But the supporting cast are given plenty to do as well, including character actor Michael McKean, who plays Chuck McGill. One of the subplots of the show follows Chuck's obsessive compulsive order (OCD), a mental illness where people suffer from intrusive thoughts and compulsions.
It's clear in the show that the symptoms are real and debilitating — but it's also clear that they're mostly in Chuck's head. EHS, the show implies, is simply a manifestation of Chuck's mental illness.
Exposure to electromagnetism sends Chuck into a dizzy haze and can cause him to black out entirely. Not only does Chuck largely avoid the outside world in Better Call Saul, but his strict medical requirements push others away from him, with the exception of Jimmy and fellow HHM partner Howard Hamlin.
[Better Call Saul] Chuck McGill's unusual condition was actually anxiety induced panic attacks caused by his brother Jimmy that manifested in the form of hypersensitivity to electricity.
One of the subplots of the show follows Chuck's obsessive compulsive order (OCD), a mental illness where people suffer from intrusive thoughts and compulsions.
Jimmy learns in that scene that it was Jimmy's act of spilling the beans to the insurance carrier that lead to Chuck's death. Jimmy now knows he was the responsible one - and that Howard mistakenly blames himself.
Chuck is semi-reclusive and believes that he suffers from electromagnetic hypersensitivity. He was amicably divorced from Rebecca Bois, who was unaware of his EHS, a few years before the events of Better Call Saul.
The symptoms are certainly real and can vary widely in their severity. Whatever its cause, EHS can be a disabling problem for the affected individual. EHS has no clear diagnostic criteria and there is no scientific basis to link EHS symptoms to EMF exposure.
Chuck evidently suffers from a condition called electromagnetic hypersensitivity. A rare condition in which exposure to electronic devices causes a range of unpleasant physical symptoms. Importantly, it's generally accepted that this is a purely psychosomatic illness.
A look into the mysterious—and controversial—condition that may explain Chuck's space blanket. UPDATE, 3/3: On Monday night's episode of Better Call Saul, "Alpine Shepherd Boy," Chuck confirms that he indeed does suffer from electromagnetic hypersensitivity.
Dear Jimmy, I have left many things unsaid in our relationship through the years. Rather than allow these unspoken thoughts to die with me, I've chosen to record them here for you. I hope you will take my words in the spirit in which they are intended.
Ultimately, things reached a point where Chuck's final words to Jimmy were, "The truth is you've never mattered all that much to me." So, why didn't Jimmy solve the situation by telling this to Kim?
Chuck (played by Spinal Tap's Michael McKean) is a recluse on extended leave from his legal firm who lives without electricity and wraps himself in a shiny “space blanket” to ward off the effects of exposure to Saul's mobile phone.
Chuck turns off all the power breakers, tears holes in the walls of his house in a desperate attempt to find the last source of electricity driving the power meter to spin, and eventually destroys the meter altogether.
Chuck McGill
Chuck wore space blanket to shield himself against static electricity.
Reported symptoms include headaches, anxiety, suicide and depression, nausea, fatigue and loss of libido. To date, scientific evidence does not support a link between these symptoms and exposure to electromagnetic fields.
Although there are many people who have reported Wi-Fi allergy - or electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) - in the past, she's the first to be officially recognised and compensated for the condition, despite the fact that science says it doesn't exist.
Sometimes, it is an allergic reaction to something in the air. Health experts estimate that 35 million Americans suffer from upper respiratory tract symptoms that are allergic reactions to airborne allergens. Pollen allergy, commonly called hay fever, is one of the most common chronic diseases in the United States.
Don Eduardo "Lalo" Salamanca (c. 1960 - June 25th, 2004) is one of the two main antagonists (alongside Chuck McGill) of Better Call Saul, serving as the final antagonist of Season 4 and the main antagonist of Seasons 5 and 6. He also serves as a posthumous antagonist in Breaking Bad.
Charles Willard McGill, Sr.
was the husband of Ruth McGill and the father of Jimmy and Chuck.
Chuck's infamous breakdown after being outsmarted by his brother during a trial, revealing how much he truly resents Jimmy. Charles Lindbergh "Chuck" McGill, Jr. (c. 1944 - March 28th, 2003) is one of the two main antagonists (alongside Lalo Salamanca) of Better Call Saul and a posthumous antagonist in Breaking Bad.
Charles, a prestigious lawyer with a strange allergy to electricity, has long sabotaged Jimmy, his scam-loving younger brother who's been trying, trying, and trying to make good. Jimmy sabotaged him back by doctoring legal documents; Chuck then feigned a medical episode to get Jimmy to confess, on tape, to doing so.
Hearing how deeply Jimmy's brother loved him perhaps struck a nerve that reminded Kim of the family connection she never experienced.
Desperate for Chuck to stop behaving erratically, Jimmy confesses to tampering with the Mesa Verde documents and bribing the copy store clerk to keep quiet. When Jimmy leaves, Chuck unveils a tape recorder he had activated prior to Jimmy's arrival.
A turned-off battery doesn't have any electric flow. So even if somebody really were sensitive to electric fields, the battery itself wouldn't be a problem. Chuck thought that they were a problem, which makes no physical sense, but is entirely realistic as a depiction of mental illness.