Breaking Bad is one of the all-time shows of the 21st century. It doesn't accept a unmarried bad episode, and now we've got El Camino: A Breaking Bad Flick , which picks up right after the events of the series finale, "Felina." But what if you don't call back what led up to the finale and don't take time to rewatch the concluding eight episodes of the series? Well, nosotros're going to help you with that.

The concluding viii episodes of the series is basically the downfall of Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and the final fracturing of his complicated relationship with his meth cooking partner Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul). Afterwards going from mild-mannered high school science instructor to meth kingpin, Walt's actions are finally discovered by his DEA blood brother-in-law Hank Schrader (Dean Norris). Meanwhile, Jesse, without the back up of fixer Mike Ehremantraut (Jonathan Banks), who was killed by Walt, begins to unravel completely with the crushing guilt of all the terrible things they've washed. Agape that Jesse'south guilt spiral volition lead to him confessing the truth, Walt tries to get Jesse to showtime a new life. Jesse is just virtually to exit when he realizes that back in Flavor 4, Walt switched out the ricin cigarette and used Lily of the Valley to poison Brock, a young boy that Jesse cares about and the son of Jesse'southward ex-girlfriend Andrea (Emily Rios). Jesse comes back in a rage and resolves to make Walt pay for what he's washed but is convinced by Hank to join forces and bring Walt down.

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Paradigm via AMC

Meanwhile, Walt has left the meth business organisation and put it in the hands of Todd (Jesse Plemons) and his family of white supremacists. Notwithstanding, Todd isn't equally skilful of a cook equally Jesse or Walt and the production he produces in beneath of the standards of Lydia (Laura Fraser), which may wing in New Mexico, merely non to her European buyers that take get hooked on the blueish stuff.

Walt does his best to try and reason Jesse, but Jesse isn't having it and tells Walt that he's coming for him. Walt, feeling he has no choice, calls up Todd saying he has a chore for Todd's uncle Jack (Michael Bowen) to kill Jesse. The trade-off isn't money but Walt doing a new cook every bit a remedial meth-cooking class for Todd. Walt tries to affluent out Jesse by going to Andrea and putting Jack's gang on her firm. However, Jesse and Hank outmaneuver Walt and brand him recollect that they they've establish the $eighty 1000000 that Walt buried in the desert. Walt, panicked, drives out to the burial spot, merely to discover he's been duped. Jesse shows up with Hank and Steve Gomez (Steven Michael Quezada) in tow. Walt calls Jack to phone call off the striking in guild to protect Hank and goes to give himself up.

Unfortunately for everyone, Jack ignores Walt'south request and comes to the burial location. There'south a shootout where Steve is killed and although Walt begs for Hank's life and offers Jack the $lxxx million in exchange, Jack withal kills Hank. During the shootout, Jesse hides under a car, simply Walt sees him and gives him upwards to Jack, but before Jack can kill Jesse, Todd says that they need to torture Jesse to see what he told Hank (that'southward why Jesse has scars on his face in the El Camino trailer). Jack's gang takes virtually of Walt's money, and Walt is left with a single barrel total of cash while Jesse is hauled off to exist the prisoner of neo-Nazis.

Walt returns home in a panic and his whole family unit now sees him as the monster that he is, so he'due south forced to go on the run lone. Meanwhile, the white supremacists make up one's mind to leave Jesse alive and force him to exist their melt. They hold Andrea and Brock's lives over him, but Jesse still tries an escape effort where he's quickly recaptured. Jack's gang takes him to Andrea'south house to witness Todd killing Andrea, and and so the neo-Nazis remind Jesse that they tin still kill Brock if Jesse doesn't exercise as he's told. Completely broken, Jesse resigns himself to cooking meth for the neo-Nazis until he dies.

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Epitome via AMC

Walt comes back from his exile to get his remaining money to his children and become revenge on Jack. He forces his former Grey Matters partners to gear up a charitable trust for his children then that Walt Jr. (RJ Mitte) and Holly retrieve they're getting the money from rich practice-gooders but it'southward really Walt's money. Walt and so rigs a auto with an M60 machine gun that will fire when he opens the trunk with a remote clicker. He fabricates a coming together with Jack past telling Lydia and Todd that he'due south come up with a new formula that doesn't require methylamine and that he needs the money. He goes to see Jack at the neo-Nazis' chemical compound and says that he knows Jack has partnered with Jesse because the blue meth is still out there. Jack takes criminal offence and tells his cronies to bring out his "partner."

The neo-Nazis bring out a broken and beaten Jesse who is clearly being forced to work against his will. Walt has a brief moment of conscience and pretends like he's fighting with Jesse in social club to bring him to the floor. Walt then hits the clicker and the M60 unloads on the chemical compound, killing almost everyone inside. Walt and Jack are both mortally wounded simply Todd manages to hit the deck before existence shot. Walt shoots Jack in the caput while Todd looks outside the window to see what happened, Jesse uses his handcuffs to strangle Todd to death. Jesse so takes the keys from Todd and frees himself. Walt, already haemorrhage to decease and dying from cancer anyway, offers a gun to Jesse to allow him to take revenge. Jesse tells Walt that he has to say he wants it to happen. Walt says he wants it to happen, and Jesse tells him, "Do it yourself," drops the gun, and walks outside. Walt follows him and answers a phone call to Todd from Lydia. Lydia asks if they killed Walt, but he tells her that the influenza-like symptoms she's currently experiencing are from the ricin he poisoned her with in place of her Stevia when they last met. Jesse gets in the El Camino and drives abroad, crying from both joy and ache at what has transpired. Walt goes into the lab where Jack's gang was cooking, respects the chemical science, and dies.

The big takeaway you need to have away from all of this is that the story of Jesse Pinkman is that Jesse is a deeply flawed but ultimately compassionate person who is used by anybody around him. He'due south used by Walt, he'south used by Gus to get at Walt, he's and so used by Hank to get at Walt, and he'south used by Todd and the neo-Nazis to make meth. While Walt slowly shed his conscience over the form of the series, information technology never left Jesse, and while he tried at points to be a calm, nerveless operator, his empathy for others—especially children—resurfaces. We know how Walter White'south story concluded. Nosotros'll notice out how Jesse Pinkman's story ends with El Camino.

For more onEl Camino, check out our breakdown of the film's ending and our rundown of all theBreaking Bad cameos in the picture.

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