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Originally Posted by siberian khatru
It's entirely possible that Chuck's story was 100 percent true. But let's remember: It was told completely from his POV.
I think there's room for skepticism. For instance, he told Kim his father was a paragon of honesty, a saint, really put him on a pedestal. Thus, he couldn't imagine Dad doing anything remotely wrong.
So what if ... that $14,000 missing from the business was actually Dad spending a bit on, say, gambling, or some other vice. Chuck's idealization of his Dad -- and his inherent dislike/distrust of his brother -- may have led him to wrongly assume Jimmy skimmed the money. His Dad wouldn't accept that because he knew Jimmy was innocent, but he was too guilt-ridden to fess up to Chuck.
Is Jimmy so pathological that he would steal from his father? Maybe.
Is Chuck so jealous of his brother, the proverbial prodigal son who is loved by the father despite his faults, who unlike Chuck has the gift of charm (which even works on Chuck's prim and proper wife Rebecca), that he would think the worst of him -- or even tell a lie to Kim in order to hurt Jimmy the only way he knows how, by driving a wedge between Jimmy and his girl? Maybe.
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Originally Posted by Anyong Bluth
Well put.
Chuck has grandized Jimmy's screwups because there's a deep seeded jealousy.
Jimmy even called him on his sanctimonious BS in indirectly pushing the fallout with Kim and him.
No matter how much Jimmy helps Chuck and his loony condition, he is determined to knock his brother down a peg- at work, with Kim, with his wife, going to law school, becoming a lawyer, at HHM when he worked in the mail room, and on and on... .
No one is perfect, and Chuck is incapable of seeing his own faults, and especially his father's, so Jimmy is the source of blame, because his father could NEVER do anything wrong - except favor Jimmy over Chuck.
His putting in a good word with Howard was only after trying to further drive a wedge between her and Jimmy, just like he doesn't want him to be successful at the new firm.
For whatever reason, Chuck's self worth is very dependant on proving his superiority to Jimmy. He can't even stand his wife liking his own brother.
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Nailed my thoughts, gents.
The fact that Chuck tried to emulate Jimmy (after relentless warnings about Jimmy to his wife) in the joking about lawyers pretty much established, to me, Chuck's jealousy of his brother. The rest of the episode's expansion of that story arc was spent reinforcing that tidbit.
Yes, Chuck perceives the issue as real, but he is still wrong in his assumption. As most have stated: Chuck will be the cause of turning Jimmy into Saul.