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Originally Posted by raybec 4
You can't just gloss over the fact that Chuck didn't want Jimmy working at the firm but made Hamlin deliver the blow. And then Chuck used Jimmy's phone to make the late night call to Hamlin to squeeze him out of the case that he generated. There's a point where being a good steward and being a good brother could have intersected but Chuck chose differently.
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Hypothetical: Jimmy never finds out.
Which yields a happier Jimmy? That his brother dropped the guillotine on him, or that a guy he already hated did it?
Chuck saw a path of least resistance that, if he'd have just executed a little better, would have led to Jimmy being happier and likely with a princely sum of money in his pocket.
Sure, there may have been selfish motivations as well - afterall, who wants to crush their sibling? But there is also a very real benevolent justification for using Hamlin as the hatchet man.