Chuck:
I noticed this while rewatching with someone who is watching for the first time. When Chuck finally goes off on his rant to Jimmy on why he was working against him, the line that stuck out the most to me was "the law is sacred!". This, to me anyway, felt like Chuck giving a noble and morally righteous cover for his actual petty insecurity and disdain for his brother. One of the biggest reasons it got under his skin that Jimmy was becoming a lawyer was that being a lawyer and the stature that came with it was what separated him and gave him a level of esteem he could take pride in. With Jimmy invading "his" space he felt threatened and his own sense of self worth and superiority was questioned.
Walt:
Walt flips out on Jesse for cooking his own formula without him because "its an insult to the chemistry". He later tells Gus that he is offended he would even want to work with Jesse without walt because "the chemistry must be respected." He gives a similar type of moral cover for his own petty insecurity and ego problems. He clearly took pride in the fact that it was "his" product and the fact that it was being replicated by someone of jesses stature threatened what he felt seperated him and his pride.
Summary: Jesse encroaching on walts greatness by creating a product of similar quality unsettled his sense of worth and superiority just as Jimmy becoming a laywer did to Chucks. Both characters tried to mask their egomania and insecurity by using a false moral crying call "the law is sacred!" "the chemistry must be respected"
Sorry if this has been said before, but I thought it was a cool parallel and wanted to share.
Submitted May 27, 2019 at 03:35AM by Goodisworthfighting4 http://bit.ly/2M8P0Sl
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