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What "Breaking Bad" Easter eggs are in "Better Call Saul"?
"Jimmy meets with the Kettlemans at a diner called Loyolas as a means of diverting them from discovering he operates out of a crummy office in the wash room of a nail salon. It's easy enough to forget this is the same diner where Mike and Jesse share an uncomfortably silent meal in Cornered, Season 4, Episode 6 of Breaking Bad. Further, Mike and Lydia meet there in "Madrigal" (Season 5, Episode 2), when she presents him with the infamous 11 names."
What does Chuck suffer from?
It is always hard to diagnose someone simply from behaviors but Chuck most likely suffers from a form of OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder). In Chuck's case the obsession is that electromagnetic fields are making him sick and hurting him. This leads to compulsions and compulsive behavior: avoiding anything electromagnetic, asking other people to "ground themselves" before coming in, etc. He has some characteristics of agoraphobia but these are more side effects of the main compulsion. Like a more traditional "germaphobe" Chuck has some scientific theories to support his obsession and compulsion. Chuck believes he suffers from electromagnetic hypersensitivity. However, since electromagnetic hypersensitivity doesn't appear to really exist, and would probably be a life-long condition, it is unlikely that he actually has it. There are some rare individuals who have sensitive personal electromagnetic fields and can physically feel it when lightning strikes miles away from them (but close enough) or even when the sun lets off an extremely powerful solar flare. But these people are like this their entire lives and don't spontaneously develop them late in life. And while they report that it can make them feel very uncomfortable during a thunderstorm it doesn't make them sick.
Spoilers below: In the later half of season 1 Chuck voluntarily begins doing what is called "exposure therapy" where a person with OCD exposes themselves to whatever it is they fear and try to get their brain used to the idea that it is harmless. Much like a person who is afraid of snakes might be able to overcome the fear by looking at pictures of them, being around them, and eventually even holding or touching one. A germaphobe might try to resist the urge to wash their hands after touching something that is scientifically clean but not "clean" in their mind. Chuck does it by going outside for longer periods of time and getting closer to strong sources of electromagnetism. And while in the hospital it is demonstrated that Chuck's fears are in his mind and that he's not actually physically harmed by electronics.
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