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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Like I said last season, folks - Chuck knows some shit about Jimmy that we don't.
Remember that time that Jimmy kinda killed his dad? Yeah, that shit's gonna stick with you for awhile.
I still don't dislike Chuck. He's not a perfect person, but he has ample cause not to trust Jimmy and frankly, if I my sibling had 'was a factor in the death of my paragon of virtue father' on the ol' resume, I'm not sure I'd be even as cordial as Chuck has been to Jimmy thus far.
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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.