Right now we get to see him struggling and becomming a better person but ultimately a lot of dark shit needs to happen to transform him into the dude we see in BB, am guessing Chuck bites it and Jimmy gets that company cash also a lot of characters need to bite it until the only peeps left are Mike, Bill Burr and that dude who weighs a metric ton enter the picture.
I wouldn’t say they, Jimmy’s friends/family, are dead by the time Breaking Bad starts. It’s possible that they might be, but it’s equally possible they’re all still around. Keep in mind that in Breaking Bad, when we do see Saul we really don’t see him doing anything outside of business relations with Walter. Like every scene he is in during Breaking Bad is pretty much related to Walter’s business. For all we know he is still in contact with Chuck and Kim when Breaking Bad starts or they’re alive and well but don’t keep in contact with Saul anymore after he becomes a sleezeball.
Yeah, we see Saul through the eyes of Walt. His friends/family are inconsequential to that story
Its also possible they’re alive but have just disowned him due to what he became, must like Walts family did
I’m fairly sure Chuck will be committed eventually, but his lawyer friend has a more dubious future. Estrangement might be the the most logical path, esp. since he’s slowly falling back on his bad ways.
IMO, Chuck can still be allergic to electromagnetic waves. Writers left wriggle room when Chuck didn’t say all, but some/most things electronic. But my money is what everybody else is thinking, it’s all a psychiatric condition, specifically a delusional disorder that’s a somatic type. It is a psychotic disorder, but the people are very high functioning. Pretty much nothing else is wrong with them besides the delusion they are holding. In Chuck’s case, it severely affects his life since the delusion is so debilitating. Treatment is difficult and usually involves psychotherapy rather than medication.
In regards to why we don’t see anybody else in Saul’s life, I think it’s a mix of both dead and “other” reasons. I wouldn’t be surprised if Saul wins lots of money and helps Chuck live out the rest of his life comfortably on a large farm without electricity. Kim could eventually just walk out on Saul, either for personal reasons (horrible break up with Saul) or moves for work. Nacho and rest probably died. Tuco excluded, obviously.
Saul’s “downfall” will be an interesting one. I don’t know how big of a downfall it really is since he has his own moral code (even in Breaking Bad). He’s comfortable with severely bending laws, but doesn’t outright break them. Above all else, he’s loyal to his brother. Maybe they do lose in the end which make Saul embrace that sketchy side of himself.
Chuck’s theme song
I will lose my shit worse than him if I hear this on the show
Nacho, sure. The rest? You mean the two guys with Tuco, who are present during breaking bad, including the one Tuco beats to death and the other who dies trying to recover the body, that set in motion the whole showdown between Hank and Tuco? You think those guys are going to die?
I think regarding chuck, the disorder is not an accepted medical condition goes to show that its not real. Of course it could totally be, but the doctor proved it I think. He freaked out for her battery powered thermometer, but no issues with the entire bed being powered up; seems pretty much all in his head.
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Just because the physician never heard of it doesn’t mean that condition doesn’t exist. A doctor doesn’t know every established disease, allergy, or developmental disorder. Or, the disease is very new and starting to be formed as an established condition. There’s got to be a starting point with each diagnosis somewhere.
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That 1 small test doesn’t really prove anything. It does help to show it’s mainly in his head, but it’s not definitive. Chuck said he’s susceptible to “certain frequencies of electromagnetic radiation” and it’s dependent on how close he is. Maybe it wasn’t the right frequency, or he’s shielded by the actual bed itself. I don’t know. Point is, neither do you. Somebody can say they’re allergic to nuts, but that doesn’t mean all nuts. Somebody can be red/green colorblind but can still differentiate between most of the hues.
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A psychiatric condition is still a medical condition. Even though “electromagnetic hypersensitivity” may not be an established condition, his delusion and subsequent symptoms (at the very least) make it real for him. There are a lot of psychological conditions that are self manifested, but that doesn’t mean the person isn’t truly experiencing it. Conversion disorder and somatiform disorder are two fairly popular ones like this. People can describe very serious things like sudden blindness, severe pain, GI disturbances, etc. without any diagnostic or identifiable cause. By the way, not every psychiatric condition (psychotic or not) warrants mental hospitalization. Chuck obviously doesn’t want to kill himself or others. Set him up with Amish people and he’s fine.
Mike is a complete badass. This episode just made me love him even more.
omg that was so guddd 
Tonight’s episode was super good. Felt more serious and closer to the writing in Breaking Bad compared to what has aired this season so far (not that the show’s lighter tone compared to BB is bad). Really interested to see how Jimmy is going to get Mike out of this, and I like how this looks to be the start of Jimmy essentially becoming Saul.
Damn, all that blue was annoying. Once someone pointed out how much blue TV and movies use when filming I can’t unsee it.
Real nice to have some solid background on Mike. That was always a big mystery to the character. He’s still a piece of shit, though, there’s no denying that. Later on he dives into the same shit that he used to do when he was a cop so it’s hard for me to sympathize with him.
No.
It’s not hard to do some simple research into this bullshit to see that it is quite clearly bullshit.
The fact that it’s nonsense is the entire point of it being the “condition”, and not something that is actually real with a similar severity.
Define “bullshit.” Do you think Chuck wants to live without electricity? Do you think he’s making it up for a primary or secondary gain?
Amazing episode. Damn, Mike, just damn.
That’s one of the things I’ve always liked about the BB universe. How it can go from being almost like a black comedy and being somewhat lighthearted to being dark and dramatic.
For the last 25-30 minutes, I felt like I was watching Breaking Bad all over again. Talk about brilliant. The acting, the emotional tension, quite palpable. It’s kind of sad when you realize he died a completely unnecessary death years later.
I think Mike’s ingenuity and planning skills are so underrated. He managed to get those crooked cops drive him to the perfect place to commit murder and playing a depressed drunkard made for the perfect alibi. Even though I knew what was about to happen, the execution made it even more rewarding.
Vince Gilligan is going to have to build a special wing to store his statuettes come awards season.
The great thing I loved about Breaking Bad (which I had only JUST watched a few weeks ago; marathon’d the show from start to finish over a week) was the constant theme of morality and if the ends justify the means of an action even if the action is clearly wrong. For example, Walter doing all those awful things in order to provide for his family. Same with Mike trying to provide for his granddaughter. This episode helps provide a detailed background for Mike, and his motivations for doing what he did in Breaking Bad are becoming clearer. It’s probably safe to say he wanted to take care of his granddaughter in the way he did (i.e. trying to leave her millions of dollars) was because of the immense guilt of getting his son killed. He probably could have lead a straight life to help provide, but he probably wanted to have his granddaughter set for life to make up for the loss of life of his son.
No half measures there. Mike the GOAT
In retrospect, FUCK Walt officially lol.