck is
XanderWhat
2021-11-07 01:02:05 +0000 UTC
