Jesse Pinkman Is The One Who Knocks In The Final ‘Breaking Bad’ Movie Trailer

We are uncomplicated, dyed-in-the-wool Jesse Pinkman lovers over here at Junkee. Which is why the new trailer for El Camino, a Breaking Bad spin-off movie, has us quite concerned.

Who doesn’t love Jesse? While Walter White (Bryan Cranston) followed his ego down an increasing dark hole of lies, violence, and hatred, Jesse remained true to the most honest part of himself. He was the definition of a dealer with a conscience; a man who retained some sense of his moral code, even as money and power threatened to eradicate it.

Better yet, he was embodied by Aaron Paul. Sure, Paul’s experiments with mainstream box office success might not have entirely worked out — remember his Fast And Furious rip-off, Need For Speed? But Paul is an astonishingly subtle actor, capable of communicating an entire world of hurt. He proved that as Todd in the trembling, emotive Bojack Horseman, and he seems set to prove it once more in El Camino.

After all, the trailer puts Jesse’s trauma front and centre. We’re still not entirely clear exactly what the young man is running from, but oh boy is he running: the trailer sees a scarred and broken Jesse make his way from fraught situation to fraught situation.

Of course, what the trailer deliberately leaves up to your imagination is which other cast members will be returning, and in what capacity. Though, to be honest, I would put a significant amount of money on Cranston returning in one form or another. Without him, I think Breaking Bad fans around the world would storm into the Netflix offices and fuck shit right up.

Suppose we’ll find out when El Camino drops on Netflix this forthcoming October 11.

Till then, watch the trailer, and keep all your fingers crossed for Jesse’s survival.