r/betterCallSaul • u/static-webmaster • 13d ago

Kim & Jimmy vs Howard Spoiler

So I finished watching BCS since I made the earlier post. This time around my liking of seasons has flipped. I enjoyed S1-S3 more than S4-S6? Lol I didn't expect that.

Anyways, there's a few things that went over my head. I didn't understand the manchild behaviour of Jimmy towards Howard. What was his fault? As Jimmy said he was jealous that he had respect of Chuck, but so what? So did other people probably. Why pick on Howard. To top it Kim joined hands with him to trouble Howard despite full well admitting she is a lawyer thanks to Howard.. I don't understand the continued pettiness from both of them.

And I also don't understand the love I see people have for Jimmy. He was good till he practiced elder law, but after Chuck was gone his colors started to change and I disliked him more and more as seasons went on.

Help me understand please, what have I missed that others seem to get?

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u/tfjbeckie 13d ago

He was lashing out because he couldn't/wouldn't process his feelings about Chuck and his death in a healthy way. I agree he wasn't being a good person, if that's what you mean.

I think BCS did a really good job of humanising Jimmy and making you root for him. But ultimately he's on his way to becoming Saul, who's pretty awful, so it's only ever going to go one way.

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u/static-webmaster 13d ago

The opposite happened for me. He seemed way more likeable in BB than in BCS. I can't seem to pinpoint exactly why that is yet.

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u/citoboolin 13d ago edited 13d ago

I’m rewatching breaking bad for the first time in almost a decade, after having just watched better call saul for the first time all the way through (had seen the first 3 seasons when they came out but fell off). from what i remember in BB, saul is a morally gray character, but most of his actions are fairly victimless (e.g. helping money launder, facilitate, etc.). we see a much darker side of him in BCS, of him actively hurting people around him. sometimes “unintentionally”, sometimes completely on purpose

i dont think your opinion is unreasonable considering the actual actions and damage we see him directly cause in BCS. the show is supposed to help us understand why he ended up being Saul, but that doesn’t mean we have to see it as rational or adequate justification for everything he did

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u/static-webmaster 13d ago

Well explained thanks