I feel like this isn't accurate. There is A LOT OF shame in changing one's path, especially if one changes late in life. That's why the pertinent thing to consider is if it's still the right choice despite the shame.
@@evangelostse2477 But then the counterargument is becoming like Mike Ehrmentraut and sticking to a Bad Choice road out of misaligned pride. This is what resulted in Mike’s downfall, as well as Saul’s, and even Walter’s in Breaking Bad. The only reason Jimmy got a somewhat positive ending was because he admitted to his wrongdoings and refused to hide behind a chintzy lawyer persona. He still changed his path despite how “late” it was for him, and sure it resulted in a longer prison sentence, but he was at peace now. And furthermore, his admission was the decision that made Kim Wexler see Jimmy wasn’t beyond redemption. So yeah, no-one said it would be easy to do, but it is possible. Often, the hardest thing you can do in life is the best thing you can do.
Nah he was being hypocritical. Chuck is definition of how a road to hell is paved with good intentions. Instead of referring him to another law firm, he makes him do the cynical pro bono cases and then tells him, gtfo if u dont like this instead of actually helping. Glad Saul didnt give up.
When you think about it, the events of the entire Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad universe wouldn’t exist if these two brothers learned to be open with each other.
@@fankantheworst Walter wouldn't have made it nearly as far as he did if he didn't have the help of Saul Goodman. If Jimmy and Chuck's relationship had been better, there would have been no Saul Goodman.
Walt likely gets caught sooner or with a bullet in his head as Mike says. But I see your point of the relationship between the brothers impacting the world as a whole.
@@fankantheworst Jimmy becoming a legit lawyer means Mike wouldn’t have hired him and he wouldn’t have met Nacho and more importantly Hector and Gus. Nacho’s plan to poison Hector would have failed so Gus would have no spy and Lalo would have succeeded. No Gus means the Cartel reigns supreme. Walt and Jesse would be killed or captured easily. Chuck, Jimmy, Kim and Howard all would be working together.
Near the end, Jimmy tells Chuck that he might bring the Financial Times the next day, and in the very first episode Uno, Jimmy gets Chuck the Financial Times, this probably means that this scene takes place right before the start of the series
Yeah, and it was the day of the pilot episode when he started reverting to his old Slippin' Jimmy ways after being clean for ten years by that point, which led to his getting entangled with cartel members.
Either Chuck or Kim. Jimmy's parents failed him, Chuck was too jealous, and Kim only started dating Jimmy because she enjoyed the con. Everyone he cared about negated him tragically because of his charms, which made him a perfect fit as a con man.
@@themadakh3229 I don't think he would have stopped being a lawyer, but maybe, if Chuck could've guided him towards a better professional path starting from this moment, he would have become James McGill, and not Albuquerque Con-Man
It's interesting how Chuck's words here echo an earlier scene with Mike. Mike said that the choices you make will "put you on a road", and that you simply have to accept things as they are and go with the flow. Chuck is saying the opposite, he says that there's no shame in changing your path. Mike was an absolute fatalist, a man who followed orders no matter how terrible because he thought anything else would be shameful, but Chuck's philosophy tells us that Mike was wrong. Admitting your mistakes and working to fix them is the right thing to do, you can't just keep barreling down that Bad Choice Road out of pride. Or you'll end up like Saul.
I would disagree with the last point. I think that in the end Jimmy/Saul did exactly that, admitting his mistakes. He could have taken the 7 years but he chose to confess instead and make amends for his crimes. He lost his freedom but he regained his soul.
Mike: Wanted to change his past so he can never be dirty. Walt: Wanted to change his past so he can be rich and successful. Jimmy: Wanted to change his past so he can mend his broken relationship with his brother.
I know I'm a bit late, but I think that Walt may have lied about his regret like Saul did because when he was asked about regrets, Walt looked at the watch Jesse gave him for his birthday before answering, implying Walt's actual regret was Jesse
@@coleeckerman1390 In fact, at the time of that scene. Walter believes that Jesse was tortured and killed by Jack after he ordered him to do so. He did not learn of Jesse's survival until the last episode of the series. So it has a lot more weight what he did to Jesse.
I feel like it’s easy to see Chuck as always working against his brother and never supporting him, but here it seems like he’s genuinely trying to reach out to him. Chuck never believed Jimmy could change because in moments like these Jimmy does the same thing, and they always end up having “the same conversation.”
Had Jimmy stayed that night and had a heart to heart with Chuck, perhaps Chuck would have learnt that Jimmy is genuinely changing and that people can in fact change.
That's the sense I got from this scene. Chuck was testing Jimmy while trying to instill passion for the law in him. Like Howard, Jimmy could have learned a lot working with Chuck, but Jimmy treated his cases and clients as an inconvenience, a lost cause. It's only after this that Chuck suggests that Jimmy rethink his path. Jimmy went into law for the wrong reasons. It's hard to blame Chuck for stonewalling Jimmy from getting hired at HHM, and was further vindicated when Jimmy squandered his opportunity and Davis and Main.
"Does the same thing" you mean goes to work? While Chuck is essentially telling him, "if you don't like being a lawyer, you can always quit", pretending to be looking out for Jimmy's interests, after he'd already gotten him rejected at HHM hiding behind Howard's back?
Chuck isn’t exactly trying to get Jimmy to change by having a heart-to-heart. It’s more of a chance to reach out to him to see if Jimmy has actually changed. With what Chuck says at the end about changing one’s path, it’s more of a piece of advice rather than a direct order. It’s true that no one can force anyone to change, and all of Jimmy’s positive changes are a result of his personal initiative, but Chuck here isn’t trying to do that. Jimmy ultimately “does the same thing”, as in declines Chuck’s chance to talk and have a deeper conversation, thus reinforcing Chuck’s belief that Jimmy won’t change. Going back to what Chuck says about changing one’s path, I don’t think he’s telling Jimmy to simply quit lawyering, but is telling him to, as a previous commenter said, rethink his decision to become one because of his potentially shaky reasoning for becoming one. I also think Chuck is telling Jimmy to quit to his Slippin’ Jimmy ways, and by the end of the episode that’s what Jimmy ends up doing. (Edit: grammar)
@@TaysanGalovu chuck, like jimmy, is deeply flawed, but his apprehensions about jimmy becoming a lawyer aren't completely misguided. until then, jimmy had shown little reason for chuck to believe that he had actually changed - the only reason he got a job in the mailroom was because chuck bailed him out of jail. obviously, there's some more personal issues at play - chuck's jealousy of jimmy's natural charisma and how he is well-liked by literally everyone around him, but this jealousy is worsened by the fact that he knows "slippin' jimmy" while everyone else just knows "jimmy." while we see jimmy putting himself through law school as a major achievement and a step towards redemption, chuck sees this as him taking yet another shortcut, like he's done many times before. so his attempts to bar jimmy from joining HHM were, in his own flawed logic, a way to keep "slippin' jimmy" away from the law and thereby preventing him from hurting other people as he's done in the past. in this scene, i don't think chuck is trying to manipulate jimmy into quitting being a lawyer - i think he's genuinely trying to connect with him and see where his head's at while also giving in to his preconceived notions that jimmy may not be suited for this profession. but the takeaway from this is that no matter what chuck's intentions were when he said that, jimmy chose not to have that conversation. maybe if he stayed to talk to him, chuck would've seen him in a different light - possibly even consider putting in a word to howard to hire him. and jimmy wouldn't have had to resort to the billboard scam that set all of the events of BB and BCS in motion.
2:47 so ironic - "when have you ever changed your [chuck's] past?" Chuck was doing it right there. To actually show some love and affection after realising how much Jimmy cared that Jimmy did this daily chore.
"That's not what I had in mind" With his voice cracking a little really tells me that Chuck actually just wanted to have a normal heart to heart conversation with his brother this time around. The work stuff was obviously just an excuse cause it's the only language Chuck knows how to speak. 😔 So yeah, this was for sure Jimmys time machine-moment . Actually crying re-watching this😢😢😢
This scene shows both brothers' fault, Jimmy was too reckless to listen to advice and Chuck was too prideful to level down with Jimmy and tell him what he actually wanted to tell. Both of them were stubborn.
yes because before s6 e11 most viewer just wanted Walt and Jesse Cameo. But after that appearance they relized many things are more important than this cameo
The fact that Ernesto had to be reminded to bring the Fuji apples when Jimmy knew he had to bring them for Chuck. Really shows how good of a brother he was.
I’m so happy Michael McKean made one last appearance in this show, his performance of Chuck is incredibly electrifying and it’s a damn shame he didn’t win an Emmy.
@@moimoimoiiiiiii32221 yup, it’s crazy to think that Michael McKean played both David from Spinal Tap and Chuck McGill, two completely different roles and he excels in both performances.
I think the most tragic thing about this show is that we all know where Jimmy ends up. since he never mentioned Kim in breaking bad, it was likely she would either leave, or take a trip to Belize. However, even with that in mind, the show still set up such a valuable and amazing relationship between Jimmy and Kim. One that made it so much more heartbreaking to see fall apart.
@@asahel980 You're just like Walter when he couldn't fathom someone asked him a metaphorical question about a time travel and began talking about how it's scientifically impossible.
I was pleasantly surprised by Chuck's appearance. Saul finally chose to return to Jimmy, not only to be himself, but also to protect Kim. Perfect storyline!!
@@artrosemaloca4663 I know right. I think some people want to make a perfect ending even more perfect. There’s literally no way he could have stopped Kim from being sued, he only wanted redemption from her and that’s why he baited her into the courtroom. She likely still will be sued, and despite her confession and coming to terms with it, she still does deserve it. That’s why it’s the perfect ending for me, they both got what was coming to them but they made peace with themselves and each other.
“We always end up having the same conversation, don’t we?” While this line is clearly pointing out the cyclical nature of Chuck and Jimmys relationship, I like to think that this is also a conversation that echoes in Jimmys mind every night. It almost seems like Chucks ghost coming back in Jimmys nightmares, fueled by the regret of letting this moment slip between their fingers.
This is how it made me feel. Like Jimmy is forced to repeat some form of hell where he’s unable to use the last chance he’s granted to mend his relationship with Chuck
it looks like it because it probably ain’t a real memory jimmy is wearing his pinky ring which he gets after the relation with chuck is already destroyed
Yeah his death was horrible especially because they never even had the chance to make up and apologized to each other this definitely helped show they loved each other deep down as brothers
@@christiansantamaria7233 they did have that chance. Jimmy came to him and apologized, and rather than apologize himself, chuck told him he never cared about him, then killed himself
This was Jimmy's time travel moment. Chuck handed him an olive branch here, a chance to talk through his cases and get guidance. Instead he slapped that hand down, and Chuck reverted back to chastising him. If Jimmy had only obliged, everything would have been different.
@@stealthcobra1525 I love how the fans interpret the show as everyone has multiple dimensions both good and bad EXCEPT for chuck, i've never seen a fan based be so single-minded about a character, the guy literally spent the first part of his life cleaning up Jimmy's mistakes and none of yall can understand why Chuck would have serious issues trusting jimmy
I'd say Jimmy's time travel moment was compromising chucks insurance. They'd had their disagreements, but that was the moment that broke their relationship irreparably. It eventually led to chucks spiral, which jimmy tried to block out and not think about, much like his deterioration into saul when he split up with Kim.
Chuck's face when Jimmy says "you'd do the same for me" is great because you know Chuck would just hire someone to help Jimmy, the only reason he'd go through all the effort of helping would be to show his superiority over him.
@@pyocopyocoultra2047 But it was because of their mom who alwayswanted to help Jimmy. Remember it was her who called Chuck to help Jimmy with his sunroof problem
Chuck never had any issues when it came to helping Jimmy, he resented him for many things but overall he still came through like bailing Jimmy out of jail and driving him home while drunk, Chuck only ever had issues when Jimmy happened to impede on his own turf as a lawyer ''Slipping Jimmy i can handle, but Slipping Jimmy with a law degree is like a chimp with a machine gun'' The more jimmy persued being a lawyer, the more strained their relationship was eventually going to turn out, i dont think it's really that simple to just call their relationship as something binary such as ''Chuck hates Jimmy but Jimmy loves Chuck'' it's complicated like any family relationship is
This scene is before the events of 'Better Call Saul' as Jimmy says he'll bring the 'Financial Times' for Chuck which we do get to see in the pilot episode. I'm gonna miss this show and the whole Breaking Bad & Better Call Saul universe. Truly one of a kind. The cinematography, the varying & complex plot lines, the direction and what not. Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould are creative geniuses.
What a hauntingly beautiful scene. Jimmy’s time machine moment, it being the night before their first scene ever… and the last time Chuck extended that olive branch. it all boils down to this one moment that Jimmy never shares with anybody and it’s only shown to the viewer after Jimmy’s lost his freedom. He will regret this for the rest of his life
“We always end up having the same conversation, don’t we?” If only they had that heart-to-heart, one of the only times that Chuck seemed genuinely sincere to his little brother and Jimmy simply waved him off
Was that due to his mental illness though? In Winner, after the karaoke, Chuck takes Jimmy home to make sure he's safe and offers to make him pancakes the next day.
One of the most tragic, and one of my favorite, scenes of the show. The time machine question is so perfectly wrapped up here; we know exactly what Jimmy's answer to the question is without him telling anyone. More than that, the flaws of these two are so subtly yet clearly put on display. Chuck's lack of faith and refusal to let go of his bitterness, Jimmy's stubbornness and refusal to accept help, and the sheer inability of either of them to be truly open with one another. Imagine how differently things could have gone if Jimmy decided to stay another ten minutes.
“Cause you are my brother, duh. And you will do the same for me.” And that’s Chuck’s biggest flaw. His failure to change the way he treated Jimmy made him internalized it and believed that Jimmy will not change just like him. Fortunately, Jimmy can change even at the cost of his own freedom until the day he die.
@@4tCa4mzUPqRZZo Yes, Chuck saved Jimmy, but he also made sure Jimmy never succeeded, which Jimmy was desperate to do. This made Jimmy internalize that he will never succeed unless he cheats.
@@nont18411 how can you have that much faith in someone not willing to change? He said he had the same conversation over and over. Jimmy was an adult. He could've tried to change but didn't. It's natural to Start losing faith
Took me forever to realize that this scene proves that Jimmy went behind everyone’s backs to go to his brothers burnt down house & take something to remember him by. The book was originally Chucks, and I went the whole season wondering what Jimmy’s connection to this book was.
Oh is this what prompted him to ask mike and walt about the time machine stuff? But when was this book shown in his possession? If it wasn't, I think it's just the director putting this clip into context, showing that this is the moment jimmy would travel back in time to change.
@@2324-v7k It’s shown in sauls post-breaking bad house at the start of season 6. Also in the middle of season 6 jimmy is seen reading it while talking to kim
I’ve rewatched this scene more than the final scene. We see here that Chuck really wanted to mend the relationship between himself and Jimmy but Jimmy took it as another pitiful attempt to get him to change his behavior. Such a sad and powerful scene. Throughout the series we see Chuck try to hurt Jimmy, but not here. Chuck genuinely wants to help Jimmy but it didn’t work out. It will always just remain as what could have been. Now let’s talk about the time machine… That aspect of this scene is so beautiful. Knowing that this is the moment Jimmy would go back to, he really did regret everything that happened between him and Chuck. This scene leaves me feeling empty inside. This is the scene that really breaks my heart. The relationship between these two characters is written very well so well. Both actors also really seal the deal. I don’t know what else to say, I love this show for everything that it is ❤️.
Mike saw the face of Saul, only caring about money. Walt saw the face of gene, only caring about himself. Chuck saw the face of jimmy, caring about other people, trying and to be a better man.
how does no one mention how chuck says “that’s not what i had in mind”? the way his voice cracks when he says “mind” has so many layers. all the hurt and the pain of their brotherly arguments, along with the wish that they could just connect, once in their lives. it’s so heartbreaking.
He felt like he had that in his mind a lot, like he was guilt ridden of having envy towards his mind again and again. Since his mental illness started after he sabotaged Jimmy's application, he is feeling a lot of guilt.
"If you dont like where you are heading, there is no shame in going back and changing your path." I feel like people dont realise how genius and important that quote is. There is no shame in admitting you´ve made a mistake and going back to change it.
Jimmy sees it as a genuine advice, because he wants to believe Chuck actually cared about him at some point. But in reality, it was most likely Chuck trying to make him quit the law.
well its the fact that in the very end, Jimmy did take Chuck's advice and admitted everything. So even though he had fallen so far there was still a chance to change his path. His slightest reward is rekindling things with Kim but also unburdening all the guilt
The fact that this scene takes place the day before the first episode of BCS, this being Jimmy's time-travel moment/biggest regret, gives the feeling that _all_ his actions in _both_ shows are what he would change.
We all thought that the story was about not changing, of a man who couldn't change until the last moment... And then it was the greatest story of redemption ever! And thanks to Chuck's words - Jimmy learned in the end to love people as they are not as you wish they were. Epic show.
When i saw this scene i cried a lot, never happened before to me for a TV series. It reminds me of my brother, and ironically his name is "Chuck" in Italian, Carlo. We never had a good relationship after childhood. He went away after getting a second girlfriend, who was the daughter of my neighbor, they moved to Sicily. The moment that hit me the most was when Chuck said "We always end up having the same conversation don't we" because that's similar to what my brother told me weeks before going away. This scene made me think so much and it hurt me.
@@ThePatriarchXCI91 he could have gone with 7 years lying as usual.. but he fully confessed, saved Kim, cleaned Howard reputation and his brother's too.
Before the last episode, I was quite sure we would see Chuck somewhere, because a finale without him would have felt incomplete. Still, once the episode started, I was so immersed in every minute of it that Chuck had slipped from my mind. Until this scene began. The moment I heard the key sound, I knew whose house it was, and from that moment on, non-stop tears. It was as if a heavy burden had been lifted from my shoulders. This scene is the pinnacle of this incredible universe, and it's so natural, so powerful and so special. I will never forget the feeling I experienced during this moment throughout my life.
When watching the finale, as soon as I heard Chuck's voice I burst into tears. And then the book 😭😭😭😭😭 I didn't expect this at all and its just so perfect.
2:01 I don't know if it was intentional or no, but the way Michael McKean delivers that line is so soft and apologetic... it show us that Chuck always cared about Jimmy, even if a little
I cried a little during the finale and watching this scene. I was hoping we’d see Chuck one more time. He’d been a ghost haunting Jimmy, Saul, and Gene, even if neither wanted to admit it. A great scene that explained so much, just when we thought we’d seen it all.
im glad chuck got one last scene, just like walter and mike it wasnt forced and it was subtle this was jimmys time machine moment , maybe things would have turned out different if he stayed and talked with chuck maybe saul wouldnt have been born, chuck would still be alive, and the events that followed would have ended differently perhaps a true Butterfly effect i cant help but relate to this scene. As we get older and lose loved ones, its small moments like these that we look back on and regret that we didnt say/ do more to them while they were still around.
2:00 The way Chuck said that makes me tear up. You can tell he was being completely genuine and yet Jimmy rebuffed him because he’s been hurt too many times in the past.
Such a perfect scene to give us one last true look at their relationship. They do truly care about one another, and love each other, but they just can't seem to bond very well. Jimmy makes assumptions about Chuck's intentions behind conversation, showing us how he views Chuck as well as how Chuck has treated him in the past. Chuck's response shows us he really did want to talk, and bond, but it's seems like Jimmy's response may have hurt his feelings, and caused him to shut down all together. We got to see how the cycle just goes on, and on. "we always end up having the same conversation don't we." A beautiful, impactful, and heartbreaking scene. I absolutely love this show
It's nice seeing brothers helping eachother out. Imagine if one of them suddenly set themselves on fire and the other goes to prison or something like that, that would be crazy lol
@@xomi9722 Why only Jimmy is at fault here? Why not also that particular character? She told Jimmy to cover up tracks about 1216. She helped him exploiting Chuck’s mental illness in court. Jimmy threw away 7 years deal and chose life imprisonment in order to get HER out of trouble about Howard thing. He did it to make sure that she will never be persecuted and the only front she will face is Cheryl. Will anyone ever call this character out for these things? I don’t think so. Because, unlike Jimmy, she was written to be too likable that it blinds the fans from who she really is.
I'm so glad we got one last scene with Chuck! We also got the one thing that I hoped most for the finale: Jimmy's being completely trouthful to Kim by confessing and taking responsibility about his brother's death. I feel like some people underestimate Chuck's role in Jimmy's evolution. He was as much as important person as Kim is to Jimmy's life.
2:57 this line hits very hard, especially knowing since it's the last line of Chuck in the entire brba universe. This scene as a whole has so many layers it's my favorite
This show should be renamed as "Breaking Good" it is a masterpiece, and my time machine moment would be going back to November 11,2017 the day I watched the first breaking bad episode, what a Journey!what would be yours?
This is one of the most emotionally effecting scenes I think in the whole show. This clip is from the last episode, everything is being tied up, we’re seeing a bunch of clips about Jimmy’s choices and his regret and guilt. Then this scene, and it’s still about all of those things, but you get the sense that Jimmy has finally confronted all the mistakes he’s been running from. I think this scene is very literal, it’s a memory plucked from Jimmy’s mind as he decides what to do after getting caught, and so Chuck walking away with the book is a visual and metaphorical representation of Jimmy confronting his biggest regret, and then it leaving when he makes the decision to leave his Bad Choice Road. This entire show is remarkably interconnected and thematically rich, and the final episode wraps everything up so beautifully it’s amazing.
"I was starting to worry"-we were too, Chuck. Seeing Jimmy finally rectify things somewhat and more importantly take ownership for his actions was a feeling of sweet relief.
When i saw this scene i cried a lot, never happened before to me for a TV series. It reminds me of my brother, and ironically his name is "Chuck" in Italian, Carlo. We never had a good relationship after childhood. He went away after getting a second girlfriend, who was the daughter of my neighbor, they moved to Sicily. The moment that hit me the most was when Chuck said "We always end up having the same conversation don't we" because that's similar to what my brother told me weeks before going away. This scene made me think so much and it hurt me.
This was a side of Chuck I'm so glad we got to see at the end, all along Jimmy's greatest regret must've been his relationship with Chuck. I'm glad we first met Jimmy as Saul in Breaking Bad, watching him unravel back into Jimmy was phenomenal throughout these last few episodes.
Yeah, considering Chuck sabotaged his career again and again, Jimmy regrets being helpful to chuck when he should have left him alone and focused on his own law practice on his own.
Jimmy and Chuck relationship reminds me a lot of mine with my grandfather. I lived with him and took care of him when i was a teenager, he was, like Chuck, a wise person, but he had difficulties expressing his feelings, so living with him was not always easy. I despised him the last years he was alive and sometimes i just wanted him to die. I was limited aswell since i was a teenager. Now he's not with us anymore, and seeing this scene i can't help but shedding a tear. Things could have been different if we (i) were more open hearted with each other, because deep down we loved each other. I'm sure also Chuck and Jimmy loved each other, and hopefully they'll meet again someday
If Jimmy could ask Chuck the Time Machine question and if Chuck gave an honest answer, this would be the moment he'd go back too. Chuck is clearly guilt-ridden about the fact that his brother loves him unconditionally and that he perhaps isn't doing the same. If Jimmy had stayed that night perhaps Chuck would have seen that Jimmy is trying to change and that people can infact change. Perhaps he would have been a mentor to Jimmy insead of being a constant thorn in his side. Alas it was never meant to be. Hence the time machine question. This was both Jimmy and Chuck's time machine moment of regret.
The most complex of brotherly relationships, and for that book to be on the table after walter and mike earlier in the episode was a moment of TV brilliance and beauty
What's INSANE is that this is EXACTLY one day before Season 1 episode 1. Refer to the mention of financial Times both here and in S1 e1. That is, the time machine wants to go back where it all started
This finale really gave me the same catharsis _El Camino_ did. In these flashbacks, characters, like Walt, Mike, Chuck, and Jane, that are now dead and gone, give our surviving protagonists (Jimmy and Jesse), a chance to choose their own path and finally let them move on. Call it nostalgia, but I’d say, after about fifteen years, we got perhaps the best farewell the Breaking Bad team could ever cook. I can’t wait to watch it all again.
I can’t hate Chuck. He has tried so many times to make gestures of making amends with Jimmy, and try to understand him better in his own way. They were never able to connect. When they couldn’t, when even his smallest bids were rejected, Chuck understandably felt like Jimmy was incapable of change. Jimmy obviously showed Chuck how much he loved him but in his own way. Chuck did so too in his own way. And yet they both walked out feeling dejected and disconnected. This last scene of them together had me crying my eyes out.
Wait a minute. I never noticed that Jimmy literally slipped and fell on his way through the door... so _that's_ what he was remembering when he was talking with Walt.
This scene broke me, the idea Chuck made one last effort to try and mend things together with Jimmy, and it was Jimmy’s last chance to repair their relationship.
This takes place at the start of the series. Chuck is wearing the same button down shirt and Jimmy is wearing the same suit and tie they wore in the pilot
Don't know about anybody else but when Chuck says "We always have the same conversation don't we." Part of me was in equal parts sad and creeped out. Almost as if the Ghost of Chuck Mcgill was reaching back in time to try and meaningfully reconnect with Jimmy in order to mend their relationship and to stop the ensuing madness. But alas each attenpt he makes is futile, ends the same way and he is forced to walk back into the dark time and time again.
2:56 This is a magical moment, the sentence is delivered with anger like pointing how Saul messed the oportunity to change anything even in the time machine. 😢
I knew we would see Chuck again. He’s too important to Jimmy’s character arc to not round things off with revisiting him. Both in the form of a flashback and in Jimmy’s testimony in which he lays Saul to rest.
I love the final episode, but if I could I would've swapped the final scene with this one. I think the reveal that this was the moment Jimmy regretted most of all would have been the perfect final scene for the show.
It is so damn heartwarming this scene, yet also heartbreaking. It shows that both Chuck and Jimmy would do the same thing if they had the time machine, fix their relationship. One of my favorite scenes in the show.
2:39 for some reason this seems like a line from a "choose your adventure" type game where you end up with the bad ending and you have to watch this cutscene before starting over
chuck's last line and the pan on hg wells' the time machine was what broke me during the finale everytime i rewatch this scene i cry this scene itself is emmy worthy
Its crazy how open ended this leaves Chuck as a character. What would he have picked to change in his past? -It may be Chuck wanted to change his past into encouraging Jimmy to go into Law -Chuck wanted to change how he treated Jimmy and spend more time with him -Or maybe Chuck couldn't find an answer. Which is why he asks jimmy his answer.
I noticed that Jimmy has Marco's pinky ring on in this scene. Technically a continuity error since Jimmy doesn't get that until after he learns Chuck was pushing him out of HHM and stops delivering Chuck's groceries
shows like these write characters so well that you don't even think about whether you like them or not but more about their relationships as brothers, you can't feel but be happy whenever they talk to eachother and almost get into a heart to heart
At first I thought this was a dream sequence, because I had binged The Sopranos before this season aired. The “We always end up having the same conversation, don’t we?” just was delivered in such a way and at such a time that it felt like a direct hit at where Jimmy was in his life when this memory was showed. Obviously I know now that it wasn’t, but that only strengthened this scene as a part of the story. It hits so close to home that it doesn’t seem like it could be real, but it was and Jimmy bypassed that chance at conversation and reconnection. One more regret to add to the pile, by the time it was shown. I’m so sad to say goodbye to this series.
You know the thing I find most beautiful about this scene is how it's so hopeful and hopeless at the same time, a theme I certainly can relate to. It's hopeful in that Chuck tells Jimmy "there's no shame in going back and changing your path," which he ultimately does, many would argue too little, too late. It's hopeless in that it's tempered by Jimmy blowing Chuck off and him replying "we always end up having the same conversation don't we?" which is heavily accentuated by what we ultimately know befalls Chuck and Jimmy, and many of the other characters we grew to know and love along the way. For me this 3:43 of content really made the entire series for me. The final scene was great too, but this one just really resonated with me. It's one of the most human exchanges I've ever seen acted on television.
Breaks my heart because I feel like in this scene Chuck genuinely wanted to make amends with Jimmy, when he saw much Jimmy cared about him, but Jimmy pushed him away because he felt like Chuck just wanted to patronise and make fun of him for his cases. A story of two brothers who love one another but can never see eye to eye.
i just noticed that chuck was reading “the time machine”, which is funny because i always thought the line “we always have the same conversation don’t we” sounded incredibly prophetic. like someone from the future was warning jimmy of what was coming
