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.
Charles Lindbergh McGill was everything Jimmy wasn't — respected, legitimate, a founding partner at HHM. He was also the person who ensured Jimmy would never succeed through legitimate channels. He secretly blocked Jimmy's advancement at HHM while smiling at him during family dinners. His electromagnetic hypersensitivity was psychosomatic — a physical manifestation of his need to be the sick one, the important one, the one people had to accommodate. His contempt for Jimmy was real and cruel and at least partially correct — Jimmy IS a con artist. But Chuck's certainty that Jimmy could never change became a self-fulfilling prophecy. When Jimmy proved Chuck's condition was psychosomatic in court, Chuck's world collapsed. He died by arson — kicking over a lantern in his tinfoil-lined home. Chuck's death is the single event that most directly created Saul Goodman. Jimmy loved his brother. His brother despised who Jimmy was. There was nowhere to go from there.
Distinguished silver hair, lean build. Inside his home: space blankets, no electricity, lanterns. The image of a brilliant man imprisoned by his own mind. At HHM: impeccable suits, commanding presence that fills courtrooms.
Also known as: Chuck, Charles McGill