...if Chuck gave Mesa Verde back to Kim, which Chuck did in the first place for the SOLE PURPOSE of spiting Jimmy. Chuck made a big deal about turning him down because, at the time, with the justification that he didn't want to engage in illegal activity or "get down in the dirt," as Jimmy put it. But he was perfectly fine with "getting down in the dirt" and taping Jimmy, because he had to have all the power in the situation. Both scenarios would have had the same end, except he didn't want Jimmy to volunteer to stop practicing law, Chuck needed to take it away from him. Because he's a narcissistic prick.