Jimmy was never a conformist, he had a strong desire to succeed, the old janitor said in the drug car to his employer, you're not a bad guy, but you're a criminal. The same applies to Jimmy. He has a dark side, but also a good side, he is not a vicious person, although he always wants to cut corners and find shortcuts to success, Jimmy has his own bottom line.
Mark is a reflection of Jimmy. They are family-oriented. With the help of their family members, they both start a new life and become unexpected people with certain expertise. But in the end, Mark died, died in a deception, and left the last sentence, which was the happiest time in his life. I haven't watched the second season yet, but judging from the end of the first season, Jimmy, who was hesitant to guard the bottom line, died.
Chuck sees Jimmy's dark side, but he misjudges Jimmy's attitude towards family. He cares about this younger brother, but he doesn't trust and value him. No matter how hard Jimmy tries, in Chuck's eyes, he will always be Jimmy the slick, Jimmy the lawyer, a chimpanzee with a weapon, powerful but dangerous. So his misjudgment directly caused Jimmy to be crushed to death by the last straw and gave up his fantasy of a bright future. If he can see this brother's admiration for him and his persistence on the edge of blackness, he should get a strong collaborator. Is Chuck the bad guy? At least in the first season, it's not. He cares about Jimmy's younger brother, but it contains a lot of complicated emotions. His affection for Jimmy is less than Jimmy's desire for family and affection.
There is no conclusion about who is the righteous side and who is the evil side. Human nature is complicated. Good and evil, sometimes obvious, sometimes intricate. So there's the story of Jimmy the doorman, and the story of Jimmy and Chuck...
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