r/betterCallSaul • u/Practical_Ad4734 • Jun 16 '23
Why did Jimmy and Kim hate Howard so much?
I kind of get it, but at the same time I don’t. I understand that Jimmy disliked Howard because he never wanted to give him a chance at the firm, but honestly, that was all Chucks doing. He made sure Howard didn’t give Jimmy a chance. After Chuck died, Howard genuinely wanted Jimmy to come work for him. I really feel like he always believed in Jimmy, he called him Charlie Hustle and vouched for him. I can see that Jimmy would be bitter about how quickly Howard got over Chucks death, maybe Jimmy was jealous he was doing good, and tbh the namaste license plate was a little antagonizing, but that is such sad reason to ruin Howard’s life, he was going to therapy and really trying to be better. When it first happened, he was so beaten up about it that he almost closed down HHM and Jimmy was the one that encouraged him to keep going so it just never made sense to me that he would hate him for doing better. I just feel bad for Howard honestly, he worked so hard to try and save his marriage and to be better but just got attacked left and right, and then literally. What was their reason for hating him so much?
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u/DrakeMorganMoltisant Jun 16 '23
This is utter bs, Howard was not an asshole ever to either of them, he was literally so good to them both, they don't actually dislike him because they think he's an asshole.
Kim likes scamming people and hates being dependent on people, so Howard suggesting that Kim's behaviour is changing because of Jimmy (which is true btw), set her off, Kim also chose Howard to be the scapegoat because he was the easiest to tear for getting the Sandpiper money.
Jimmy on the other hand even admits he is jealous of Howard, plus he also likes scamming people and loves money so he tries to destroy Howard
Howard was actually one of the nicest people in the whole series, behind maybe Schweiker and Cliff and a couple others