Real Reason Jimmy Becomes Saul?
Will Jimmy change his name because Chuck has disgraced the McGill name, and been disbarred?
shareHow great was it to hear that at the end of next week's promo?! Of course...that doesn't guarantee that's what we'll see, maybe it's just the idea for the name or something (it didn't sound like Jimmy's/Odenkirk's voice to me).
I always figured it was because he had to split and run and get a new identity, which isn't a stretch since that's a service he would provide to those in BB, but distancing himself from Chuck could be the reason too. Chuck being the one disbarred never actually crossed my mind which is dumb of me now that I think about it, haha. But having that reversal would be pretty compelling to see.
After all this blows over (if it does) I could see Jimmy wanting to make a clean break, do the shady law he's most adept at, and start anew. The only loose thread with that really is Kim. I always wonder what will become of her when he starts becoming Saul more than Jimmy....
I'm wondering if it might not take a much darker turn, with Jimmy not wanting to be known as the lawyer who drove his brother to suicide.
If the panel concludes from Chuck's behavior that Jimmy is exonerated, but Chuck must face (and, ultimately, fail) a competency hearing, it would seem Chuck's disbarment might be at hand.
Having lost his wife, and (maybe even more important to him) his right to practice law, Chuck might have nothing to live for. If he is driven to suicide, Kim might not be able to stomach being in the relationship any longer, having been instrumental in the progression of events. We never heard anything of Chuck or Kim in Breaking Bad.
Interesting you mention suicide because the final shot of the episode tipped those scales, in my opinion. I wondered if panning up to the buzzing EXIT sign was there way of telling us this might be what happens with Chuck. Since Chuck loves the law so much I could see disbarment as its own form of death to him, worse than just actually doing it.
I think neither of them being mentioned in BB is more of advantage than not. It means they really could do anything with them if they wanted and it would make sense. Either they're dead/not around or he's trying to keep his personal from his, ahem, less-than-professional professional work! Certainly there is collateral damage to be had though, so we'll see!
I always figured it was because he had to split and run and get a new identity
If he did, he sure doesn't run very far since he's still practicing in the same town in Breaking Bad. People would know his face and his style, new name or not. I figure he just wants to break completely with Chuck and his whole former life, and just start over as a new man so he can finally be who he wants to be and not what everyone else expects him to be. share
Well put.
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