Chuck McGill, played by Michael McKean, delivers some of Better Call Saul's most memorable lines. Below are 4 of the best Chuck McGill quotes from Better Call Saul, each with the scene or episode where it appears, plus 4 pieces of trivia about the character.
Best Chuck McGill Quotes
"You're not a real lawyer. You will never be a real lawyer."
— Chuck McGill, Season 3, Episode 5 - Chicanery
"I have always been there for you. Everything I did, I did for you."
— Chuck McGill, Season 3, Episode 9 - Fall
"The law is sacred to me. It is not a game."
— Chuck McGill, Season 2, Episode 9 - Nailed
"Jimmy, you don't save people. You corrupt them."
— Chuck McGill, Season 3, Episode 5 - Chicanery
Chuck McGill Trivia & Fun Facts
- Chuck McGill is a brilliant legal mind who suffers from electromagnetic hypersensitivity, a condition the show suggests may be primarily psychosomatic.
- His secret sabotaging of Jimmy's career — including blocking his path to HHM — is revealed in Season 2 and becomes the central wound of their relationship.
- Chuck dies in a house fire he deliberately set in Season 3, and the ambiguity of whether it was suicide haunts Jimmy throughout the rest of the series.
- Michael McKean was nominated for an Emmy for his portrayal of Chuck, a character who manages to be both deeply sympathetic and genuinely villainous.
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