How long was the gap between Breaking Bad and El Camino?

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie picks up just moments later while Jesse flees before ending up at Skinny Pete's house. The story is still set in early September 2010 despite the fact the movie was released in 2019, nearly a decade after Breaking Bad ended.
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How old is Jesse in El Camino?

He was mortally wounded in the process, but the event allowed Jesse to break free. Seeing as El Camino picked up moments after Breaking Bad's final episode, Jesse was still 25. In fact, the character's actions to acquire a new identity occurred while he was on the brink of turning 26 years old.
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How long after Felina is El Camino?

Jesse's self-sacrificing nature grants him an escape from the drug world. It's an ambiguous ending, given further context by the 2019 epilogue “El Camino.” Released on Netflix and taking place immediately after “Felina,” the film follows Jesse evading capture and finally finding peace in his relationships and himself.
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Why does Todd look different in El Camino?

Summary. The noticeable difference in Todd Alquist's appearance in "El Camino" compared to "Breaking Bad" is due to the long wait between filming and the limited time to prepare for the role. "El Camino" is told from Jesse Pinkman's perspective, which may distort the portrayal of characters like Todd Alquist.
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What year El Camino is in Breaking Bad?

The 1981 Chevrolet El Camino is Todd's car. Jesse uses it to flee Jack Welker's Compound after Walter has eliminated Jack and his gang.
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Was El Camino a flop?

Nielsen's SVOD Content Ratings service found the film drew an average minute audience of 6.5 million, with 2.6 million of that coming on its October 11 opening day.
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Is Skyler in El Camino?

Anna Gunn As Skyler White

Anna Gunn didn't return as Skyler for either El Camino or Better Call Saul, but in a phone conversation between Saul and his secretary, Francesca, in Better Call Saul Francesca mentions that Skyler received a plea deal from the government.
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Why does Walter look weird in El Camino?

But because Cranston didn't have time to shave for El Camino, he was instead fitted with a bald cap. The time-lapse video Cranston shared on Twitter captures the El Camino makeup team — Cheri Monsanto, Garrett Immel and Laverne Munroe — meticulously applying the bald cap and affixing White's famous mustache.
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How is Todd not dead in El Camino?

Like Bryan Cranston's Walter White and Jonathan Banks' Mike Ehrmantraut, Todd is brought back from the dead via flashbacks by Breaking Bad creator and El Camino writer-director Vince Gilligan.
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Why didn t Todd lose weight for El Camino?

Why have they shown Todd Alquist as a fat guy in El Camino? The real explanation is that it's been ten years since the original series, everyone looks older, the actor has gained weight, and didn't have time to lose it before the shoot.
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How long was Jesse in a cage?

El Camino is focused on what happens to Jesse after Walter White murdered the men who locked him in a cage for six months, getting its title from the car Jesse steals to make his emotional getaway in the final moments of the Breaking Bad series finale.
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How much money did Walter White make?

Even his wife Skyler White used the income to clean up messes like the $621,000 needed to pay off Ted Beneke's IRS problem. That said, season 5 revealed that Walt earned over $80 million in cash, which he kept in a storage unit. Jesse, however, was left with $5 million that Walt gave him out of guilt.
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Why is it called Felina?

The episode title, "Felina", is a respelling of the word "finale." It is also inspired by the character Feleena from the song "El Paso" by Marty Robbins, which is featured throughout the episode. The story of "El Paso" closely mirrors Walter White's character arc in the final season of Breaking Bad.
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What is Jesse Pinkman's mental illness?

Throughout Breaking Bad, Jesse finds himself constantly suffering as a result of his involvement in Walter's business. He's beaten, nearly killed multiple times, imprisoned, and suffers severe anxiety and depression as a result of his experiences.
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Did Jesse hate Walt at the end?

Does Jesse still hate Walt in the end? In the final scenes, Jesse refuses to kill Walter when handed a gun, and being fully aware that Walt was responsible for Jane's death, he parts ways with him; forgiveness is ambiguous.
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Who did Jesse write to at the end of El Camino?

He hands Ed a final letter to one individual and, as Jesse drives away, we see who it's addressed to: Brock Cantillo. Breaking Bad fans will remember that Brock, played in the series by Ian Posada, is the young child of Jesse's girlfriend Andrea (Emily Rios), who is murdered in cold blood by Todd (Jesse Plemons).
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What happened to Skyler after Walt died?

When her life fell apart and Walt disappeared, Skyler lost her assets and moved in with her kids in a small apartment with a job as a taxi dispatcher. It was revealed that her sister, Marie, reached out for a truce, so it's likely that the two reconnected shortly after the series finale.
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Who kills Walter White?

Walter White

Cause of Death: Walt was accidentally shot by the same remote-activated machine gun he used to kill Jack Welker and his gang. Walt was far from an innocent character by the time he died, but he found a sliver of redemption by saving Jesse from Welker's gang.
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Is El Camino a happy ending?

Whereas El Camino had a happy ending with a few drops of tragedy, Better Call Saul delivers a tragic ending with a few drops of happiness.
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Why does Jesse have scars in El Camino?

During the shootout, Jesse hides under a car, but Walt sees him and gives him up to Jack, but before Jack can kill Jesse, Todd says that they need to torture Jesse to see what he told Hank (that's why Jesse has scars on his face in the El Camino trailer).
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Why wasn t Gus in El Camino?

El Camino: A Breaking Bad movie writer-director Vince Gilligan admits he "just couldn't figure out" how to incorporate Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito) or the family of Walter White (Bryan Cranston): wife Skyler (Anna Gunn), son Walt Jr. (RJ Mitte) and sister-in-law Marie (Betsy Brandt).
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Is Todd alive in El Camino?

he was being choked to death by Jesse—the final killing in Walter White's assault on Uncle Jack's compound. In El Camino, Todd (played by Jesse Plemons, who appears to be very comfortable with new-day weight) is very much still alive, albeit in flashback form.
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What happened to all of Walter White's money?

Of course, Walt didn't dissolve the money in hydrofluoric acid, as he did with various bodies. Instead, he buried it intact, preserving its coordinates on a lottery ticket he tacked to the refrigerator in the desperate hope that it can someday be recovered and passed on to Walter, Jr. and Holly.
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Who did Jesse see in El Camino?

Written and directed by Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan, the two-hour film concluded with Jesse driving off into the frozen wilderness, reflecting on a conversation he had with his late girlfriend, Jane (Krysten Ritter), in which she reversed an earlier philosophy she had espoused about letting the universe take ...
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Is Hank mentioned in El Camino?

The fact that Skinny Pete and references to Hank appeared in the first-look footage for El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, it seems probable that Gilligan will rely on an array of characters to tell the next chapter of Jesse's tale. It's safe to assume that there will be a multitude of nods to the original series.
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