'Yeah. I Have Regrets.' | Lantern | Better Call Saul

Chuck responds to Jimmy admitting he has regrets about what transpired between the brothers.

Season 3 Episode 10 Lantern: Kim takes time off while Jimmy tries to make amends and Nacho gambles with his future. Meanwhile, Hamlin pushes Chuck to make a decision.

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Better Call Saul is the prequel to the award-winning series Breaking Bad, set six years before Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) became Walter White's lawyer. When we meet him, the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, and often against, Jimmy is "fixer" Mike Erhmantraut (Jonathan Banks), a beloved character introduced in Breaking Bad. The series will track Jimmy's transformation into Saul Goodman, the man who puts "criminal" in "criminal lawyer."

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"Yeah. I Have Regrets." | Lantern | Better Call Saul

[masterzombie]

“I always said I’ll get better, you just never believed in me.”

The hypocrisy in that sentence is immeasurable.

[maicoxmauler]

*Turns on electricity*
*Destroys familial bond*
*Refuses to elaborate*
*Dies*

[sebdoesnothing]

The refreshing thing about Saul Goodman in Breaking Bad is that he wasn't a hypocrite. While everyone else wrung their hands and justified act after act, Saul was unapologetically selfish and destructive: and we loved and laughed at it. Lots of things happened in between the two shows, but this last exchange between Chuck and Jimmy was one of the most important interactions that made Saul. And damn, what a sad way to do so.

[cmafilmproduction]

After seeing both the final episode, but especially the two brothers doing karaoke in 410, this scene hurts so much more in retrospect. Michael McKean was absolutely wonderful as Chuck. To me, the brotherly rivalry between them was one of the best character dynamics I have ever seen

[danielwormald]

This scene and their whole relationship is so sad because they obviously do care about eachother. If Chuck didn’t cared about Jimmy he would have tried again and again to “correct” his path. But their inhabilty to accept their mistakes and to forgive never let them repair their relationship, It’s a tragic story but beautifully written.

[Officer]

What a sad scene for what was forever going to be Jimmy's view of his brother. That last sentence is probably the only thing he'll remember him by. The brother that never meant much.

[thegamingbayskeletor]

Chuck : I don't want to hurt your feelings
Also Chuck **proceed to absolutly obliterate them**

[jdmdcfc]

Heavy focus was placed on the idea of regret in this season finale. Which is interesting considering this is Jimmy’s last conversation with Chuck. Chuck tells him to not bother having regrets, and deep down Jimmy respects his brother so much that he took that advice to heart. Chuck telling Jimmy to not bother having regrets birthed the persona of Saul Goodman, a person who refused to acknowledge trauma or the things that hurt him, nor own up to the things he did.

The ‘show of remorse’ that Chuck refers to in that scene is the one aspect of Jimmy that allowed him to retain his humanity. If Chuck never says that to Jimmy I doubt that he becomes Saul, at least not in the same way we saw in BB.

I think what’s interesting is after S3 the show really reinforces how Jimmy refuses to acknowledge any sort of trauma, regret or grief, starting with Chuck’s own death.

Arguably this is the most important scene in the series, and by not taking his brother’s advice in the end, Jimmy finally gains peace and is able to live with his regrets.

[conkface]

" I don't want to hurt your feelings" chuck's a really thoughtful guy!!!

[GiantsFan]

That flashback with Chuck in the finale shows how tragic Jimmy McGill is. If Jimmy had a time machine, he would’ve went back in time to that night with Chuck because deep down, he believed that he may have been able to come to an understanding with him. He believed that Chuck wouldn’t have turned against him if he stayed and talked with him. That’s very sad and it proves that Jimmy was indeed a Good Man.

[joe]

That broke him right there. "You've never mattered all that much to that killed whatever remorse and sorrow Jimmy had left him. Killed his love of his brother. Killed his caring for others. Killed his will to be a proper and straight lawyer. This is where Jimmy hits rock bottom and rebounds to become Saul.

[lmeproductions]

2:55 "why have regrets at all? what's the point?"

Reminds me of Jesse saying something similar "if you just do things and nothing happens, what's it all mean? what's the point?"

Chuck is pointing out that if you keep making the same mistake what's the point of regretting your decisions, while Jesse is pointing out the fact that even if you forgive yourself and move on, how does that change what you did?

[HeisenbergTheFirst]

Such a sad scene, I'm sure nothing worse happened at the end of the episode.

[napoleoncomplex]

I don't think that Jimmy would ever have been a perfect person, but he didn't have to end up a mob lawyer. Chuck not provoking this kind of burning anger, Kim not egging him on with Howard Hamlin, they kept Jimmy on the road Mike hinted at. There were several junctions that I believe he could have left it.

There was something fundamentally broken about Walt. I don't believe the same of Jimmy McGill. Which makes the trajectory his life took all the more tragic.

[MajorGamer]

No wonder Saul’s Time Machine answers were lame…Chuck broke him

[thecritic]

I love how this connects to the last episode

[freemson]

Easily the best scene in the show imho. The lighting, the dialogue, the performances. It's heartbreaking and you just know that this interaction is seared into Jimmy's mind for the rest of his life.

[spicypickle]

"You've never mattered all the much to me."
*The fact that Chuck could make such a statement after all Jimmy sacrificed to help him through his mental breakdown gives the audience the justification to cheer for Saul's wrongdoings. In other words, Vince Gilligan manages gives the antihero of the story the heroic right to continue being villainous. Truly brilliant storytelling.*

[CheBellaTelevisione]

Chuck: “frankly I’d have more respect for you if you did”

One could argue that jimmy took this part to heart.

[delfin]

Watching this scene and The Winner Takes It All Scene on top with the Time Machine scene makes their relationship so gut-wrenching to watch.