Great episode overall which is a relief after the last felt a bit flat for me.
I agree that the planning office scam was a bit of a weak scenario and like last week's "let's spend tonnes of cash, expend loads of effort and and risk our careers for little tangible benefit" scam with Huel it just didn't feel right or justified for the characters.
Seeing Jimmy
getting turned down by the review panel was a fantastic moment, and cuts to the heart of why he ends up where he does.
Jimmy IS insincere, there's just no getting away from it. Ultimately he's always out for number one and will do what he likes to get what he wants. Chuck was a twat in many ways but fundamentally believed in the law and that in the hands of honest people it was a force for good. Jimmy doesn't, he sees the law as just another tool to be used for his own purposes and justifies it by believing his own code and beliefs are superior to other people's. Chuck knew this and knew from harsh experience that it was part of Jimmy's character which will never change.The beautiful thing we are seeing play out this season is that now Kim
is starting to see it too, "you're always down" - such a fantastic line that sums up Jimmy. Despite the many facades he attempts to put up he will always be Slippin' Jimmy, a dishonest man who uses his talents in dubious or downright illegal ways and who is unable to appreciate or conceive of the damage those talents cause to others. Any consequences are rationalised as the world failing him and not vice versa, see continuing to pick on Kim for not wanting to share an office with him after she has laid out the innumerable ways in which she has bent over backwards to support him!This show