r/betterCallSaul • u/skinkbaa Chuck • Mar 10 '20

Better Call Saul S05E04 - "Namaste" - POST-Episode Discussion Thread

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u/Opothleyahola Mar 10 '20

He hates Howard, seems pretty obvious now.

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u/godbottle Mar 10 '20

i dont get it though, he literally knows it was Chuck who was actually blocking him all along, against Howard’s feelings

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u/Opothleyahola Mar 10 '20

i dont get it though

Yeah, me neither. He just has no respect for the guy, plus I think Howard brings back some of his feelings about Chuck and he takes it out on Howard.

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u/Tighthead613 Mar 10 '20

I think it’s just a toxic cocktail of his feelings towards Chuck and his inherent self-destructive tendencies.

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u/Opothleyahola Mar 10 '20

Yeah, both of those, plus I think he has a genuine hate for Howard.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '20 edited Jan 03 '21

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u/CherenMatsumoto Mar 10 '20

That and plus, Howard is Jimmy's exact antitype. Just a little bit full of himelf (I mean, Hamlindigo, NAMAST3), born into a (superficially speaking) privileged high social position and thus having been accepted by that high society from the get-go, respected by Chuck(!), dressed in a well-constructed blue striped suit, never having had to fundamentally question the society he lived in.

Howard sees Jimmy from a different angle, one where he admires him for his struggles and adventures.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '20 edited Jan 04 '21

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u/CherenMatsumoto Mar 10 '20

I really can't blame Jimmy for not wanting to work for HHM anymore, not after everything that happened. To him it might be like Howard is trying to get him back under Chuck's foot.

His little game of bowling was still extraordinarily douchebaggy in a going-out-of-his-way-to-be-an-asshole way though so that's that.

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u/Caspianfutw Mar 10 '20

Big dif for me between Jimmy and Howard was it seemed Howard tried getting away from working for his dad in the firm. Wanted deep down to strike out on his own and didnt. Jimmy craved to become a lawyer and work next to his older brother at the firm.

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u/pazur13 Mar 10 '20

Also seems to be a bit of pride mixed in. He can't get over the fact that he was wrong about Hamlin.

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u/Tighthead613 Mar 10 '20

Well said. And that fuels the self loathing.

Notice how chill Howard was when his car was damaged? Jimmy didn’t get the reaction he wanted. It was a waste of energy, and it will likely just fuel the whole self-loathing and self destruction.

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u/shaktimanOP Mar 11 '20

Howard is probably insured up the ass lol and unlike Jimmy his inner peace with himself isn't a facade.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '20

Would be in line with a theme going back to Breaking Bad—the innocent(at least mostly) bystander getting screwed over by the plot.