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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
As for Chuck’s final words to Jimmy, and telling him that he meant nothing, Gould clarified that:
He wants to hurt Jimmy; he wants Jimmy to feel bad, too. That’s just me; that’s just the underpinnings. And you know, not everything he says is wrong. Chuck’s argument to Jimmy essentially is that conscience is great, conscience is important, but, if it doesn’t change your actions, what’s the point of it?
Something we’ve discussed in the writers room is: What’s really the difference between a person who does bad things and feels bad about it, and someone who does bad things and doesn’t feel bad about it? There’s some total of people that are basically fine either way. Chuck is being very tough on Jimmy, and he’s not completely wrong!
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The "I don't really care about you" line is a point I alluded to last season. These guys are a decade+ apart in age - the time to really form close bonds with his sibling was just never there. For the last 30 years, Jimmy's just been the screwup little brother that he had to bail out even though he probably only lived with him for 5-6 years.
And I really found that speech compelling and fair. And it's an open question - Jimmy keeps saying he feels bad but in the end, can he really? Like Chuck said, if your actions don't change, how much impact can it really have had on you?
McKean is right - Chuck's arc had wrapped up once Hamlin played the card that effectively wrote him out of further activity. Truth be told, Hamlin's arc is largely wrapped up as well unless something further happens with Kim. But nothing further really needs happen there so any return to HHM would be little more than writers filling space with interesting characters.
As for Chuck's head shot - every single one of us who spends an appreciable amount of time with someone knows exactly how to break that person. I can identify a killing stroke on every close friend/family member I have and that's universal for all of us because that relationship yields familiarity and candor. Basic human kindness keeps us from ever leveling that blow, even in the midst of some of our most vicious conflicts with people.
But Chuck was out of ****s to give at that point. I suspect he meant exactly what he said but even if he didn't, he knew exactly how to cut Jimmy the deepest and took the shot.