Better Call Saul S Michael Mckean Comments On Finale Jimmy And Chuck S Relationship

With Better Call Saul now ever, series star Michael McKean has weighed in on his character along with Chuck McGill’s final appearance in the series. In the series finale episode (SPOILERS AHEAD), Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) appears in multiple flashback scenes referring to his various regrets in life. One of them is with his older brother, McKean’s Chuck, who notably tells Jimmy that it’s not too late to change the path he’s on in life if he doesn’t like where it’s headed.

The flashback scene also reveals that Chuck has been reading H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine, a story that plays a significant theme in the episode. In a new interview with Variety, McKean says that this scene was meant to remind viewers that you can’t go back in time and you have to make your decisions in the moment. The Time Machine is “about a poorly molded future,” says McKean, with Chuck predicting a negative future for Jimmy and reminding his brother that there was still time to get his life on the right track.

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In other flashbacks, Jimmy had asked Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks) what they would do, hypothetically, if they had a time machine. McKean ponders what Chuck may have done if he had a time machine, as he wasn’t asked that question by Jimmy in the episode. The actor guesses that Chuck may have put in another attempt to have Jimmy’s life straightened out with a more strict childhood.

McKean also touched on the evolution of the relationship between the McGill brothers.

Michael McKean Reacts to Howard Hamlin’s Death

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While Chuck passed away in season 3, his former HHM partner Howard Hamlin (Patrick Fabian) would later bite the dust in season 6. McKean has seen the episode and was floored by the character’s shocking murder courtesy of Lalo Salamanca (Tony Dalton). Praising Fabian and his performance, McKean praised how there had been many layers to the Howard character. The suddenness of Howard’s death is also something that’s sadly realistic, as explained by McKean.

Certainly, the guilt of what happened with both Chuck and Howard played heavily into Jimmy McGill’s big decision that came toward the end of the series finale, resulting in a lengthy sentence at a federal prison. Though he’s lost his freedom, Jimmy still finally seemed to change by shedding Saul Goodman once and for all, and perhaps that’s something that would’ve made Chuck proud.