That's 100% correct. But now that Hamlin has admitted fault, Jimmy now feels that someone else has basically picked up the tab, and his hands are clean EDIT: Or it could all be a scheme by Jimmy to further fault Hamlin for future opportunities....
For a few seconds there, I thought the bald Madrigal guy walking to his car was a Walter White cameo. I was floored, but then I realized it wasn't.
That was 100% intentional... they picked a similar looking house, gave him a short sleeved work shirt, and had the camera out of focus from really far away prior to eventually zooming in and revealing him to be somebody else. In the end, has nothing to do with the plot... but still a cool camera trick/Easter egg of sorts.
Yeah. I read another article, that I think I agree with. It's basically Jimmy saying "**** it. The guy hated me, and constantly tried to bring me down.. I'm free from all that now, and can just go on with my life without him constantly getting in my way. Hamlin can 'bear that cross' if he wants, because I'm done with it." I think that makes sense, and is probably why we'll soon start seeing Jimmy go all in down the crime lawyering/laundering path.
Nah, I don't think Jimmy cleared his conscious when Hamlin mistakenly felt it was all on him. Whatever the answer is, we don't have it yet. Simple as that.
Man, I love Mike more than anyone on this show. His character is just awesome. The whole thing with him not being happy collecting a pay check he isn't earning is the most Mike thing ever. Can't wait to see what shenanigans he gets up to this season, especially with Jimmy's law practice being on hold. Jimmy was definitely responsible, the entirety of the previous season was him screwing over his brother for his own benefit, but his character has shown that it doesn't take much for him to convince himself that he wasn't in the wrong. An example being making Kim happy with the doctoring of the documents that screwed over Chuck and HHM, he felt is was okay because HHM is evil, and he loves Kim. This is certainly the case. If you'll recall, in the season finale Chuck said that he didn't really care for Jimmy, so the fact that Hamlin forced Chuck out makes it even easier for Jimmy to convince himself that he wasn't at fault. I'd be surprised if anything else comes of this story arc. Chucks gone, now Jimmy is free to weasel his way around for his 12-month law license suspension.
The entire thing was Jimmy's fault, but the "last act" was that of Hamlin. Jimmy's character is selfish and shallow, and Hamlin shouldering the blame allowed Jimmy to free himself from guilt.
I think Chuck's death will be the turning point of Jimmy realizing that he needs to embrace his inner "Slipping Jimmy". Chuck took his job so seriously, and it was his life. Jimmy doesn't want that. Ultimately, the circle completes itself as it seemed from the opening scene, Jimmy's Breaking Bad past/future as Saul may be what catches up to him and does him in, in the end. Ironic, eh?
Jimmy is the guy who always opts for the easy way, which Chuck said to him on many occasions (example 1, example 2). Saul is just Jimmy taking the easy way, and Gene, Manager of Cinnabon is Jimmy's penance for doing just that.
I started off this show thinking Jimmy wasn't all bad. But, the scene with Hamlin has pretty much left me thinking Jimmy is just the scum of the Earth. He's worse than Walt. In the end, I think Chuck was right about Jimmy all along.
Maybe Jimmy wanted to pay his brother back for being such a jerk, and he was upset the whole show because he wasn’t going to get the chance. Then he found out that he actually did get payback and that explains his mood swing at the end.
Idk, he crossed the root for line late last season with all the old lady drama, hard to root for him after that..
YES! That got us bad. LOL. I really enjoyed the episode, LOVE Mike's story line. More so than Jimmy's.
