chuck in better called saul having electromagnetic hypersensitivity.
chuck in better called saul having electromagnetic hypersensitivity.
what does chuck in better call saul have?
electromagnetic hypersensitivity
"better call saul" follows the life of the character saul goodman beginning about six years prior to the events of "breaking bad". in 2002, goodman, born as james "jimmy" mcgill, is a former con artist trying to follow a legitimate career as an aspiring lawyer in albuquerque, new mexico. he seeks to become a partner in the law firm in which his older brother charles "chuck" mcgill is a senior partner. however, jimmy's work is frequently overshadowed by chuck's past reputation, and he struggles to find a way to prove himself, even with the help of another associate in the firm, kim wexler, with whom he also becomes romantically involved. at the same time, jimmy frequently takes care of chuck, who claims to have electromagnetic hypersensitivity, a condition that makes him physically ill in the presence of anything with an electrical component and has caused him to take an extended leave from his firm and regular law work. interspersed among jimmy's activities are the prior histories of other "breaking bad" characters, including mike ehrmantraut, a former police officer who becomes involved in illegal drug trafficking schemes, and drug kingpins hector salamanca and gus fring, who help distribute drugs illegally brought to the area from mexico.
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this episode includes the first appearance of gale boetticher, a major character from "breaking bad"'s third season played by david costabile, into "better call saul". costabile had been in albuquerque filming "dig" while "better call saul"s team was wrapping up production of the final episode of the first season. he ran into co-producer peter gould and had a meal with him, during which they agreed that that it would be great to have gale appear on "better call saul". costabile had not thought about it until he was contacted by the show's team, asking if he was ready to come back as gale. costabile was able to work in filming for "better call saul" between filming on "billions". costabile had only about a week with the script to memorize both his lines and to be able to sing karaoke to tom lehrer's "the elements", in contrast to his past singing performances on "breaking bad" where he had more time to learn the lyrics. his filming for the episode, done within a day, was between shooting shots for "billions", requiring him to keep his beard he had grown for the role in "billions"; costabile considered this part of developing the background of the gale character.
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