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Help me understand Howard Hamlin being a bad guy

Posted on 4/22/23 at 7:09 pm
Posted by BabyTac
Austin, TX
Member since Jun 2008
14220 posts
Posted on 4/22/23 at 7:09 pm
Dude seems straight up professional, successful, and a symbol of hard work over time paying off.

I can’t get on board disgracing him by Sliippin Jimmy. Than him being shot in cold blood. Prob the only real man on the show. Prob represents 90% of the OT.
This post was edited on 4/22/23 at 8:13 pm
Posted by TideSaint
Hill Country
Member since Sep 2008
79388 posts
Posted on 4/22/23 at 7:15 pm to
He stole Kelly from Zach.

fricking pedophile.
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
153601 posts
Posted on 4/22/23 at 7:16 pm to
quote:

fricking pedophile.

I mean, she was like 19 and in college. I’m not sure you know what that word means.


And Hamlin was a smug douche, but he wasn’t a bad guy really. And he got completely fricked over for almost no reason whatsoever.
Posted by TideSaint
Hill Country
Member since Sep 2008
79388 posts
Posted on 4/22/23 at 7:19 pm to
He was her professor.

Still a dick move.
This post was edited on 4/22/23 at 7:22 pm
Posted by Hester Carries
Member since Sep 2012
24052 posts
Posted on 4/22/23 at 7:53 pm to
quote:

He was her professor.


Bro this isn’t high school.
Posted by chryso
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2008
13039 posts
Posted on 4/22/23 at 7:58 pm to
You're right. Chuck set him up to be the bad guy but he really wasn't. He tried to help Jimmy more than Jimmy knew. Slippin' Jimmy is asshoe.
Posted by drexyl
Mingovia
Member since Sep 2005
23255 posts
Posted on 4/22/23 at 8:01 pm to
Howard Hamlin was a great dude. Best heart on the entire show.
Posted by SammyTiger
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2009
75052 posts
Posted on 4/22/23 at 9:00 pm to
Jimmy is a bad guy.

Howard is the antagonist but that doesn’t make him a bad guy
Posted by Gpfather
Member since Jan 2019
445 posts
Posted on 4/22/23 at 9:04 pm to
Posted by ReedRothchild
South MS
Member since Jul 2019
1520 posts
Posted on 4/22/23 at 9:14 pm to
No can do. He’s not a bad guy
Posted by VermilionTiger
Member since Dec 2012
38217 posts
Posted on 4/22/23 at 9:16 pm to
Howard was a good guy

Jimmy was a POS but his story was more interesting
Posted by arktiger28
Member since Aug 2005
5063 posts
Posted on 4/22/23 at 11:13 pm to
The general consensus in the old threads mostly agree with you if I remember correctly.
Posted by Byron Bojangles III
Member since Nov 2012
51994 posts
Posted on 4/22/23 at 11:15 pm to
Howard was never portrayed as a bad guy. He was one of the only good guys throughout. A bit douchy but never a bad guy.
Posted by rondo
Worst. Poster. Evar.
Member since Jan 2004
77475 posts
Posted on 4/23/23 at 8:03 am to
quote:

Jimmy is a bad guy.

Howard is the antagonist but that doesn’t make him a bad guy



This is the answer
Posted by CaptSpaulding
Member since Feb 2012
6849 posts
Posted on 4/23/23 at 8:30 am to
It is worth throwing in that we never saw what caused he and his wife to be so estranged. It’s possible that he was a complete a-hole in his life before the show started, as it’s pretty hard to climb that high without being one. But, he had definitely changed his ways by the time the show timeline started.
Posted by Melvin
Member since Apr 2011
23535 posts
Posted on 4/23/23 at 8:52 am to
I think that was kind of the point. That’s the greatness of the writing/story. You know the main characters are bad people but you still end up rooting for them.
Posted by Tigertown in ATL
Georgia foothills
Member since Sep 2009
30110 posts
Posted on 4/23/23 at 9:00 am to
quote:

Howard Hamlin being a bad guy


Part of the genius of BB and BCS is how they had us pulling for the dirtbags and despising the better people.

In my rewatch of BB, I was thinking, “why did I hate Skyler so much? Walt is a complete narcissistic a-hole.”
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