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troutman · 04-20-2016, 08:50 AM

Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould

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PG: In some ways, I think what Chuck does [at the end of Season 2] is the worst thing that he’s ever done because he preys on Jimmy’s guilt and empathy. He uses Jimmy’s love for him. You have to wonder how he justifies it. I don’t think Jimmy fully understood the impact of his act of sabotage. The tragedy is that Jimmy and Chuck are brothers, but they don’t really understand each other and keep hurting each other as a result. Jimmy doesn’t understand how important the law is to Chuck and how little Chuck has in his life. Chuck also can’t see that Jimmy’s intentions, however he executes them, are usually pretty good.

VG: I think [Chuck’s betrayal of Jimmy] that we discovered at the end of Season 1 is, in a sense, the biggest betrayal. It is the wellspring of all other terrible behavior that follows. As much as I love Jimmy, I think it’s pretty reprehensible what he does to Chuck [in Episode 208]. We see Chuck’s embarrassment, his awful humiliation and the damage to his reputation and career as an attorney. Chuck, of course, plays this amazing long con on Jimmy and in that moment, he’s a better con man than Jimmy. [Laughs] What a terrible state of affairs this brotherly relationship is in at the end of Season 2.

PG: They are really two sides of the same coin. In some ways, if you could put them both together, you’d have a pretty perfect person. [Laughs] They both have empty spaces inside of them and we’re fascinated by how they got that way. One of the privileges we give ourselves on this show is to go back and forth in time. A lot of people disliked Chuck, but in Season 2, we get a little bit of his side of things. It’s like sympathy for the Devil, for lack of a better phrase.

04-20-2016, 08:50 AM	#460
troutman Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Crowsnest Pass Exp:	Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould http://www.amc.com/shows/better-call...m_campaign=BCS PG: In some ways, I think what Chuck does [at the end of Season 2] is the worst thing that he’s ever done because he preys on Jimmy’s guilt and empathy. He uses Jimmy’s love for him. You have to wonder how he justifies it. I don’t think Jimmy fully understood the impact of his act of sabotage. The tragedy is that Jimmy and Chuck are brothers, but they don’t really understand each other and keep hurting each other as a result. Jimmy doesn’t understand how important the law is to Chuck and how little Chuck has in his life. Chuck also can’t see that Jimmy’s intentions, however he executes them, are usually pretty good. VG: I think [Chuck’s betrayal of Jimmy] that we discovered at the end of Season 1 is, in a sense, the biggest betrayal. It is the wellspring of all other terrible behavior that follows. As much as I love Jimmy, I think it’s pretty reprehensible what he does to Chuck [in Episode 208]. We see Chuck’s embarrassment, his awful humiliation and the damage to his reputation and career as an attorney. Chuck, of course, plays this amazing long con on Jimmy and in that moment, he’s a better con man than Jimmy. [Laughs] What a terrible state of affairs this brotherly relationship is in at the end of Season 2. PG: They are really two sides of the same coin. In some ways, if you could put them both together, you’d have a pretty perfect person. [Laughs] They both have empty spaces inside of them and we’re fascinated by how they got that way. One of the privileges we give ourselves on this show is to go back and forth in time. A lot of people disliked Chuck, but in Season 2, we get a little bit of his side of things. It’s like sympathy for the Devil, for lack of a better phrase.