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| “ | I AM NOT CRAZY! I am not crazy! I know he swapped those numbers, I knew it was 1216; one after Magna Carta, as if I could ever make such a mistake, never! Never! I just... I just couldn't prove it! He-he-he covered his tracks, he got that idiot at the copy shop to lie for him! You think this is something, you think this is bad? This, this chicanery? He's done worse. That billboard! Are you telling me that a man just happens to fall like that? No! He orchestrated it! Jimmy! He defecated through a sunroof! And I saved him! And I shouldn't have, I took him into my own firm! What was I thinking? He'll never change. He'll never change! Ever since he was nine, always the same! Couldn't keep his hands out of the cash drawer! "But not our Jimmy! Couldn't be precious Jimmy!" Stealing them blind! AND HE GETS TO BE A LAWYER?! WHAT A SICK JOKE! ...I should've stopped him when I had the chance! And you, you have to stop him! You- | „ |
| ~ Chuck's infamous breakdown revealing his resentment for Jimmy when outsmarted by him. |
Chuck McGill is one of the two main antagonists (alongside Lalo Salamanca) of the Breaking Bad prequel, Better Call Saul.'
He is Jimmy McGill's brother who mistreats him which leads to him becoming the corrupt attorney and archenemy Saul Goodman.
He was portrayed by Michael McKean, who also voiced Ian Peek in Batman Beyond.
His Evil Ranking[]
His Villainous Deeds[]
- He is indirectly responsible for Jimmy's tragedy and villainy, as he neglected him throughout their childhood and refused to tell him their deceased mother's last words out of pure envy.
- Stopped his law partner Howard Hamlin from hiring Jimmy twice even though Jimmy had been taking care of him for a long time and brought HHM a huge case when the second one happened.
- This also causes to Jimmy suspect and take revenge on Howard Hamlin, without him knowing the reason.
- He stole his neighbor's newspaper to read about his brother's actions.
- Cruelly tells Jimmy he's not a real lawyer when confronted about his sabotage.
- Shows up at meetings just to undermine Jimmy's judgement.
- Takes Kim Wexler's client, Mesa Verde, just to spite Jimmy.
- Pretends to be regretful to trick Jimmy into confessing to tampering with the Mesa Verde files so he could record him and then have him arrested after tricking him into breaking into his house.
- Fires Ernesto for telling Jimmy about the recording despite intentionally manipulating him into doing so.
- Threatens to sue Howard when he suggests he retire which could endanger the jobs of the people who work at HHM.
- Rejects Jimmy's attempt to reconcile and coldly tells him he never mattered all that much to him.
- Although he has a mental illness, he still knows right from wrong and his worst actions were caused by his ego, not out of his sickness.
- Though he has some comedic moments, they do not detract from his actions, and everybody in-universe takes him dead seriously.
Why He Doesn't Stand Out?[]
- His personal villainy of ruining his brother's career for years does manage to barely pass the general baseline, but beyond this he comes nowhere near the heinous standards of the franchise. Due to this, he fails to his own brother Saul Goodman, who directly enabled Walter White’s crimes and helped him avoid being arrested or executed.
- He has standards to the law, which causes most of his division with Jimmy, even preventing himself from taking a political bribe.
- He's a bit tragic since he has a mental illness which convinces him he is allergic to electricity.
- He genuinely loves his estranged wife Rebecca and appears to care about his parents.
- Despite eventually losing his care for Jimmy, he has induced some Pet the Dog moments concerning him without any pragmatic reasons behind them. Examples include reimbursing him for the paper he bought for him and taking care of him in a flashback in season 4. In addition, he really tries to prevent adultery of the elderly in a nursing home and cooperates with Jimmy for this purpose.
- His death is played for sympathy. After slowly losing all of his friends, his career and his reputation, his last scene consists of him repeatedly kicking a table with a gas lamp on it until it hits the floor, burning him and his house. Even Jimmy feels some remorse over his death eventually.
External Links[]
- Chuck McGill on the Villains Wiki
- Chuck McGill on the Breaking Bad Wiki
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