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03-31-2015, 06:18 AM | #406 |
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Wow, Chuck. Wow.
And Mike is already a certified badass. I was thinking he developed that post Philadelphia - now I am even more curious about his activities back east. Uncle Fester...heh. |
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03-31-2015, 11:57 AM | #407 |
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Wow. What a phenomenal series.
I could see it coming, and it didn't even matter. Really well done. |
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03-31-2015, 12:31 PM | #408 | |
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Loved the drug deal. So BB. |
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03-31-2015, 01:00 PM | #409 |
Perpetual Mediocrity
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03-31-2015, 02:10 PM | #410 | |
Now you've pissed me off!
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I think it was Baby Lee who posted the Michael-Fredo clip earlier. Now, imagine if Fredo had busted his ass from a grunt to a trusted counsel, kept Michael afloat after some of the other families tried to freeze him out and/or off him, and secured a massive casino deal for Michael that was legitimate and sustainable. Then Michael shot him in the ****ing head. Because of where he got his law degree? That would be like Vito Corleone whacking Tom Hagen because he was Irish. |
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03-31-2015, 02:16 PM | #411 |
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What I like more than the drama is the nuance.
In the real world, if you were a by the book attorney, WOULD you hire Jimmy? He's trying, but he does still slip back into insurance scams for $$ and faked rescues for publicity. Maybe Chuck owes him more as a brother, but how much more as a Partner in a firm responsible for 100s of employees and 1000s of clients? And how much is Hamlin an asshole? Or how much is he just a committed heel in Chuck's machinations? How much does his nature conveniently coincide with Chuck's directives? |
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03-31-2015, 02:18 PM | #412 |
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It truly is astounding.
Chuck is in a mental institution right now if not for Jimmy, HHM is liquidated, and Jimmy likely has control of millions of dollars. If he was as lecherous as Chuck claimed, Chuck would be stuffing his mylar blanket over fluorescent lights in a padded room. Chuck is smart enough to know this, and yet, in spite of seeing the case he made and the sacrifices he made, tirelessly, as a sign of his character and ability, he rat ****s him and then cooks up a bullshit excuse about Jimmy's character as the rationale. That's just flat out ****ing evil. |
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03-31-2015, 02:26 PM | #413 | |
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03-31-2015, 02:27 PM | #414 |
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03-31-2015, 02:29 PM | #415 |
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Still glad he's not on my team.
And before this goes too far afield, I'm not trying to come across as a blanket Chuck apologist. I'm saying that the hints and whispers of both legitimate positions and horrible cruelty/rank unprofessionalism on both sides enrich the story. |
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03-31-2015, 02:30 PM | #416 | |
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Like an abusive partner, he's destroying someone's self-esteem to the point where they act in a manner that validates that low perception of their worth. Jimmy isn't demanding to sidle up to Hamlin on the billboard. He doesn't want the franchise, he wants a spot on the team, and he's certainly earned that. |
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03-31-2015, 02:35 PM | #417 | |
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Like the Cassel example, you can admire a lot about him and still not want him under center for your team in your chosen profession. |
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03-31-2015, 02:42 PM | #418 | |
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On top of that, HHM doesn't exactly value hard work or integrity. Look at what happened to Kim Wexler when the Kettlemans irrationally left. A non-one who sucks the penis of a boss would see the deal she secured for them and think she did a tremendous job, because 16 months in a county jail for 1.6 million of embezzlement is pretty damned solid in an Enron climate. Furthermore, they certainly showed no qualms towards ****ing the lynchpin of the firm over. |
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03-31-2015, 02:42 PM | #419 |
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The odd thing is that Chuck still cares about Jimmy in his own way. But out of his own pride/ego, he just can't envision a world in which the two are anything close to equal. He has an image of himself as the hard-working, righteous learned lawyer and an image of his brother as Slippin' Jimmy and refuses to alter those ideas in his mind regardless of the preponderance of evidence in front of him.
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03-31-2015, 02:45 PM | #420 | |
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