Better Call Saul, Season 2

Chuck:
You have to admit that shows a lack of judgment on [Kim's] part. She knows you. She should have known better.

Jimmy:
You are such an asshole!

Chuck:
Why? For pointing out that her one mistake was believing in you?

Jimmy:
For Christ's sake, could we get some perspective here? It was a simple little commercial, it aired once, that's all. And can I remind you it worked—it worked like a dream?

Chuck:
See, that's your problem, Jimmy. Thinking that the ends justify the means. And you're forever shocked when it all blows up in your face.

Jimmy:
What did I do that was so wrong?

Chuck:
You broke the rules. [Jimmy scoffs] You turned Kim into your accessory. You embarrassed Howard who, God help him, inexplicably vouched for you with Cliff Main. You made Cliff and his partners look like schmucks. Shall I go on? How he hasn't fired you for this positively mystifies me. "Perspective." You want perspective? I'll give you mine. You're my brother, and I love you, but you're like an alcoholic who refuses to admit he's got a problem. Now someone's given you the keys to the school bus and I am not going to let you drive it off a cliff.

Jimmy:
C-Can we get down to brass tacks here? What can I do to put Kim back where she belongs, huh? Wha- you want me to quit Davis and Main? That's fine! I never wanted that job in the first place!

Chuck:
[exasperated] I-I can't get through to you. Life is not one big game of Let's Make a Deal!

Jimmy:
Yes, it is! I'm Monty Hall, what's behind door number two? What'll it take, huh?! [pause] You want me to quit being a lawyer? [Chuck scoffs] Yuh, "a chimp with a machine gun," that's me, right?! Huh? So, what do you say? You help Kim, I quit the law. Is that a deal?

Chuck:
I didn't say that.

Jimmy:
You didn't say it, but that's what you want, right?! That's why you put the screws to Kim in the first place, to squeeze me!

Chuck:
I didn't say that, and I would never say that.

Jimmy:
Why not?!

Chuck:
Because if I were impeding the career of one of my employees, for the purpose of compelling you to do something against your will, that would be extortion.

Jimmy:
[chuckles] Yeah, it would. So? You gonna extort me, Chuck? It's a lead-pipe cinch: You get away with it, I'm not gonna tell anyone. It's real easy—You just set things right with Kim, you get her back in her office out of doc review, everything back to normal, and I quit the law... for good. No more Jimmy McGill Esquire. Poof, like he never even existed.

Chuck:
Wow. Wow!

Jimmy:
But I need to hear the words come out of your mouth, okay? You're a man of your word, you're an upstanding man, right?!

Chuck:
For God's sake. Jimmy—

Jimmy:
Come on, Chuck! Extort me! Say "quit" and I will quit, but I need to hear it from your mouth.

Chuck:
You want me to commit a felony... because that's what you'd do, right?! Because you want to believe that deep down, I'm some hypocrite!

Jimmy:
Let's find out. Come on down, Chuck, roll around in the dirt with me! All your dreams will come true! Go on, do it! Go on!

[Chuck stares at Jimmy]

Chuck:
I am not the bad guy here. You don't want to be a lawyer, that's between you and the New Mexico State Bar. You want to quit Davis & Main, be my guest! You clearly don't need any help from me to tank your career; you're doing just fine on your own.