Breaking Bad's El Camino: Ending Explained - Jesse's Getaway
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- Get a full month of MUBI FOR FREE: mubi.com/thetake (With the support of Creative Europe - MEDIA Programme of the European Union) | Let's talk about the ending of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie. Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) escapes at the end of the show, but he only becomes truly free at the end of the movie. In this video, we explore the deeper meaning of the movie - and help you catch all the easter eggs you might have missed. If you like this video, subscribe to our channel or support us on Patreon: / thetake
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Have u guys thought about about doing Elliot Anderson
So Breaking bad is essentially Rashomon
tell the commentator to stop talking like a baby!
Theres nothing more sexy then a Narrator woman talking about my favorite show not only talking about it but completely accurate to all details marry me lol
Todd isn't sending a message Todd is thinking about carebears and Saturday morning cartoons
Shout to Skinny Pete and Badger for being the absolute realest friends in the history of mankind. Dudes literally gave up what little money they managed to get from their involvement with Heisenberg's Blue Sky to their estranged friend who was looking to disappear for good and start fresh. They even gave up their precious rides, and were willing to play dumb with the DEA and created a diversion while Jesse escaped. Skinny Pete even literally gave the hat off his own head because to Jesse he felt it would help him conceal his identity, *AND* he straight up told the DEA "I'm sorry, but I ain't helping you people put Jesse Pinkman in another cage" in the teaser for El Camino.
Meth heads or not, I'd kill for friends that loyal. And that's *CHURCH*
CHURCH!
*church yo*
“Cuz you my hero and shit”
Instead of asking for friends like Skinny and Badger, why won't you become like them instead?
@@mrghostfedora2465 because I'm tired of being everyone's Badger and Skinny Pete. Sometimes it would be nice to know others have my back as much as I have their's
Walt's story: Breaking Bad
Jesse's story: Breaking Good
Walter Junior's story: Breaking Fast
Todd's story: breaking fat
Todd's story, breaking belts
@@kcpiranha58 breaking necks
@@itssonotover961 lmfao , OMG i'm dead 😂💀
@@dreamtrayz Breaking Scales
Everyone needs a friend like Skinny Pete
Mojomatrix just help your homies when they need you the most
It was so awesome how they helped Jesse. True blue friends to the end. Boon companions. They did not think any less of Jesse for being held hostage and broken like that and in fact it made them care for him even more and as we seen in the trailer and only the trailer, Skinny Pete basically told the pigs to fuck off because he refused to help them hurt Jesse
everyone needs to be a friend like Skinny Pete :)
@@robingupta23 good point my buddy
I have 7.
I love how 'El Camino' showed Jesse finally taking agency of his own life and becoming an adult - not being manipulated by anyone. And thank goodness, he gets a fresh start.
The whole movie just has the good vibe of Jesse thinking for himself and being really smart. I guess it was for a while he was really immature for a long time but now that he's super serious about his destiny, his genius starts to show
@@Spongebrain97 Yes, that's one thing I really liked about the movie - Jesse, after everything he's gone through - being Walter's pawn, the NeoNazis' slave and seeing Andrea murdered and her son's life threatened - grows up and takes his life into his own hands. He goes from doofus, adolescent, minor criminal, to being involved in some really horrendous stuff. I got the idea, as he drives off at the end, that going forward, he will be a much quieter, more mature and stable man. God knows, if anyone ever deserved some peace - it's Jesse. (And, just a note: Skinny Pete has got to be one of the best friends anyone could hope for.)
I completely disagree I thought el camino was a poor attempt on the development of Jesse
The whole show is us learning to empathise with Jesse a dumb meth slinging addict
And they did that perfectly in the show with all the pain he had to endure and all the pain he had to cause because of Walt and his actions (Andreas death) Jesse in el camino completely ignored what his character had been through and was completely OK with killing 2 guys with a smile on his face after everything
@@orpheusandtherecluse6123 Well, I respectfully disagree. I thought it showed the growth of the character and a man - no longer a boy - who did not want to kill anyone, but wasn't really given much of a choice. And that smile was not the smile of someone who wants to cause harm, but the rueful smile of one who recognizes the situation is the survival of either himself or of Kandy - not to mention Kandy's use of the 'Wild West' trope. But, to each his own.
Love to see people act like that was a good movie. Pure Reddit.
The take always seems to think Todd is way smarter than he is.
He’s not some grand manipulator. He is so mentally screwed up that he legitimately thinks Jesse can be his friend after everything that’s happened. He is horrifying.
Dude left the gun right there in the glove box! He's lucky.
He's not mentally screwed he's psychopathic. He treats Jesse like his pet dog. But I get you he's average intelligence at most, he's smart in the serial killer kinda way.
@Raistlin Majere Todd is a phychopath... He likes killing... Walt was someone who turned into a sociopath... You see the circumstances change people into those messed up things... For Walt it was his wasted genius mind... But Todd was a born phychopath... It's pretty evident in his way of behaviour with Lydia and jesse.
Jesse Plemons (The guy who plays Todd) says that he sees Jesse (the charecter) as some sort of pet
SG 008 he was raised by a psychopathic murderous white supremacy family
Todd seems to have consumed even more breakfasts than Walt Jr.
@Planet Claire Has Big Hair Kirsten Dunst kept him well fed
Sin Talento Producciones “how many kids have you murdered?”
“How many grains of cereal have you eaten”
I think he gained weight for his role in The Irishman.
Man Mann Yare Yare Daze I understood that reference.
Dylan Taylor that’s pretty cring ngl
To think that Jesse Pinkman was supposed to be killed off during the first season.
Just goes to show how characters can outgrow their intended purpose. Aaron Paul was damn near perfect for this role.
Amirullah Zulkifli I’d say if he was anything less that perfect that he would have been killed off.
See, I wish some directors understand this. Like How I Met Your Mother, the directors intended to kill her off in the final season. But over time, the misterious character turned out to be loved by fans. Instead of writing a new ending, they still went with the original plan and kill off the mother. The ending of the show ended up becoming a huge pile of crap
Michael Mando (Nacho in BCS) says the same for his character...it's Vince's willingness to build off characters that pays off in the end.
Gus was supposed to be around for a few episodes only too. The casting was perfect
That's what happened to the character of Walter White too. At first, he wanted to provide financial safety for his family, but then he got greedy and selfish.
Season 1 Jesse vs El Camino Jesse makes me feel like there's a 10 year time skip, but in reality it's only two.
Goes to show just how much he's been through
I mean, In actual reality there is 11 years between the start of season 1 and El Camino coming out.
@@sketch3744 in universe there is only 2 tho
One piece
What slavery and constant abuse does to a mf
Good old Mike. He was genuinely looking out for Jesse. You could see the genuine bond of affection Mike had for Jesse during their final goodbye, it was so clear in Mike's expression and in his voice when he said to Jesse: "Kid... just look out for yourself."
I think Mike thought of him as similar to his son, which made him attached, if you've seen Better Call Saul, the similarities between the what we know of his son and jesse are similar, they would have been around the same age as well, and he wanted to be able to help jesse, because he couldn't help his son
Jesse was the only person besides his grandchild that Mike give a 💩 about.
In the begining, it was same with Walt (and in his very twisted and horrible way it continued). I think it is because Jesse never was a bad guy. He wasn´t evil, so Mike and Walt both saw how in different world Jesse could have been a good son. He had talents, he deep down wanted to live a good life. And once Mike realized that, the bond started to exist. Same goes for Jesse, he wanted that father figure who could take care of him as his own father could not bear that anymore.
@@vaws9521 I agree, I think he thought of Nacho with Jesse too.
@@rileyfernando4380 I think that's why Mike tried so hard to have Jessie get out of the business, because he doesn't want Jessie to get killed by the evils of the drug business
I love how simple the movie is, just a good and satisfaction history about Jesse
Now that you mention it it's kind of like Road to Perdition but with a happy ending
The movie is bad, not breaking bad, but not good for sure. Just meh.
@@m4rcin847 don't agree with you
@@m4rcin847 wtf yo
Todd seems to have consumed even more breakfasts than Walt Jr.
"You're really lucky, you know that?
You didn't have to live your whole life to do something special"
Hollow Shell to Walt it was.
@Hollow Shell Walt did become something special. He became the ultimate symbol of Evil in the show, through the 'humble' start of peddling meth out of a shitty vehicle. He took out every single evil figure he came across in his journey until he became the Ultimate evil himself, finally going out on his out terms and with his beloved Blue Crystal Meth.
Meanwhile, Jesse become a symbol of hope. No matter how messed up your past is, how you've literally gone through hell and how you literally feel like you deserved every messed up thing that comes your way, you can still achieve redemption for yourself and find a way out.
The video makes the argument that Walt is wrong to think what he's giving Jesse is something good. Greatness doesn't equal happiness. Jesse doesn't want to be "special" because that's equal to Walt's way of thinking, something he needs to get away from.
Hollow Shell I’m sure when he says great he means just something big. Running the biggest meth lab in US history is BIG. Maybe not in your world, but everyone perspective is different 🤷🏾♂️
Really sums up Walt's egomania right there.
jesse riding off into the sunset is the most wholesome thing ever
Yeah nothing says wholesome like a mass-murdering, egomaniacal drug lord getting off the hook with hundreds of thousands of dollars for security and comfort
La Víe En Rose ok boomer
@@rs-zb1yq I wonder how smart you think you are =]
La Víe En Rose you must be so much fun at parties!
@@lavieenrose7925 exactly, well deserved too.
I noticed how all characters were given a color, Jesse was red. He was given red, wore red, drove a red car, lived in a hot state. In the end of the movie, the end of his character as a whole he becomes less red. His story ends with him wearing blue clothes, driving a blue car, living in a cold state. He becomes a much peaceful, and better, person. Acceptance.
so what your are saying that el camino is the infamous good karma and bad karma system
@@juststopitsunsettlingmygoo4945 yep
As the group leader in rehabilitation told him, it's about acceptance... Only not in the sense Jesse thought. It's not about passively indulging yourself without changing, it's about forgiving yourself, so you can change and move on.
I really appreciate that after everyone abuses Jesse and takes from him before El Camino, El Camino starts with him getting help for nothing.
Walt plays Jesse like a chess piece, getting him put in the hospital by Tuco and Hank, and gets Brock in the hospital and Jane in the morgue. Gus uses him as a tool to get to Walter, and later, a tool to take out the cartel. And the Nazis keep him captive as a Meth slave.
But Skinny Pete and Badger put themselves on the line for him without hesitation, put Jesse first, and give him what he needed to start his journey. I really appreciate that. Like Jesse’s virtue and kindness finally paying off because there are people in the world who care about him.
It really warmed my heart
"Jesse is not a Todd in any way"
Wow, it's like you didn't even watch Bojack Horseman
Taylor Herod LOL I didn’t notice that until now
Wut?
HAHAHA
HOORAY
What’s so funny is that Jesse’s kinda nemesis in Breaking Bad is Todd, the name of his character in Bojack Horseman, but also the name of the actor who plays Todd is Jesse, further compounding the weird name linkage between the two.
Todd’s psychological manipulation of Jesse reminded me of Theon “Reek” Greyjoy and Ramsay Bolton. The moment he gives him the gun, it shows how broken Jesse really was.
Except breaking bad was way better
I respectfully disagree. This was to set up his character arc. Both with Todd and the Welders in Todd’s apartment, Jessie shows that he would always choose to not kill to benefit himself.
This is how he’s different from Walt: Jessie chooses not to kill out of utility. However this is a problem for Jessie, because he will have to kill to be free.
Jessie completes his arc by committing the first and last murders at the welding warehouse. However he didn’t do so with malice, but in self defense. The arc is now complete, Jessie is willing to commit violence but does so while keeping his soul.
Thank you!!! I knew it felt familiar but couldn't place my finger on it. When Theon's sister rescued him, he did the same thing as Jesse where he seemed terrified of the abuse that would come if he escaped.
@@RonniiV But I don't think Todd is innocent in Jesse's eyes. When Jesse strangles Todd, Todd never actually tries to hurt Jesse.
Christopher Vento was speaking in terms of his arc in the film
I honestly think that Mike would be proud of the person Jesse became.
Jesse and Walt's college ambitions show off who they are.
Jesse: Sports medicine (He just wants to help folks feel better, doesn't need glory)
Walt: Management (He wants to be the boss)
Tbf it's business Walt said, not management. Not everyone goes in business because they want to be the boss tho (although Walt truly did).
I always assumed Jesse just liked sports
Jesse's, Sports Medicine is just a joke, thats perceived as an idiots major.
help the folks hhaha awww. i love jesse
Could look at it that way, but on another level, Walt always wanted Jesse to apply himself in life and be more responsible.
I think he suggests business based on Jesse's desire to be his own man, and Walt's desire for him to be more responsible.
Which is ironic because Walt doesn't take responsibility for his own actions.
But I see your point that Walt wants Jesse to be more like him.
Jesse never gonna see Badger and skinny again.. :(
@Ευαγγελος Ζερβας has to keep his identity secret...
Mr. Driscoll could see Badger and Skinny!
@@josemendez8894 he doesn’t care about his parents
@@anthonygutierrez8767 he cared about them enough to say goodbye
Yeah I’m surprised he didn’t send a message to them
Todd is, unfortunately, a good criminal. Because he's abandoned being a good person.
Jesse is a bad criminal because he's a good person.
Todd is the worst character in the series.
@@augmentedkeys5971 They mean good as in skillful, not good as in virtuous
@@sgbench It's so bad having to explain something so obvious but... words eh?
Todd is a good criminal whereas Jesse is a GOOD criminal.
@@chefboiarby304
Todd is a conscienceless psychopath who feels absolutely zero about murdering and torturing people and then doesn't see why ge and his victims can't hang out 🤷
Honestly Todd doesn't really look like some evil mastermind to me. He just looks like a psychopath who doesn't understand nor feel emotion. That's why he's so casual all the time, he literally doesn't understand why Jesse is so upset or broken.
A scene that put a chill up my spine was where jessie remembered who Neil was and without saying a word gets in the car and drives off but in the back you can still see Neil's evil smug grin getting farther away
Punchable face he had.
I know!!!! And Noel saying "surprised it took you this long to recognize me." Like fuck you man!!!!!
So satisfying when Jesse shoots him.
This movie was really impactful on me, as I'm 25 stuck in a rut and dealing with past abuse and I've related to Jesse a lot. I want my new beginning in Alaska, too. I love Breaking Bad.
Hey, I'm sorry to hear that and I know where you're coming from. I know a solution out of a past abuse trauma. Let me know if interested.
@@jiula is your answer drugs and booze!? Or hypnosis
Julia Vovk ayahuasca is great for treating PTSD actually
Not unless it's guided and in the proper context. People who recommend mind altering events like there's no risks are doing more harm than good.
Micah Buzan I know it can be a risk and should be done under proper guidance and in the right circumstance. I don’t recommend anyone to jump right into that. Personally I have never done ayahuasca or dmt, but I’ve experimented with LSD. I know they’re not the same thing but I understand the risks of those mind altering states and how fragile it can make your mind and how easy it could break it if you have deeper issues. I don’t think psychedelics are the #1 solution for everyone. Obviously everyone is different, and it can affect people in different ways. I was just pointing out how the medicine is known for helping people with PTSD. Who knows, maybe this guy would benefit from one of those experiences, or maybe he wouldn’t. That’s up to him. I’m just stating what I have heard and seen to be a treatment for those kinds of things.
I'll never get how people had problems with this movie. I loved it, it felt like closure to Jesse's character. It felt like redemption and a clean slate, which is a very neo-western theme.
There are people with problems in this movie? This movie's awesome!
The beginning and middle of the movie were really slow and boring. Then he finally gets to Alaska, then what? By the time the movie finally gets interesting, it ends. I REALLY wanted to like this movie, man, and as someone who just finished watching Breaking Bad for the first time which was wonderful, this movie was super underwhelming.
A true masterpiece. Enjoyed every minute of it.
Also RIP Robert Forster..... aka Ed the Extractor 😞
Who was ed the extractor? the actor died in real life.. I'll have to look up which one cause I don't know who that character was..
aaronwallerj the dude who transported Jesse to Alaska and got Saul and Walt our of ABQ.
@@Jared_Wignall Yeah, I know Ed the disappearer.. I can't believe he just died. He was an actor going back since the 60's. Not the "extractor"..
That's what they want you to think he's probably in Alaska now
Yeah sucks he passed right after the movie came out too, almost seems like he was holding out for one more great film. Glad his last project got to be El Camino. RIP man
The Disappearer (in Breaking Bad and El Camino) also serves as a Chiron figure who must be paid in full to leave this world behind and pass onto the next. It's very interesting that in El Camino, he has to pay for two fees rather than just for himself. The Boatman is never cheated or kept from passage coinage.
Charon, not Chiron.
He paid for two passengers because he's the only one we see using that service that still has a soul... And souls have their weight.
Edit: before it just sounded like a cool Dante parallel, but thinking about it... The first time he didn't go because he figured out what Walt did to Brock. He didn't go because he CARED about Brock. If he had been "soul-less" (i.e. like Saul) he would just have payed once. But because he has a soul, because he still cares, he decided to stay. And he had to pay twice. Souls really do have their weight
one thing i loved in el camino was just how quiet it was. there was really only one big action scene otherwise it was a completely quiet, character-driven story that stayed compelling through the entire way in spite of, or perhaps because of, its lack of action
I'd argue there were three main action scenes.
1) Jesse running from the law.
2) Jesse looking for the money and the standoff with the "cops".
3) Jesse taking out the crooks.
I wish they would have shown White's family in the aftermath
I was hoping to see Jesse and brock reunite.
@@luckycharmchico4197 couldn't have happened. same way walt couldn't reunite with his own son to conclude the show
Or marie. Love that girl.
@THOTASIA O. SCREEM what's wrong with you bruh?
@THOTASIA O. SCREEM Stop watching porn. After that, come back and read this again.
Fucking clapped thing.
This movie actually made me hate todd more
I didn't think that was possible
Fat todd is still haunting me help
Fat Todd is even worse
I think it's implied Todd is not really "a grown up", he's probably on the spectrum. In BB, it was implied that he was a weird guy, that really didn't get social clues, he doesnt have the ability to percieve the nuance of the situations (murdering the kid was a "logic" thing to do, his crush with Lydia was completely out of place but it wasnt "malicious" in nature). In El camino, we get more clues to that, how he describes his place as "easter eggs", his snow globe collection, or even the terrarium he had, all were very "child like". The scene when he's driving, singing almost joyful, his hand doind the wave thing in the air, and how he asked truck driver to pull the horn, all of those are very "innocent" childish things to do. He's obviously smart, so he's high functioning, but a lot of what he does, and what he thinks is feed to him by his uncle. He didn't leave the gun unattended because he was stupid, but because Jesse told him he was going to behave, so that's "Todd's truth". Also the whole "i was going to buy you pizza and beer", it's a very basic thing "you do a good job, you get a reward", i don't think it was even manipulative. I think Todd is closer to Sheldon Cooper than to Tuco.
I actually liked we to see him a little more, even if it was fat Todd.
@@alepolait8951 Todd was a sociopath
same
When Jesse and Todd bury the body, the way Jesse holds the gun as Todd is talking him down always gets me. He looks like a scared child. Abused and scared of his captor but deep down very angry. It makes me sad about the abuse he’s endured
Yeah, he totally didn't deserve to be abused after all the lives he ruined with his tweaker bullshit.
@@springbloom5940 it’s funny because you’re being sarcastic but you’re right lol
I've seen people complaining about Jesse not shooting Todd when he had the chance but to me that was painfully realistic, Jesse had been isolated and only interacted with people in the form of abuse for so long so that a tiny offer of normalcy and "affection" from one of his abusers stops him long enough to reason his way out of killing the guy and you can see (in Aaron Paul's wonderful performance) how much Jesse hates himself for clinging onto the benign-ish interaction similar to how he would disdainfully allow Walter to hug him despite how much he'd taken from him.
I was thinking the same. Also I thought that it was because the gang would kill Brock if Todd didn’t show up eventually
im pretty sure he despised todd with all his being and wanted him to die miserably but he knew he couldn't cause then the rest of the gang would murder andrea which ended up happening anyways
@@3van660 this actually takes place after she was killed. Her son however is still a target for them.
That one scene with Walter still had him trying to sway Jessie. Not sports medicine Jessie, business is the field you want to study. He never stopped manipulating him. But Mike, on the contrary was always a supportive influence as shown in their one scene.
mlsaulnier I think that’s more of a portrayal of Walt believing he knows what’s best for others.
mlsaulnier How exactly was Walt trying to manipulate Jessie in that scene? It’s not like Jessie going to college and getting a business degree would’ve somehow benefitted him.
@@SomeGuyWhoPlaysGames333 Instead of saying - Jessie, good for you choosing sports medicine, he immediately suggested something else. Maybe you have never had someone manipulative in your life who was never really supportive of your choices.
@@John-doe955 yes, there is that for sure. His hubris of always being right
jesse wouldnt be shit but a worthless no body without walt. if he didnt turn into a snitch walt wouldve successfully made him millions, and thats all that really matter in a capitalist world.
Jesse lives in a small cozy cabin in Alaska, there’s a cute girl who works at the bar couple miles away, got a nice job at the Wood Yard, Sends Brock Money when he can, and has a dog named Mike who sits with him by the River, and a cat named Saul who’s an asshole!! 👊
Man that is perfect
Beautiful picture👏
Only thing is I don't think he would ever name a pet after Saul, especially with brock's whole thing... And maybe even Mike is too much, I feel like he would try to cut all ties to that world. Maybe he would call them Combo, Pete and Brandon though... We can imagine ;)
Also Jesse really needs a kid to take care of and love with no strings attached for his story to be finally complete ~
He finds a really cool fat guy named fat Pete..and and a skinny guy named Brandon
"Dad, what are those scars you have ?"
"..."
Jesse is one of, if not my absolute favorite fictional character to ever grace a screen in my lifetime. I know that might seem a bit much, but man, Vince killed it with this character and his ending.
Bobby Ross jeez, chill
I liked Jesse's last interaction with his folks. In the show, he never had much of a good relationship with them, especially when he manipulated them into leaving their house just to shortly move back in. However I liked how he takes accountability & how it parallels Walt in Felina. Where Walt admits to Skylar that he did it for himself while taking away suspicion about where the incoming money will come from. Jeese admits he did this all on his own while steering his parents & the cops away in the other direction.
"Leaving their house"? That never happened. He blackmailed them in to selling his aunt's house cheap.
Simple Answer he means in el Camino where he manipulated them to leave their house with the cops as they believed he was at the lake if I remember correctly
@@regularguy2146 The first comment specifically says "In the show, especially when he manipulated them into leaving their house..."
Good on you for giving the benefit of the doubt, but the comment then mentions the moment from El Camino as if it were a separate instance.
@@simpleanswer8954 ok but the point is that he did some scumbag shit in order to have his way
I never thought it was that bad what Jesse did getting the house back off his parents. He initially wanted to make peace and start over and his dad just brushed it off. I think that episode also pointed out Jesse’s parents hypocrisy, criticising Jesse for being a drug addict/dealer when they were committing a felony by not disclosing the meth lab so they could make more money on the house.
I know his parents were frustrated by him but kicking out a drug addict and making him homeless could’ve killed him.
There's really fascinating symbolism going on with how the mountains are shot during the flashback conversations between Walt and Jesse and Mike and Jesse. Now I take the mountain to mean setting a life goal and working toward it. When you see the mountain through the diner window you are looking at the base and it looks like a wall. It's viewed as an obstacle and you accept an alternate route to get around it. As Jane said, "Go where the universe takes you." Walt looks out the window and that's the lens he's viewing his life through. Of course when the peaks are seen through the window they are blurry, distant, and Walt isn't even looking at them.
When Mike and Jesse look at the mountain they look up to the peak. It's not an obstacle, but it requires a conscious decision to get there and a struggle to climb to the top. Mike was giving Jesse a contrasting way to look at it. Basically, yeah it'll be tough kid, but the self determination in getting there is it's own reward.
Todd "i ate too many donuts" Ahlquist
It was the soup.
You mean pepperoni pizza
@SSJaye that explains it. I wondered why walt looked so different in that scene
SSJaye yeah ur right, he had to gain weight for Fargo and The Irishman i’m pretty sure
Clarisse he gained weight for Black Mass also.
Gilligan hitting us once again with the double entendre.
My favorite scene is when Jesse is crafting a wooden box with a big smile on his face, then turns around only to reveal a chain clipped to has back while his carrying supplies to cook meth. Sad
"That's the one thing you can never do" - Mike
How would Jesse have a future with jane? I mean come on... They would die sooner than later
Well not the hopeful type are you?
@@Kaptain_Scout hes right tho
We all die sooner or later
Nahhh, why cause they had a bit of a dope habit... Just manage it.. I work fulltime and hard as fuck and I dabble on the weekends.. I'm 35 now, not like I used to in my 20's mind you..
Anna KW he said sooner than later tho lol
this entire movie had me on edge, I'm so glad he actually got away
He's the one who most deserved to be traded around the cellblock, like a pack of smokes. *Everything* was his fault, because he was an out of control tweaker.
Only better call saul then the breaking bad universe says goodbye.
Never say never, we could always get another spinoff.
@Expanse Media A Walt Jr. wacky coming-of-age/teen comedy in the works?
I think there’s going to be a Gus fring / 1990s Cartel prequel
@@yeefishyt702 Why not a Holly all grown up sequel. Living as the daughter who never even knew her father but probably lived with the consequences and likely benefits of what he did during his life. Only really hearing about him from people that were hurt by him.
I think there could be something interesting there. Especially with all the characters now further on in life.
@@dracofells5390 it would be good as a movie
I’ve been waiting for Screenprism’s take on El Camino. I won’t watch any other analysis other than this channel for BB content.
Honestly. They kind of make me appreciate the shows more.
IamBrix
Absolutely.
I see you on Secular Talk’s channel all the time.
Always happy to see another Breaking Bad analysis from y’all
200th like
Three episodes before the finale I told my fiance who showed me the show that if Jesse dies I'm not watching anymore and I don't care how it ends. Jesse grew so much on me, ending up as my favorite character and I couldn't be happier that he got his happy ending that he deserved.
Seeing Jesse and Jane is such a bummer. I wish Walt hadn't let her die.
And Skinny Pete saying "you're a hero and shit" 😭
Take a second and imagine if they killed off Jesse at the end of the first season as they first planned to. What a different show it would have been
@Dirk Diggler in a parallel universe, people think "man if this jesse guy lived too long it'd have been unrealistic!"
It's essentially an epilogue. I've long said that the final two episodes of BrBa are the epilogue of that show. The kind thing that sort of irons it all out so it's neat and tidy at the end, story wise. This movie is essentially then an epilogue to the epilogue. We didn't need to see what happened to Jesse, necessarily. There were two schools of thought -- he lives happily ever after (what we now know for a fact happened) OR he gets busted as soon as he rounds the corner leaving the compound. In all actual honest to God reality, he'd have been caught. That movie would have been more interesting than this. BUT of course he has to have a happy ending and I will say this more than anyone besides the White family + Hank and Marie, he deserves one. I just wish through happenstance or otherwise he knew not just where a measly $750 thousand was, but like $40 million or more of Walt's money. Uncle Jack's last words were pleading to Walt, "You wanna know where your money is, right? Kill me and you won't...." *pow*
His money was the final mystery, and just like Walt's own family/his children got their money, one way or another, Jesse was technically also one of Walt's kids. Walt took a bullet for him in the end, just like he would have in my opinion for Skylar or Walt Jr. or Holly. Jesse in a way was his closest child, the one he could really talk to and share the burden of this path they ultimately got bound to together. A family business of sorts, except they weren't related. For all the suffering Jesse endured, to see him actually make use of that final bit of Walt's money even if it involved smuggling it with him similar to the way the disappearer guy helped him smuggle $10 million in cash, it could all have been done. Jesse deserved that. "DBAA tax" on Walt's part. (real BrBa fans will get this)
Nice man. Really interesting .
I can't believe people imagine Jesse getting caught by the cops could even be an ending from a story POV ... Like wtf would even be the point of him being freed by Walter if he has to get caught again
"You're my hero and shit". I'll never forget that.
El Camino is my favorite episode of breaking bad. I thought the ambiguous ending for Jesse sucked. I loved every second of this movie.
Questbro I loved El Camino as well. Let me run this by you, though; That ending in "FELINA" is SO perfect. It was enough for me to see Jesse crying with joy as he broke through that frigging fence!! I think, just my opinion, that any moving on to show Jesse's fate at that point would have been anticlimactic.The MOVIE...so satisfying in every way, right? Let me know what you think, bro.
I disagree... The ending scene of Jesse screaming would have been a more powerful ending note for the character... I just assumed he would start a new life somewhere, like any sane ,logical person would.
@@tommyvercetti891 Nah I hate ambiguous artsy fartsy endings where people argue about it online. Just show me what happens to the character. It was Cathartic seeing Jesse at peace in Alaska.
@@Gunplabro oh so u telling me u lack some fucking imagination? Ok.
@@tommyvercetti891 yea. I lack so much imagination. Imagine thinking ***I*** lack imagination when these hack writers don't even bother finishing their stories and call it art.
Hes lost a lot along the way, but hes finally free. He finally got what he deserved ❤️
Idk why it always makes me laugh when I hear Jesse's "measly 1800" line 😂 just the way he says it and the fact that you wouldnt expect Jesse to use a word like measly 😂😂😂
Measly !
I mean, when you've lugged around a million dollars in a few hand bags, $1800 doesn't feel like much anymore.
@@SerunaXI I mean, it's not really about the amount of money, it's more about his word choice, and the way he said it lmao
Mike's affection for Jesse hits so much harder after watching Better Call Saul and learning what happened to Matty
And Nacho
Todd is the actual bad guy in this franchise. He's is a total psychopath, he's the scariest character.
When Todd offered pizza, I thought he had already more than enough.
He had to gain weight for roles in the Irishman and Fargo
I’m surprised you didn’t bring up the symbolism of the cage, because cage imagery was everywhere in the film, and that was fantastic
Alaska is always the answer...just watch the Simpsons Movie!
Petite Cossette I thought I was the only one... “Alaska: A Fresh Start”
When I watched El Camino with my brother and when Jesse finally went to Alaska, I said, “Welcome to Alaska! Here’s a thousand dollars!”
We both love The Simpsons Movie.
Alaska, Florida, or California. All us rejects run to one or the other. (Florida transplant here)
Anna KW I would love to live in Florida tbh, probably my favorite state I’ve been to. Currently living in Wisconsin, gotta finish school and secure more money before making any big moves
When I think of Jesse's story from season 1 to this movie, it genuinely makes me want to cry. Walter might be one of the best characters in TV history but Jesse is right up there aswell
This was a blessing to all "BB" fans. For us to see Jesse get closure was truly remarkable
Jesse strangling Todd is also reminiscent of Walter strangling Krazy-8 in the first season
Its taken me years to accept the fact that Walter White was a terrible man.
@@yanikstudios redemption is a really strong word. I wouldn't say redeem so much as negate what he could.
He partially did. Walter was a terrible man but only because he was pushed to the limit and taken by his pride, frustration, shame and regret that manifested into Heisenberg. Walter was never evil nor good those are just made up constructs. He is human.
@@Xepoza Nah man. Walter was evil. Humans tend to be a mixed bag. Walter had way more evil in him than most human beings. Having power just gave him the chance to be who he really was.
@@Xepoza nah he was definitely evil
@@Xepoza No. Anakin Skywalker was pushed to the limits, having repressed emotions, schizophrenic symptoms, what appeared to be PTSD and generalised anxiety, being turned down when he needed help the most and having this constant voice in his head keep telling him that he could have it all if he just let go and then to further ingrain himself in the dark side through self hatred by killing the younglings. All of that combining to form a hatred of himself and the entire world around him so strong that it created Darth Vader who remained Vader for so long because of his Internalised shame, hopelessness and hatred only to be redeemed by finally seeing one of the two good things he brought to the world. Walter White from the beginning was consumed by pride, if he wasn't, then his family wouldn't have been struggling and he would've been running the company with Elliot. Instead he didn't, he dug his own hole long before meth. If Walter White was a character in Star Wars and was force sensitive, he'd have turned to the dark side faster than you can say 'you don't know the power of the dark side'. The reason why I used Star Wars is because it works as a perfect analogy with the dark side resembling the shadow of the human psyche and both Vader and Walt having done unspeakable things, one as a sacrifice and the other to utterly serve themselves, and one having created something out of their sins and the other dying because of their own sins.
Man the character development in breaking bad universe is insane,
Specially Walter White to Heisenberg.
And Jesse about become a man of his own.
Vince Gilligan should make a neo western miniseries with Aaron Paul
He already did.
@@johnwilkins11 nice.
To anyone in hard times, take Jesse's story to heart and please remember. Good times are to come.
It might take a while but you'll see it at some point💜
that’s not what this should teach you
I've watched every single analysis you guys made for the characters in the show, so when this video popped up in my feed I was ecstatic. Thanks for another amazing video for my favorite series.
It's important realize Walt's true motivations in keeping Jesse Season 3 where the famous "Ever since I met you" speech happens. At that point, Walt realized Jesse was not at the caliber he needed him to be to continue down the road he was on with people as qualified, as serious, and dangerous as Gus. BUT Jesse was about ready to completely ruin Hank and his career because Hank beat him so savagely after the RV was destroyed. Walt was manipulating Jesse to continue being his partner at that point but not because Walt considered him an equal, at all, it was to save his brother in law Hank from losing his job. Something actually that long term might have enabled Walt to get away with it all in the end, but Walt cared enough to keep his greatest nemesis (unbeknownst to him I think at the time) in his line of work at the DEA even if meant giving Jesse a metaphorical olive branch then gussying it up with the words Jesse really, truly wanted to hear "50/50 partners".
Thank you for this analysis! Many people have missed the smallest details that made this film good!
i love hearing that "hes not a todd" and then aaron paul goes on to give us todd chavez
You guys are the best. I liked El Camino, but your analysis has made me appreciate it so much more. Thank you for always doing such incredibly thorough analysis!
Great analysis! After a while, I started to feel like Jesse was the center of the Breaking Bad story. I'm so glad he got his happy ending.
It's sunday night here so the clouds of Monday are here, but unlike every Sunday today I'm happy because of your video.
Anyone else felt a emotion when you saw Jesse in the car in Alaska, smiling going into his new life? I just left like ''No... no... i dont want it to end. I want to see more of Jesse.'' Its been a long time since i felt hurt from a show ending. I dont want it to end!
Jesse Pinkman > any other fictional character
@16:59 / @18:17 I also LOVE how -- first, they play the ShowDown thing straight,
with the Good Guy shooting the Bad a bunch of times before the other can draw --
-- but _then,_ immediately has the realism of a series of wild shots. *BRILLIANT.*
That's a very interesting interpretation of Todd. Honestly though I always assumed he was just such a sociopath that it never occurred to him how an average human would react to what Jesse had been through. A lot like his "crush" on Lydia, or his working relationship with Heisenberg. Or his "Hey man, no hard feelings" attitude over murdering Jesse's girlfriend.
I don’t know about you, but I loved El Camino
I always thought at the BB finale, Jesse would drive away with his beard and all the money, laughing at how he'd survived and could start a new life with all this pain behind him, find happiness at last, and then The Walking Dead zombie apocalypse would happen.
*Seinfeld Theme*
I think Jessie didn’t shoot Todd in the desert, not because of Todd’s hold, but because he knew that if he killed him without killing all the other nazi involved in a short time, they would notice it and could still kill the kid of his ex girlfriend.
(besides of that, the film is good but it’s too bad the actor who plays Todd had to gain weight to play another role because the big difference with his morphology in the serie was the only thing which got me out of the story)
I'd like to think that Todd put out and lost all the weight while they got Jesse captured
I know it takes you out a little of the story, but I think it's what they had to work with, because everyone is doing some other project, as you said
Todd appearing as fat as he did was unacceptable and just one example of Vince slipping slightly in el camino. Todd spent 90% of scenes with Jesse and Jesse alone. Those scenes could have been shot first or shot last in a few shoots over the course of a week or 2. Sure it may even have delayed the final version of el camino being edited by a few weeks but there is no excuse for not allowing Todd to have 2-4 weeks to lose some weight. This film had flashes of breaking bad-esque brilliance and was certainly not all bad but the truth is it was an unnecessary instalment.
So true I didn't recognize hin
@@jakemodi3615 Putting aside how unrealistic your criticism of Vince is (getting everyone's availability to line up for a production is very challenging, and you can't just keep the crew and sets on standby while you wait for two actors to shoot their scenes separately), holy shit, how much weight do you think someone can lose in just 2-4 weeks?
@@internisus a lot of weight. This isn't a case of having to bulk up or look like the hulk in 4 weeks. Anyone can go from fat bastard (Austin powers) to skin and bones within a month if you fast intensely. Breaking bad was just as good for me as it was for everyone else. I loved/love Vince just like you do. So don't get buy hurt people be honest. Yes you can lose 2/3 stone in 4 weeks by intermittent fasting and by burning a hell of a lot of calories. Plenty of actors have lost or gained weight very quickly (quicker than normal person) to be able to fulfil a role. The truth is that Vince got a few things wrong with this film. It didn't ever reach the highs of breaking bad. Was it an ok film? Yes. Did I get overly excited at the opening scenes and at the prospect of seeing mike,skinny Pete, badger etc on my tv again? Yea. Massively. But the truth is this film let all breaking bad fans down. It wasn't necessary for me to spend 2 hours leaning how jesse went back to todds house after he drove off that night, that he got into an altercation with some other robbers, that he got Way with some money before speaking to the "dissapearer" having to steal some more money, having a stupid poor excuse of a shoot out ( do not compare that scene to the good bad n the ugly or a fist full of dollars. I am sorry but you are not clever if you think Vince pulled off a sergio leone)and then having jesse basically do what we all knew he would do and get to Alaska. At the end of breaking bad Vince and Pete were persistently questioned about the wellbeing of jesse. Do you know what Vince said?that he would like to believe that he escaped and found peace. We knew the ending to el camino before we watched it. We had already fleshed out the story to the extent that we partially knew exactly what was going to happen. Giving the audience an obvious story 5 years after breaking bad ended was nice, somewhat enjoyable and was definitely a case of giving the fans what they want. I have watched so camino 4 times (breaking bad much more often)and despite the fact that it is not a poor movie (6/10 perhaps 7) it is not a fantastic movie. It doesn't meet up to the standards breaking bad set. It doesn't eclipse the ending of breaking bad or even add anything to it that we did not already know happened. It was a tip of the hat to a series that we all loved full of characters that we are all invested in but something was missing, it just wasn't quite right. For people that do not believe actors could lose a couple of stone in a month read about Christian bale and the way he has transformed his body for work. Even if it took an additional 6/8 weeks (it wouldn't 4 weeks is honestly enough)then I'd personally rather wait 2 months and have a skinnier Todd than see him that large during a time when he shouldn't be that large.
Absolutely LOVE these. Thank you! ❤🙏
This honestly helped me to appreciate the movie a lot more. Great stuff; thanks.
Finally a new breaking bad Video from you! Always waited for More and rewatched your old ones. A great vid once again!
You guys are so talented! I love your content!
I've just found your channel and must say I love it. So far I've only watched the Breaking Bad videos but I know I will like you. Not because you're always right. In fact, I think you colossally misinterpreted Todd (he's a psychopath). But I like your sincere and no-BS approach to the matters you're discussing. Chapeaux bas and keep up the good work!
I had been waiting for this one, watched all of your Breaking Bad videos in anticipation.
I can’t believe how Jesse still forgives and i guess loves walt after bb ended, i mean. If they didn’t meet Jesse wouldn’t have gotten into so much trouble and trauma. And yet he never hated him or killed him. His life got ruined because of him
Haven’t watched BB in like 6 years but it’s been popping up on my YT feed so I been watching so many vids god I loved this show so much and El Camino was a great way to summarize everything from Jesses POV
I like how this universe is 14 years old already and theres so much content to be explored.
Thank you for this video. Love your other breaking bad stuff and was waiting for this to pop up
Fantastic. Love all of your essays, guys!
I like to think this movie is a kind of 'goodbye' that Aaron Paul gets to say to Jesse...he can leave him in Alaska - finally getting him what he wants - FREEDOM :)
I always viewed Walt’s fall as his own addiction and to show that no matter WHAT the addiction is anyone is capable of that fall
Walt views himself as somehow superior to Jessie and his friends because they use meth, but in the end Jessie, Skinny Pete and Badger are shown to be kind, loving and morale people
Breaking Bad is a wonderful spectrum from the methheads with the ATM, to Tuco to Walt himself. They’re ALL addicts and terrible people but the drugs themselves aren’t what makes them bad people because Walter never used any
Been waiting for this, as great as expected
This has quickly become my favorite TV/movie analysis channel. Your style avoids the egocentricism of many reviewers who often make themselves a big part of the production. You're insightful. I like it.
**PTSD, Trauma Bonding & Existential Angst/Despair**: truly some brilliant themes to touch upon...
“Gatorade me, b**ch!” made me smile too much 😂
Brilliant, it's analysis like that who made me fell in love with cinema. Thanks The Take
I was waiting so much for this video ... It was worth it, it's great
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