Better Call Saul

A close friend of mine, who I hope doesn't read this, claims to have Chuck's condition, but to a lesser degree. Once when I was driving him to the airport I asked him to answer my ringing cell phone and he made a huge show about how painful it was to put my phone close to his head. After the call, I challenged him to a bet that he couldn't tell when the phone was close to his head wearing a blindfold. He said something to the effect that his life was worth more than money.

Bottom line is that in most things it is a matter of degree. There are lots of things that are safe in lose doses but dangerous in large ones.

Quote: Wizard

bet that he couldn't tell when the phone was close to his head wearing a blindfold. He said something to the effect that his life was worth more than money.
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It's a lame excuse to get them out of
facing whatever it is they don't want
to deal with. It's a psychosomatic
disease treatable by a shrink.

Can someone explain to me how the geeky baseball card/drug rep guy was in this episode, when he was near the end of Breaking Bad as a new character? How is this foreshadowing? They're mixing time lines here?

A good many people claim to be 'allergic' to modern chemicals, cleaning products, perfumes, etc. some even live in remote towns where their UPS driver delivers all parcels to an airing shed and the residents go there to pick up their deliveries.

In actuality, it is simply classical conditioning similar to Pavlov ringing that darn bell.

The 'secondary gain' plays a vital role too.

Quote: Fleastiff

A good many people claim to be 'allergic' to modern chemicals, cleaning products, perfumes, etc. some even live in remote towns where their UPS driver delivers all parcels to an airing shed and the residents go there to pick up their deliveries.

In actuality, it is simply classical conditioning similar to Pavlov ringing that darn bell.

The 'secondary gain' plays a vital role too.

I used to have to deal with this as a PCO all the time. This smells, that smells, this does this to me.

Sometimes it was to get over on the boss. Story was one place two women always complained. So they told us to come in and spray water. Women complained. Company had them on the spot. Didn't hear how it turned out.

The attitude between the blue collar places and white collar was amazing, too.

Jimmy trying to get a refund on his
insurance was silly. He's still a member
of the state bar even while suspended.
He can be sued by a client any time.
And he wasn't there to rat out Chuck,
he mentioned the insurance in the
last episode. No real lawyer would even
consider asking for a refund.

Quote: Evenbob

Jimmy trying to get a refund on his
insurance was silly. He's still a member
of the state bar even while suspended.
He can be sued by a client any time.
And he wasn't there to rat out Chuck,

I think he was there to rat out Chuck, as evidenced by his triumphant facial expression in the very last shot of the episode.

Quote: ams288

I think he was there to rat out Chuck, as evidenced by his triumphant facial expression in the very last shot of the episode.

Like I said, he mentioned the refund earlier.
I think he was genuinely shocked at how
much his rates would go up and that's
when he decided to take Chuck down with
him.

Quote: Evenbob

Like I said, he mentioned the refund earlier.
I think he was genuinely shocked at how
much his rates would go up and that's
when he decided to take Chuck down with
him.

I think there is more than revenge to his motives. We shall see.

Quote: Evenbob

No real lawyer would even consider asking for a refund.

Not all of the audience would know that. Maybe even the writer didn't know that, if true. It's writer's license.