RunningMn9 wrote:If hiring young, newly-minted lawyer Jimmy would have been totally irresponsible, why did Howard want to do it? You see Jimmy through Chuck's eyes, so you react like Chuck.
Howard wanted to do it because Chuck is a great lawyer and if Jimmy is half the lawyer Chuck is he would be a good hire. Howard has no idea how slimy Jimmy is. Chuck does and knows better than to bring him on to represent HHM.
Chuck helped make Jimmy what he is today.
No, Jimmy was an asshole since he was a kid. Why are you blaming Chuck for that?
When Jimmy put his nose to the grindstone and worked his way through law school he was trying to do the right thing - how did that work out?
It gave him a new avenue to scam people.
Every time Jimmy tries to do the right thing, how does it work out? Jimmy ends up doing the wrong thing to achieve what he believes is the right result.
Sometimes. Many times he does the wrong thing just because he enjoys doing it, such as his many scams like insurance fraud, selling people junk, etc.
Yes, Slippin' Jimmy is always in there, and he's willing to do seriously shady shit. But he's a product of circumstance in many ways. And Chuck is one of those circumstances.
We resent Chuck because we want Jimmy to be the hero, and Chuck has been shitting on him his whole life.
Once again we're blaming Chuck for Jimmy's actions. How do you know Chuck has been shitting on Jimmy his whole life? I've seen Chuck get furious and want to stop Jimmy in the present. And each time Jimmy had it coming because he was being an asshole. Have you ever known someone who was a total screw up? Did you blame everyone else for that person too?