Better Call Saul (TV Series)

Lantern (2017)

Michael McKean: Chuck McGill

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• Jimmy McGill : Something happened, and it made me think about what went down between you and me and... I wanted to say, in hindsight, I could've made different choices.

  Chuck McGill : Is that so?

  Jimmy McGill : Yeah. I mean, I'm not saying it's all on me. It's not. But if I had to do it all over again, I would maybe do some things differently. And I just thought you should know that.

  Chuck McGill : That you have regrets?

  Jimmy McGill : Yeah. I have regrets.

  Chuck McGill : Hmm. Why?

  Jimmy McGill : 'Cause you're my brother. There aren't that many of us McGills left and, uh, I think we should stick together.

  Chuck McGill : No. Why have regrets at all? What's the point?

  Jimmy McGill : What do you mean?

  Chuck McGill : Well, look at you. You're in so much pain. Why are you putting yourself through all this?

  Jimmy McGill : 'Cause I wanted to tell you...

  Chuck McGill : That you have regrets. And I'm telling you: don't bother. What's the point? You're just gonna keep hurting people.

  Jimmy McGill : That's not true.

  Chuck McGill : Jimmy, this is what you do. You hurt people, over and over and over. And then there's this show of remorse.

  Jimmy McGill : It's not a "show".

  Chuck McGill : I know you don't think it's a show. I don't doubt your emotions are real. But what's the point of all the sad faces and the gnashing of teeth? If you're not going to change your behavior, and you won't...

  Jimmy McGill : I can change.

  Chuck McGill : Why don't you skip the whole exercise? In the end, you're going to hurt everyone around you. You can't help it. So stop apologizing and accept it. Embrace it. Frankly, I'd have more respect for you if you did.

  Jimmy McGill : What about you, Chuck? You didn't do anything wrong? You're just an innocent victim?

  Chuck McGill : Let me put your mind at ease, Jimmy. You don't have to make up with me. We don't have to understand each other. Things are fine the way they are. Hey... I don't want to hurt your feelings, but the truth is, you've never mattered all that much to me.

  [Chuck turns his back on Jimmy and sits behind his desk to resume his work. Jimmy remains frozen for a moment, stunned, injured, then he slowly and weakly begins to walk out of the room. Just before exiting, he turns to look at him one final time to find him still working, ignoring him, throwing a quick glance his direction to see if he's left yet. Jimmy then silently turns around and makes his departure, permanently wounded from his brother's hurtful words] 

• Howard Hamlin : Seventeen years. Eighteen in July, actually. All those years we built this place together. And all that time I've supported you. Looked up to you, deferred to you. Because I always thought you had the best interests of the firm in mind.

  Chuck McGill : I have!

  Howard Hamlin : You did. For a long time. But you've let personal vendettas turn your focus away from what's best for HHM. You've put your needs first. To our detriment.

  Chuck McGill : I don't think that's accurate.

  Howard Hamlin : And the moment that I mildly suggest, with empathy and concern, that maybe it's time for you to consider retirement... the first instinct you have is to sue me? To sue the firm? Well, I... I-I don't even know. I-In what world is that anything but the deepest betrayal of everything we worked so hard to accomplish? In what world is that anything but the deepest betrayal of our friendship?