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Like Dorian Gray’s portrait, his face registered the blackening of Walt’s soul.

The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.Unlike Walt’s inevitable death, Jesse’s ending was morally ambiguous: manipulated by a man who’d come to represent evil incarnate but still personally implicated in horrific violence, Jesse had also suffered terribly for his transgressions. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. (SOUNDBITE OF DAVE PORTER'S 'BREAKING BAD MAIN TITLE THEME (EXTENDED)')Ĭopyright © 2019 NPR. For fans of the show who know these characters, that's a welcome conclusion for a story we didn't even know we missed until Vince Gilligan showed it to us. And whatever happens to me, it's on me - OK? - nobody else.ĭEGGANS: This is the story of how Jesse Pinkman's partnership with Walter White brought great pain and trauma but also turned him into something resembling a man. I don't know if it'll mean much to you, but you did your best. PAUL: (As Jesse Pinkman) It's probably too late to say this. So he eventually calls his parents for help and to make a heartfelt admission. But much of 'El Camino' centers on Jesse trying to escape a city where every police officer is looking for him. I can't describe some of the movie's most powerful moments because they involve surprise appearances from favorite 'Breaking Bad' characters. The impact of 'Breaking Bad' storytelling builds as you gather more of those details, which is why it's so hard to just jump into a story like 'El Camino.' I highly recommend first watching 'Breaking Bad's' excellent last episode, 'Felina,' also on Netflix. Gilligan is also a master storyteller who delivers information in small details. So good behavior, right? I appreciate it, Jesse.ĭEGGANS: Vince Gilligan, who wrote and directed 'El Camino,' often centers his stories on the banality of evil - lunkheaded men who will eat a bowl of soup and make small talk after committing a murder.

It'll basically be out of my hands at that point. If you try to, you know, escape, I'm going to have to visit the little boy. JESSE PLEMONS: (As Todd Alquist) So I hate to be all, like - but we got to talk ground rules. Another flashback shows how the owner of that El Camino, an even-tempered psychopath named Todd Alquist, kept Jesse in check by threatening the son of his girlfriend. It picks up seconds after the finale of 'Breaking Bad' as Jesse is speeding away from a compound where he was held captive by a gang of murderous neo-Nazis.ĭEGGANS: Jesse is yelling, hysterical, driving away at breakneck speed in a stolen El Camino - hence the title - and deeply traumatized. It's not a grand return to the former glory of 'Breaking Bad.' It's a deftly directed tale about a desperate man fighting for his freedom. Six years after creator Vince Gilligan provided the perfect conclusion to the epic saga of meth-making, ex-high school teacher Walter White, 'El Camino' returns to complete the story of his former student and partner in the drug trade, Jesse Pinkman.īut this film is a smaller movie.

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That's the one thing you could never do.ĭEGGANS: It's an oddly quiet, yet ominous beginning for a movie that's a blockbuster project.

PAUL: (As Jesse Pinkman) Put things right.īANKS: (As Mike Ehrmantraut) No. Come on - like, if you were my age.īANKS: (As Mike Ehrmantraut) If I were your age starting fresh - Alaska. JONATHAN BANKS: (As Mike Ehrmantraut) It doesn't matter. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, 'EL CAMINO: A BREAKING BAD MOVIE')ĪARON PAUL: (As Jesse Pinkman) Where would you go if you were me? Jesse wonders where he might go with all the money he's earned. He's talking to another character beloved by fans, Jonathan Banks' grizzled enforcer Mike Ehrmantraut.

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NPR's TV critic Eric Deggans has it with some spoilers.ĮRIC DEGGANS, BYLINE: 'El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie' begins with a flashback to a moment when Aaron Paul's Jesse Pinkman is thinking about getting out of the meth-making business. Now, a new movie on Netflix tells us what happened. If you loved 'Breaking Bad' as I did, one question haunted you after the show ended - what happened to Walter White's partner, Jesse Pinkman? He was last seen fleeing a massacre.