![]() Pinkman, who has one goal: get out of New Mexico. Naturally, the authorities are descending on the massacre, and they have a few questions for Mr. ![]() Jesse has fled the scene, screaming and speeding into the night. Walter and most of the Nazis, including Todd ( Jesse Plemons), are dead. Gilligan picks up right away chronologically. We learn more about that captivity in “El Camino,” and running from trauma is a major theme of the film. Most importantly, that Walter rescued Jesse from the meth-dealing Nazis who had been holding him prisoner. However, you need to remember what happened at the end of season five. What might have felt more like a cash grab were it made in the wake of the award-winning final season feels more creatively driven six years later. It is not designed to exist as a standalone movie as much as something watched after the end of season five, although I do like that it didn’t happen right away, giving its creator and star more time to enrich the project. If you're hazy on what happened in the AMC hit, be warned that “ El Camino” does not hold your hand. The result is a project that feels true to its source, a well-crafted epilogue for a beloved character who vividly understands the concept of consequences. It’s that fertile creative ground that brought Vince Gilligan back to this world in his Netflix Original, “El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie”-a need to know another chapter in Jesse Pinkman’s story. A structure in which the viewer can be confident that action leads to reaction is naturally going to enhance viewer interest, and that was the part of the draw the of the show-how will what we’re watching now impact what happens next? (It also helped make it a perfect show for binging on Netflix). We followed the arc of Walter White ( Bryan Cranston) and Jesse Pinkman ( Aaron Paul) from that first day in the desert in the series premiere to the blood-soaked finale, and it was easy to trace the line of consequences that got us from the starting to the finish line. More than arguably any other drama, decisions had repercussions and slates weren't wiped clean between episodes. “Breaking Bad” was always a show about consequences.
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