I've been thinking a lot about Chuck since that ending. I get the whole "Fuck Chuck", especially as this last season progressed more and more. But there is something that has always had me sympathizing with him.
I rewatched the season 3 finale, and I started to think about Chuck saying those words he said to Jimmy, but to himself:
"You're telling me that you have regrets and I'm telling you don't bother. What's the point? ... You're just going to keep hurting people. ... If you're not going to change your behavior, and you won't, why not just skip the whole exercise?"
I think Chuck regrets what happened with HHM. But he's too prideful, too dug in, to admit it. He won't change his behavior, and he knows that -- could have, but he didn't. He felt he was RIGHT. And he stuck to that course. I think of Howard's outburst at Chuck, "This is pointless."
"In the end, you're going to hurt everyone around you. You can't help it."
He's hurt Howard by staying the course of being "right". He's hurt Jimmy. Unsure of what happened between Rebecca, but I don't think it's outrageous to believe there's shades of that as well to their demise.
"So stop apologizing and embrace it. Frankly, I'd have more respect for you if you did."
Different here, as Jimmy does apologize but Chuck never does. But I think of "embrace it". Is his way of embracing it killing himself, because he CAN'T admit he was wrong, he has to stay that course of being right all the time? Pride is his downfall?
Submitted June 28, 2017 at 07:51PM by tehmadhat http://ift.tt/2s4nYNv
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