What a great show. I hope AMC lets the writers amble along like this for as long as they want to, totally trust them to not be self indulgent in dragging it out.
Can't say I'm on board with all the Chuck hate around here. Chuck and Jimmy are two very different people who nonetheless have made each other the way they are. Given all of the flashback scenes can we really blame Chuck for having the opinion of Jimmy that he does? For someone so evangelical about The Law, it's easy to see both from the past and Jimmy's current behaviour why Chuck would do everything in his power to keep Jimmy away from it.
The problem is Chuck is not very likeable or personable, whereas Jimmy is charming AF. There's definite jealousy there, probably throughout his entire life and I love the nuance that the show adds to the characters and situations.
As for Mesa Verde, Chuck didn't steal it at all. It was his duty as a senior partner to not lose such a lucrative client. Yes, Kim brought them in, but she brought them in to Howard and Chuck. They both fought fairly for the client and within their professional rights, and Mesa Verde chose HHM. It's just we like Kim and Jimmy, so we want them to have it.
Excellent work from the cast and crew to make a show with so many moral, ethical ambiguities. My view is that Jimmy is an ends justify the means kind of guy, and he gets to choose what the 'right' end is.
EDIT - ends justifying the means applies to Chuck too. Both brothers believe in the greater good and doing what they can to achieve it. With Chuck, it is preserving the sanctity of The Law. If he needs to be a deceiving, manipulative prick to those around him, he will, but all within legal parameters. For Jimmy, it is claiming justice for those he views as being wronged, and has no qualms of bending or breaking the law to achieve that justice.
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