I loved the scene between Chuck, Kim, and Jimmy so much. I loved how none of them were wrong, yet none of them had the purest of intentions and none of them were completely right, either.
Chuck correctly sussed out Jimmy's role in the misfiling. And professionally, he was absolutely right in calling Kim's attention to it. Yet the conversation reveals he's mostly upset about Jimmy stabbing him in the back with this move -- when Chuck had others stab Jimmy in the back for him for years at HHM. Chuck also allowed his insatiable need and hubris about proving to anyone and everyone that Jimmy is not the sweet charmer he plays to cause his ultimate downfall and (apparently) demise.
Kim correctly told Chuck some hard truths he needed to hear. About how he's mistreated Jimmy and about how Chuck has contributed to Jimmy being the man he is today. Yet she did this with a strong suspicion, that was later outright confirmed, that Jimmy did everything Chuck accused him of. And that Jimmy did these things while continuing to lie straight to her face about them, and did them to benefit her when Kim had made things very clear that she doesn't want to do things Jimmy's way. Not to mention that continuing to side with Jimmy her friend/lover will continue to damage her career she's worked so hard for - probably irreparably so, at some point.
Jimmy is rightfully angry at Chuck for being so cruel to him at HHM after Jimmy did so much to care for and provide for Chuck in his deteriorating condition. He's even pretty clever in using Kim's situation as an excuse to purify his motives for "getting even" with Chuck. But his need to keep up the facade means denying everything to both Chuck and Kim's faces, when they both know he is outright lying to them, and ultimately go too far with too high a cost to real people who really matter to him.
So damn good.
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