#el camino rewatch

[pissbbyy]

🔥🚨brba spoilers🚨🔥

im goingjnsane none of my friends have finished breaking bad & seen el camino & im just pacing around in circles over here because jesus christ man this is eating me alive and im gonna put my head thruough a wall or somethingand I HATE THIS SHOW FOR DOING THIS TO ME

[gilligould]

[flash-flood]

Aaron Paul, across the series!

[kylejsugarman]

because like sure, u can make any number of logical, plot-driven arguments as to why jesse immediately went to badger and skinny pete after breaking out of the compound. they were nearby. they were familiar enough with the crime world to help him evade immediate capture. they were the only people in his circle still alive. "el camino" is a story about the major players in jesse's life, so why wouldn't they be in it?? but something just feels so emotional and intentional about jesse going to them. badger and skinny were comic relief sidekicks for almost the entirety of "breaking bad", but there's no joke here, no punchline. it's totally sincere in a way that we've never seen before. jesse barely communicates with them while he's there and he doesnt need to: they Recognize the change, the damage, and handle him with unprecedented care. they still make jokes, but it's different. it's gentle. and it just fits so perfectly into the theme of "el camino" revealing Exactly who the characters are at their core and what kind of intentions they have/had for jesse. he goes to them because he knows badger and skinny won't have any bad intentions. they never have. they aren't comedic relief but just relief. he's a lost dog who could've broken into any viable shelter for food and rest, but he went where he would actually be wanted. that was just as essential to his survival as the food and sleep.

[notcapableofbeingtheguy]

Vince Gilligan making El Camino (2019)

[biblionerd07]

I actually had more sympathy for Jesse’s parents on this rewatch. Like overall they’re not some abusive monsters who never cared about him. They very obviously DO care about him. Their house felt safe enough to Jesse that he went there when the meth had him feeling paranoid and strung out. When Jesse calls his dad after being questioned by the DEA he mentions getting a job “in data entry, like we talked about”, and Jesse’s mom says “I can’t do this again”, and Jake says Jesse’s all they ever talk about, so they’re obviously in a cycle of trying to help Jesse and seeing him go back to drugs. It’s easy for us to kind of forget the ramifications, because of the scope of the show and because we love Jesse and are seeing his POV and definitely because Aaron Paul’s teeth and skin are nice lol, but Jesse is addicted to crystal meth. And he’s SELLING crystal meth! This is not just weed. It’s a pretty big fucking deal. And his parents talk about getting him help, and they let him come inside and sleep and eat a few meals and wash his clothes. Maybe you could consider that the bare minimum, but it is something. When Hank is talking to Jesse’s mom, she’s not dismissive of Jesse or uncaring. She’s obviously very sad about the state of Jesse’s life, and when she starts to clock that Hank’s investigating Jesse, she gets protective and makes Hank leave. They evicted Jesse from his aunt’s house, but to give them a bit of grace, his mom did find his literal meth lab in the basement lmao. Which they threatened to tell the DEA about but never actually did. They seem to be in that place with an addict where you’re trying to balance giving support without enabling; his dad even says they need to try tough love. (Personally I think it shows they don’t really know Jesse all that well because tough love is not the right method for him, but they probably feel like they’ve tried everything else.) When Jesse’s talking about that perfect box he made in shop, his initial lie is that he gave it to his mom, and when he tells the truth it’s clear he really regrets that he didn’t actually do that. In El Camino, I really think they want him to turn himself in because they think he’ll be safer and maybe they think he’ll get some leeway if he turns himself in rather than getting caught. It doesn’t seem like they call the cops when he calls and asks them to come get him; they rush out right away and all the police are in regular, unmarked cars.

But….

I can never give them grace or forgive them for that car decal that was Mom, Dad, and Jake but no Jesse. Like what the hell is that?? And it seems absolutely outrageous to me that his parents, with everything that happened between them and everything they’re seeing on the news, took the opportunity to talk to him and only said “turn yourself in.” No “I love you.” No “be safe.” His dad saying they hadn’t talked to him in a long time, since “way before all this” really rankled, too. They purposefully distanced themselves from him. They made sure to say on the news that they’re not involved in this because they’re not in his life. I really do think they cared and were scared for him. But at every turn it just seemed like they didn’t care enough to actually understand what he needed or how to get through to him.

[thecoolertails]

so we've all seen breaking bad remix (seasons 3-5) but have you guys seen seasons 1-2

[chaotictomtom]

being so brave about it (having the CONSTANT urge to rewatch brba/bcs. all the time every second i am living on this earth.)

[selfinflictedgunshotwound]

i know everybody fucking hates him bc he's an emotionless sociopath that killed a child and cuz of his nazi uncle and his gang but todd alquist is suuuuper autistic there's no other explanation for why he acts like that

[vstheworld]

rewatching breaking bad and—there’s no way everyone in the rest of the cast didn’t assume Walt and Jesse were having an affair right?

before the meth kingpin reveal Skyler was giving off some VERY ‘who’s the other woman and why is she your former student-turned-drug-dealer’ vibes. but it was the deeply homophobic early aughts so they made the (probably fiscally responsible) choice not to outright discuss it on network tv targeted at straight men

Gus at the very least 100% thought they were together. they’re feral and irrational about each other the whole time they’re interacting with Gus, a gay man who spent his entire life seeking scorched-earth revenge for his murdered boyfriend. lowkey think it’s part of why Gus wanted to keep Jesse and get rid of Walt—such an obviously toxic manipulative relationship is not a good foundation for a business.

like, what happens to the business when they break up?

[pissbbyy]

el camino : jesse is forced to face his past, post - captivity, and abandon the remnants of his identity as he attempts to pick up the pieces of his life that was destroyed by walter white. walter, who killed anyone who got close to taking jesse away from him. walter, who manipulated jesse into being dependent on him and took advantage of jesse’s need for love validation and approval. walt, who took this young man and molded him into the ideal figure: his son, wife, and business partner all wrapped together. walt, who ruined jesse’s life before it even began.

walt in el camino : hey jesse :) son :) buddy :) have you thought abt college? :)) u should go to college, son :) i think it would be super beneficial for ur future, kiddo :))

[gilligould]

finished breaky bad, :(

[variantoutcast]

I started rewatching Better Call Saul with @psionicowl and I forgot what good TV is supposed to feel like

[you-are-a-saucy-boi]

“breaking bad would be so much better if walt wasn’t the main character” to “better call saul is infinitely better than breaking bad” pipeline

[notcapableofbeingtheguy]

Truly still can’t believe how Vince put his WHOLE Gilligussy into making a Breaking Bad sequel movie 6 years later while already 4 seasons deep into a Breaking Bad prequel series, and made it SO GOOD and such a loving, resonant addition to the canon

[idontwikeit]

do i need to rewatch brba to watch bcs😔