I felt bad for Chuck after the finale, I really did. And how could I not? It was heartbreaking. But after some reflection, what I realized is that Chuck IS an asshole! His suicide is going to emotionally destroy Jimmy, Kim, Howard even. And what reason did he have to do it, huh?
1) Hatred of or disappointment with Jimmy? Well, Jimmy DID apologize and he sounded genuinely sincere, but Chuck just pushed him away and burnt this bridge. This conversation obviously made him feel bad which means he did not want it to be like this. So why couldn't he just admit that and talk to Jimmy? Okay, he could not apologize, but at least he could just accept Jimmy's apology -- like a man. But he just couldn't get over his pride, righteousness or whatever. ASSHOLE.
2) Did the fact that Howard kicked him out of HHM upset him? What, he could not stand not being a practicing lawyer? Well, boo-freaking-hoo. Unlike Jimmy, he did not have a suspension. A rock star like Chuck still could be a lawyer anywhere (imagine Howard's face if Davis & Mane became Davis & Mane & McGuill). He could start his own firm and have tons of clients. Yes, now his reputation wasn't as perfect as it used to be, but still, I'm sure he could find a way to keep practicing law and successfully so. In a similar situation, Kim, practically nobody, managed to land Mesa Verde as a client -- when Howard put her in doc review, it was hard for her, but she got up, picked up the damn phone and started actually DOING SOMETHING. And it paid off. Jimmy -- how many times did Jimmy have to start from scratch? Right now, his situation is far worse than Chuck's: he legally can not practice law and he completely destroyed his reputation as a lawyer you can trust, he lost every single one of his clients. And we all know that he is not going to commit suicide because of it, he is going to start from square one, and he will succeed (at least for some time). Chuck, on the other hand, can not get over that his partner asked him to retire and paid him TONS of money out of his own pocket. ASSHOLE.
3) Did the realization that he is mentally not well made him sad? Well, we've all seen that he COULD control his condition, he COULD get better. All he had to do was call his doctor the second he felt the urge to tear down the house. He KNEW IT FOR A FACT that it was all in his head, but he CHOSE not to believe it. WEAK AND COWARDLY.
So, I think that Chuck is an asshole. Years of being successful made him weak. He feels entitled to everything, he thinks that his reputation and the sheer fact that he is James McGuill is the guarantee he is going to win (that's why he lost his case to Jimmy). He simply forgot what it means what it's like to fight hard. I'm sure he had his ups and downs in life, but he forgot how to deal the downs. When something isn't going his way he just gets upset and depressed and angry, he does not try to fight. Or, if he tries to fight (like in case he tried to battle his condition), the moment it gets difficult, he gives up.
P.S.: I'm sorry it's such a long post, but I just had to say it. Also, great show. I feel like Chuck could be a real person, a fucked-up, complicated, old, and stubborn asshole who got successful and rich once and now can't stand losing even a bit of his reputation and success.
Submitted June 27, 2017 at 04:06PM by erinrice59 http://ift.tt/2tmBkJe
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