There are two interesting things about Kimberly Wexler (hereinafter referred to as Kim), the heroine of "The Dirty Lawyer":
First, like Jesse, the "little fan" in "Breaking Bad", she was only a secondary supporting role who was active in the early stage and had a premonition of "not far away", and later became the second protagonist;
Second, in addition to Jimmy and Chuck, King is the only character in "The Wind Lawyer" who has a clip of his childhood memories, which is unique.
In this scene, after learning the cello, Kim waits bitterly in the night, and when her drunken mother is late and lies to her face, Kim is energetic, she does not accept an apology, nor accepts bribes, but stubbornly carries the cello five kilometers home.
Mom said all the good things, but Kim didn't listen at all, and finally provoked her mother to yell "You never obey" and left in anger.
Jin has been a stubborn temper since she was a child, launching a fierce oil and salt, soft and hard not to eat, but she is still a smart child who is difficult to fool... Her life is not destined to be boring.
The protagonist of "Dirty Lawyer" is not only Jimmy McGill/Thor Goodman, But Also Kim is another "Trouble lawyer" with unlimited style.
[On the basis of a brief description of the relevant plot of The First Five Seasons of Kim, this article will focus on the two points of "The Relationship between Kim and Jimmy" and "The Change of Kim's State", and the multi-figure super long text, please be patient to read.] 】
Step by step
Kim's family conditions are not good, and it is certainly enough to study law at her own expense, she joined HHM in 1991 as a working student (while studying law at the University of New Mexico, while funding her own law firm internship), and the following year she met Jimmy, who also went into the mailroom to do odds.
One day, the two meet the triumphant Chuck, who, using only vague jurisprudence, wins a case that Howard thinks is impossible to win.
Jimmy, who was still "duty" at this time, did not know anything about the case, in contrast, Kim praised Chuck while talking about it, and then very modestly and sincerely asked Chuck a professional question.
This brief conversation not only showed Kim's "future promising" style of a new lawyer, but also stimulated Jimmy to start teaching himself law.
In 1997, King obtained a lawyer's license and officially joined HHM.
In 1999, Kim unwrapped the results of his third year's exam for Jimmy, and he finally passed it — an excited Kim volunteered to kiss Jimmy (strong kiss×1).
Kim is genuinely happy for Jimmy, they are born at the same time, they have similar temperaments and have a good feeling for each other, all this is not surprising.
But it should be noted that Kim was not with Jimmy, and the two have maintained their usual friendship since then, and when celebrating the KTV night when Jimmy became a lawyer, the two only talked normally and did not show more intimacy.
For Kim, who is obsessed with pursuing a career, she has no intention of engaging in objects, even Jimmy, who is close and has many common topics.
By the time King officially appeared in S1 in 2002, she was already the main player around Howard — she wouldn't help Jimmy "make trouble", but would smoke in the underground garage with Jimmy, and then clean up the trash can that Had just been kicked over by Jimmy.
These behaviors are more based on her 10 years of friendship with Jimmy, gentle, and distant.
During this period, the Case of the Kettlemans embezzling public funds occurred in Albuquerque, and Jimmy revealed the "Kettleman family is in danger" gossip to the parties and Kim without the convenience of coming forward, and then the Kettleman family played the missing drama.
In a series of involvement, out of affection and speculation, Kim said two good words for Jimmy in front of the police, and then Jimmy also repaid the favor, recommending the Case of the Kettlemans to Kim, and had more affection for each other.
But after Jimmy makes a billboard that copies HHM and Howard's image, the atmosphere is awkward: Howard asks Kim to communicate with Jimmy, and in his opinion, Kim is the best person to talk to Jimmy.
Jin subconsciously wants to clear up the relationship with Jimmy, helpless to public and private, she has to persuade Jimmy to stop, "You can do better, you can't win against HHM", this is Kim's heart.
Unfortunately, Jimmy did not listen to the advice, and when he dismantled the billboard, he made a hero save people, which made the HHM crowd smoke - only Kim couldn't help but show a smile after waiting for Howard to leave.
This shows that in the depths of Kim's heart, he does not resent Jimmy's whole life behavior.
Afterwards, when Jimmy gave himself a maniclury, Kim sighed, "Your life is worse than my good life", but after saying it, she immediately denied it, saying that Jimmy's behavior was "not a long-term solution" and suggested that Jimmy concentrate on being an elderly lawyer.
Kim seems to be no different from many ordinary people who aspire to get ahead on the right path, she just has some understanding and patience for Jimmy who is doing the right thing.
In Jimmy's eyes, the capable Kim was not properly respected by HHM, and he took the opportunity to "help see the location of the office" to propose to Kim to open a law firm... Kim was happy, but refused.
On the one hand, Kim can't jump out of the constraints of human sophistication, HHM has a financial kindness to her, and she may be able to become a partner in the law firm after two years; on the other hand, Jimmy is a good close friend, but not necessarily a good partner.
Unexpectedly, Kim's career plan is disrupted by the stupid Kettlemans, who fire HHM despite Kim's reasonable advice, and Howard beats Kim into the "cold palace"... It was only Jimmy who asked Mike for help to force the Kettlemans to come back to Kim to complete the original confession agreement.
Although Kim doesn't know what Jimmy did for it, she understands that she owes Jimmy a great deal.
Soon after, the McGill brothers return to HHM with the big case of the Rock Harrier Crossing, Howard and the law firm welcome Chuck with great fanfare, and the stars send him upstairs like a moon, leaving Kim alone to help Jimmy next to Chuck move the file box together.
Logically, Jin can't ignore the "little person" next to the "big star".
The first signs
Just when Kim thought Jimmy could successfully join HHM, Howard wanted to kick Jimmy out of the Jimmy case and the law firm, and Jimmy said fiercely, "If you don't accept me, I will stir up the case." ”
Faced with this unconventional conflict, King stiffened his head and criticized Howard: You treated Jimmy unfairly.
Kim took a big risk by confronting her boss like this, and she was able to fight for her friend's reasoning, indicating that she did not become an ungrateful, delicate and self-interested villain.
Howard, who knows the truth, can't help but tell Kim the truth, and after learning that Chuck is secretly obstructing, Kim has no choice but to persuade Jimmy to accept the agreement under the name of "lackey", until Jimmy himself discovers the truth.
- Why didn't you tell me sooner?
I don't want you to hate your brother.
King's willingness to be misunderstood rather than easily sabotaging the relationship between the McGill brothers proves King's kindness and sets the stage for her future struggles and transformations.
Fortunately, iso harrier's case was too big for the HHM family to eat and had to work with Davis Maine Law Firm (D&M), which gave Kim a chance to find another way.
In order to win D&M to recruit Jimmy, Kim paid a lot, and even gambled on his career future, but Kim thought it was worth it, first, she knew the gratitude map, and second, she thought Jimmy was capable of doing it.
However, at this time, Jimmy has released the beast that has been imprisoned in his heart for a long time, and it does not matter whether he is a lawyer or not, he only cares about one question: Can I be with you if I accept the offer from D&M law firm?
Kim is confused by Jimmy's questioning and can only say "two things are okay".
Kim's reaction is not entirely shy and shy, she has a crush on Jimmy, but really hasn't really considered the "becoming a couple with Jimmy".
So Jimmy refused the "best job opportunity in her life", which made Kim very embarrassed, she ran to the hotel to persuade Jimmy to change his mind and did not go well, just when the two were in a stalemate, Jimmy stared at the "broiler agent" Ken next door, and then, "Giselle" appeared.
Kim is willing to follow suit, mainly for the sake of Shunmao Jimmy, and she has not given up persuasion. In addition, Kim, who also comes from the grassroots, is no stranger to the set of pit abductions (the question is whether she was also a "kim").
Unexpectedly, Kim's momentary hesitation was exchanged for a wonderful experience, he and Jimmy drank a bottle of sapphire wine, and also took the bottle cap, under the stimulation of alcohol and a lot of dopamine, Jin hugged Jimmy (strong kiss × 2), after which everything was logical...
After the two break the window paper, Kim's work life is business as usual, and Jimmy joins D&M for Kim.
Then the phenomenon of "contradiction and harmony" emerged: on the one hand, King made it clear that the night's nonsense was enjoyable, but could not come again; on the other hand, in the discussion meeting between the two major law firms, Jin carefully recorded and could not help but tease Jimmy under the table.
Kim's concept of right and wrong has not changed substantially, she has only begun to show her desire to "do whatever she wants" in some side-by-the-side, inconsequential places.
Jimmy has a good job that seems to be all right, but Kim clearly underestimates Jimmy's boldness – after learning that Jimmy falsified the video (evidence) to help Wormard get rid of the police suspicion, Kim is very scared, risking the revocation of his license to help (Mike) a gratuitous favor, and thinks that no one will find out, it is really a fire play.
Kim solemnly warns Jimmy that perjury is completely different from bar fraud, that the pit abduction cannot be applied to the lawyer's work, and asks Jimmy not to make an example — this is King's principle as a decent person.
After Jimmy found a large group of elderly customers for the Case of The Harrier, Jin's uneasiness in her heart was even stronger, because she believed that Jimmy was instigating the elderly, and she solemnly warned: For your current job, I am using my own job as a guarantee, you must not mess around.
In Jin's mind, Jimmy is fully capable of doing a good job on the ground, and there is no need to engage in crooked and evil ways, is it not good for everyone to be a serious lawyer together?
Unfortunately, Jimmy is still in his own way, he took a provocative shot of an advertisement suggesting that the elderly sued The Harrier, and Kim thought it worked well after reading it, thinking that D&M boss Clifford agreed.
Jimmy did hide the truth about her own assertion, but after Kim saw the advertisement, he did not perceive that there was an element of instigation, which showed that she had not yet formed the conservative consciousness of the old lawyers, and she also had a deviant side in her heart.
After that, Jimmy was punished by D&M, as Jimmy's guarantor, Kim was also implicated, and was sent to the basement by Howard to complete the information - in the face of Jimmy's constant thoughts about his own atonement words and deeds, Kim angrily said: You are the culprit, I just want to keep a low profile now, don't think that everything is related to you, you can't save me, only I can save myself.
Kim admits that if there is no accident, her relationship with Jimmy will gradually fade.
At the same time, Kim also began to consider finding another home, but other opportunities were not easy to find, so she changed her mind and went to great lengths to bring HHM a big customer: Mesa Verde Bank. Jin Yuan thought that he had found this single big business, which was enough to make up for it, but howard turned his head and assigned the business to someone else and continued to let her sit on the cold bench.
At this point, Kim finally realized that Jimmy was right about one thing: she really didn't get the respect she deserved at HHM, and her status didn't match her ability and merit.
Upside down phoenix
When Chuck learns of this, he comes to Kim for a private chat, he bluntly says that Kim and Howard are like their past selves, pit by Jimmy, and then say something terrible about the past and Jimmy's personality, and finally promise to restore Kim to his proper position... Kim didn't speak the whole time.
The next morning, Kim laughs when he hears Jimmy singing on a phone recording, showing that he has forgiven Jimmy.
Chuck's intention was to get Kim to dislike Jimmy, but it turned out to be counterproductive— a crucial shift for Kim, and she began to jump out of her own shoes and really try to understand Jimmy from Jimmy's point of view.
Although Kim returned to his office, Howard's punishment of her did not end, and after a losing defense, Richie, the owner of S&C law firm, threw an olive branch at her and promised to help Kim repay his student loans.
King still rejected Richie on the grounds of "owing too much to HHM", but this time she was really moved, and if nothing else, only the boss would be heart-to-heart, and the self-made Richie would be more reliable than howard, the second-generation successor.
After that, Kim becomes more sensitive to Howard's squeezing of her work schedule, and just as she is distraught and goes to the bar, she encounters a married man, Dale, who talks to her... Giselle reappears and offers to ask Jimmy to go fishing.
Kim unconsciously lowered his bottom line, as long as it does not involve work, it is not a big deal to mess around in life.
After happily cheating on a check, a refreshed Kim begins to seriously consider Richie's invitation, and at the same time, she also begins to feel that Jimmy entered the D&M law firm for her, and instead of blaming Jimmy for doing something wrong and affecting herself, it is better to blame herself for sending Jimmy to live an unhappy life.
Jin's idea of "I hurt you and me" has completely stood in the position of "Jimmy", and such empathy is rare.
Upon learning that Kim intends to leave HHM, Jimmy immediately withdraws from D&M and invites Kim to come out and go it alone with himself – Kim refuses again in surprise, and normal people choose S&C instead of Jimmy.
After successfully passing the interview at S&C law firm, there is a small accident, Kim accidentally calls Richie Howard, she rushes to apologize, and Richie naturally resolves the embarrassment.
This little episode makes Kim suddenly realize that even if she changes a good boss, she still has to look at people's faces, which is essentially no different... Once the human mind is alive, it can never go back.
So Kim decided to go it alone, but she didn't want to follow Jimmy's method exactly, she wanted the two not to be partners, but two individual lawyers working together, who could work together, but had to do their own thing.
According to this compromise plan, Kim can not only let go of his own hands and feet, but also avoid being interfered with by too much Jimmy... Of course, Kim thought too simply.
After a lot of things happened, Kim smoothly resigned from HHM, and then experienced the loss and loss of this big customer of Mesa Verde Bank, when she and Jimmy went to Chuck to get the information, she realized that Kevin chose herself again because Jimmy secretly tampered with the documents and framed Chuck.
Kim understands that Chuck guessed correctly, and according to her principles, she should find out the facts and admit mistakes and accept punishment... But she needs Mesa Verde Bank so much now that she eventually retorts chuck for having no evidence, saying "Jimmy's flaws were caused by you."
After getting out of the car, Kim punched Jimmy hard: for personal gain, she completely broke through the bottom line and swallowed this "poisonous victory fruit".
Kim chooses not to talk about it anymore, and hints that Jimmy wants to erase the evidence, which is why there is a storm in the printing shop behind.
After accepting the established facts, Kim adapts quickly, and in terms of the awareness of eliminating evidence, her "stormy lawyer" talent is no less than Jimmy's, and she is more meticulous in her work.
Probably feeling "ashamed", Kim is more conscientious about his work, not only helping Jimmy deal with many elderly commissions, but also treating banking with an excessive workload and beginning to wrestle with the details of documents...
As if by doing a perfect job as a lawyer, Kim would be able to alleviate the guilt in his heart.
Unfortunately, it's not over yet. Kim learns that Chuck is using tapes to plot Against Jimmy, but she doesn't know how to tell Jimmy for a while, because once she discusses this with Jimmy, it is equivalent to confirming her identity as an "accomplice", so she has a flash of inspiration and quickly talks about danger as Jimmy's lawyer.
King is using the professional thinking of a lawyer to hide and excuse himself, seemingly rational, but in fact he deceives everyone.
Kim calculates that the tape will not cause real harm, but does not calculate that Jimmy will throw herself into the net in anger, and when she knows that Jimmy is caught, what Chuck really wants is to revoke Jimmy's legal qualifications - Jimmy wants to keep Kim out of the matter, Kim can indeed do this, but the two are now entangled, Kim can only use the "sunk cost" to laugh at himself and Jimmy.
In fact, after Kim tacitly accepted the benefits Jimmy stole for her, she had already boarded the thief ship.
The next thing is simpler, the two are doing what they are good at, Kim helps Jimmy find a repairman (easy to change to Mike to secretly shoot), help him check the testimony, and successfully ensure that Chuck and Howard will play the recording at the hearing...
In the field of lawyers, Kim is a truly excellent professional, and without her staff and execution, Jimmy's ghost ideas may not be so easy to succeed.
Abruptly stopped
Before the hearing, King first stabilized Kevin and Peggy, and then completed Jimmy's defense counsel duties with an impeccable performance.
It is worth mentioning that Kim and everyone heard Jimmy's unscrupulous and hysterical voices for himself.
I'm afraid that in Kim's heart, she consciously owes Jimmy three more points.
In the end, Jimmy was suspended for a year, which was a small punishment and a big admonition, and the two of them succeeded in their plan. But this also means that Jimmy temporarily cut off his source of income, and as an accountant at the two-man law firm, Kim began to consider throttling (rent, water and electricity, and front desk Francesca's salary are not small).
But Jimmy is stubborn to maintain the status quo ante, preferring to eat the old money rather than cut expenses, which invisibly increases Kim's psychological pressure.
Page wants to taunt Chuck to congratulate Kim on his victory at the hearing, Kim is not moved, but can't help but throw a tantrum at Page, she immediately apologizes, and at the same time says "we ruined a patient" behavior, not worth celebrating.
Jimmy's plans are devastating (Chuck, Rebecca, HHM are all hurt), Kim's guilt is already strong, and everyone's reaction makes her feel even more uncomfortable.
When Kim and Jimmy go to the bar to relax in the evening, jimmy, who is short of money, exudes strong malice towards a "prey", which no longer sounds like a prank but a crime, which frightens Kim, and she uses this to start questioning from the beginning: Do we have any other way to do it in the first place?
This is the manifestation of Jin's "immaturity", she is still unable to complete the psychological construction after subjectively "doing evil", and can only become suffering from gain and loss, long and short sighs.
After meeting Howard at the restaurant, Kim thought of a way to make himself feel better, writing a check to pay off HHM's debts, even though the money had long been waived... At this time, Howard is anxious for HHM to appease customers, which will make the culprit get his wish, and Jin can only stick to his position in desperation.
Howard's tearing of checks and loud scolding further aggravate King's psychological burden, and her response is not to solve it, but to make herself busier and suppress all her worries.
If Jimmy, who has eaten the old Book, asks for help, then Kim can still relieve her tension a little, Jimmy does not have to be too self-motivated, her current income can afford to support two people, but Jimmy sold out the advertisement by touching porcelain, and paid the rent for the next six weeks...
Jimmy's strong and "out-of-the-box" response exacerbated King's bad condition, and she wanted to recommend the case of Kevin's friend "Gatwood Oil" to S&C, which simply took care of herself.
By this time, Kim's mental condition and physical reactions were already very bad, and he almost ran to the state border and almost had a car crash into an oil well.
It was a very dangerous signal, but Kim still chose to ignore it.
Jin Lian axis turned to the point where he only slept 6 hours a week (not a day), so busy that he forgot jimmy's existence, and even Jimmy secretly tricked the ghost to force the early closure of the case of the stork harrier to seem indifferent... In this way, she only broke one arm after the car accident, which is already extremely lucky.
Kim was forced to press the pause button by reality, even so, she still wanted to continue working out of inertia after being cast, but fortunately Jimmy was frightened by the car accident and sobered up a lot, and realized that she neglected to care for Kim and began to agree to the rent refund and other matters.
The belated "relaxation" finally evoked Kim's introspection, and with an epiphany, she pushed off all her work and entered the vacation mode of watching dishes and movies.
The car accident that nearly killed himself helped Kim shed most of his confusion and guilt, but replaced it with a larger reflective proposition: Why am I a lawyer?
In Jimmy's (and most normal people's opinion), Kim represents big banks and makes a lot of money is the performance of a successful lawyer, and her past efforts are also going down this mundane path, but Kim is dismissive of it.
Kim's dream is to become Gregory in "To Kill a Mockingbird", and her current career choice seems to be somewhat "lost".
Jimmy, like King, chose to take a big step back and self-imposed to end the closure of the Iwhalerous case. The two sublet the house, fired Francesca, and prepared to spend a relatively difficult time together.
Having said that, Both Kim and Jimmy are relieved, not only because they have found a common rhythm of life, but also because they have both let go of the psychological baggage of "being evil" in stages.
However, there are still greater temptations and tests waiting for Kim ahead.
Later seasons four, five, and summary, I'll put them in the next part.
[To be continued.] 】