Chuck McGill

Character from Breaking Bad by Vince Gilligan

Jimmy's older brother — a brilliant, respected lawyer whose electromagnetic hypersensitivity was psychosomatic, whose contempt for Jimmy was pathological, and whose suicide was the match that lit Saul Goodman.

Also known as: Chuck, Charles McGill

What They Know

• Co-founded HHM (Hamlin, Hamlin & McGill) — one of Albuquerque's most respected lawyers
• Electromagnetic hypersensitivity was psychosomatic — a physical manifestation of psychological need
• Secretly blocked Jimmy's advancement at HHM while maintaining a supportive facade
• Died by suicide — kicked over a lantern in his tinfoil-lined home, starting a fire
• His death created Saul Goodman — Jimmy's grief and anger consumed his remaining ties to legitimacy
• Told Jimmy: 'You're not a real lawyer' — the wound that never healed

Connections

• sibling_of — saul
• partner_at — hhm
• rival_of — saul

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