Mike and Chuck, standing on either side of a mirror.

Effie 2022-11-19 21:25:53

Written when Better call saul was renewed for season 4.

The authenticity of the American drama's character portrayal has been experienced as early as in Breaking Bad. Xiaofan, who is ignorant and ignorant, has done everything in the show, but he shows the human side everywhere in the play, stabbed in the side of his brother and his girlfriend. Distressed and patient. High school chemistry teacher Lao Bai has always been an honest and honest socialist successor. When the plot develops later, no one will think that when Lao Bai kills people, the weight of Xiaofan's spirit seems to be completely interchanged. Xiaofan hesitates beforehand, and finally wants to Lao Bai forced his hand, and Lao Bai changed his previous timidity. Isn't that what the real world is like? No one has only done good deeds in their life, and no one is completely accurate in their character. That's why people face various choices in life. Facialization is an insult to reality.

Speaking of the show, Mike and Chuck are two of my favorite characters. I like Mike because I have seen Breaking Bad before. I have some psychological estimates of Mike's character in this play. Seeing the reason for Mike's blackening in the middle is like eating a piece of cake and slowly I learned about the production process of cakes and the origin of various flavors mixed in my mouth. After his son's death, Mike's heart was weighed down with a big rock. Mike, who felt like a Tough man from beginning to end, actually cried when he told the truth to his daughter-in-law after killing two policemen, which shows how much he regretted it. Regret persuading his son to accept the stolen money, regret letting his son bathe in the sun since he was a child, making him zero tolerance for darkness? I don't know, what I do know is that Mike started doing things according to his own principles, like protecting the timid employee who sold medicine for the first time:

"Without 20 yuan, I can't even do business"

"Yes"

Because Mike already knows that in the dark, they will respect you and fear you only if they have principles.

If Mike is the villainous Tough man, Chuck is the exact opposite, a lawyer partner, a suit, the embodiment of justice, rich and polished. It was probably the same for Jimmy in front of me. What I saw was such a brother. After chuck fell ill, Jimmy took care of his brother like a father, thinking that his brother would be proud of him and fully support him. But the fact slapped him a few big ears mercilessly, and when chuck admitted that he called Jimmy to stop Jimmy from going to the law firm, Jimmy's sadness felt like it spilled over the screen onto me.

"I know who you were in the past, who you are now, and who you are in the future. Do you think you can become a colleague with the opportunity you gained by cheating? I can't let this happen."

Jimmy collapsed. He didn't know why the people he really treated were so full of malice. In court, he could argue, he could present the facts, and he could scold the street, because he didn't care what his opponents thought, but he obviously paid his sincerity. Brother, he can't do anything, he doesn't know how to speak, he has no face or skin, but he is also a human being and has feelings.

"I'm done, you are on your own"

It's human nature, and chuck just amplifies it a bit. An interesting thing is that Chuck's photophobia was deliberately arranged by the screenwriter. The whole play hinted that Chuck's mentality was out of balance, otherwise who would get the disease that he couldn't get in touch with the light source? I also checked a little, and there is no such disease. The electromagnetic waves explained scientifically in the play are just to find a reasonable reason for the plot.

Looking forward to the fourth season, I will continue to watch it first.

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Better Call Saul quotes

  • Chuck McGill: Money is beside the point.

    Saul Goodman: Money is the point!

  • Saul Goodman: I'm number one on your speed dial right next to your weed dealer.