# Oct. On Netflix: "El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie" \[spoilers\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** netflix\ **Created:** [September 18, 2019, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oct-on-netflix-el-camino-a-breaking-bad-movie-spoilers/840470 "2019-09-18T23:45:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Calavera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calavera/32/70_2.png) [@Calavera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calavera)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oct-on-netflix-el-camino-a-breaking-bad-movie-spoilers/840470/61 "2019-10-15T20:29:03Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > The usual practice, though, would in fact to be to start a new thread once folks start seeing it and wanting to talk about spoilers. Which is exactly what **PeacePlease** did. His thread should never have been merged. ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oct-on-netflix-el-camino-a-breaking-bad-movie-spoilers/840470/62 "2019-10-15T20:34:55Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > I enjoyed the cameo character about halfway through. Are you referring to Marla Gibbs, best known for her roles as the live-in maid, Florence, from **The Jeffersons**? She’s the lady in the vacuum cleaner shop wanting a replacement or repair for her old Kirby. It was a nice little touch and I’m not sure I would have recognized her had she not appeared in the live production of The Jeffersons a few months back. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oct-on-netflix-el-camino-a-breaking-bad-movie-spoilers/840470/63 "2019-10-16T03:38:15Z")
So I was confused about the lo-jack. Someone here said the cops “activated it”. I could imagine that being true for newer cars (though it makes me a bit uncomfortable if that’s so), but an old car like an El Camino? I had assumed this meant the FBI or someone was already watching Todd but had not fully closed in on the operation yet by the time Walt strafed them with bullets. > [@TruCelt](#): > > Did I miss the scene, or did they edit out the Skinny Pete interrogation scene that was shown in the Trailer? I’m pretty ticked off about that, but I was also walking around baking, so maybe I missed it. I assume when they filmed that, they never had any intention to actually make it part of the show, that it was created to be a teaser. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oct-on-netflix-el-camino-a-breaking-bad-movie-spoilers/840470/64 "2019-10-16T04:01:34Z")
Lojack can be bought and installed by 3rd parties by the owner. Since at least the 80s. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oct-on-netflix-el-camino-a-breaking-bad-movie-spoilers/840470/65 "2019-10-16T04:37:32Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Lojack can be bought and installed by 3rd parties by the owner. Since at least the 80s. Okay, but why would someone running a giant multinational meth operation install one that can be accessed by the police? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oct-on-netflix-el-camino-a-breaking-bad-movie-spoilers/840470/66 "2019-10-16T05:16:37Z")
… I… well, you see… it’s like… you know… Damn. That’s a good question. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oct-on-netflix-el-camino-a-breaking-bad-movie-spoilers/840470/67 "2019-10-16T05:39:31Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > Okay, but why would someone running a giant multinational meth operation install one that can be accessed by the police? Meth heads aren’t exactly bright. He may not have even known the car had it when he bought it. But also, if I remember right, the police can’t activate it without the owners consent…or a warrant. Which I imagine the cops got as soon as they found his corpse and ran his info… ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oct-on-netflix-el-camino-a-breaking-bad-movie-spoilers/840470/68 "2019-10-16T07:45:43Z")
Was Todd a meth head? I had the impression he didn’t use drugs at all. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oct-on-netflix-el-camino-a-breaking-bad-movie-spoilers/840470/69 "2019-10-16T09:23:05Z")
I never got the impression he was. As an aside, the actor who played the “cleaner” passed away recently. Rest in peace. Though oddly his methods of disappearing, already straining credibility in 2010, are unlikely to help anyone remain hidden these days. At least people who are being activly searched for. The powers that be have our biometric info and we keep inputting it into various devices and databases, knowingly and unkowingly…won’t be long before Jessie is caught because his face was caught by a street camera which was linked to a datanbase and which pings the authorities. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oct-on-netflix-el-camino-a-breaking-bad-movie-spoilers/840470/70 "2019-10-17T18:01:57Z")
I’ll miss Mr. White, but I’m glad for Pinkman’s sake he’s dead. One or two more adventures together and they would have become a live action Rick and Morty show. I’m interested to see where they go with this. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oct-on-netflix-el-camino-a-breaking-bad-movie-spoilers/840470/71 "2019-10-18T05:29:24Z")
I love Bryan Cranston’s performance, but his appearance was arguable the least interesting part of El Camino. Kudos to a Aaron Paul. He was phenomenal. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oct-on-netflix-el-camino-a-breaking-bad-movie-spoilers/840470/72 "2019-10-18T06:46:49Z")
When I watched it, the main part of Walter White’s appearance that I really enjoyed was the surprise of his coming out of the hotel room. We were sort of tricked into thinking this was present day Jesse and boom, out comes Walter White. But listening to the Slate Culture Gabfest, I was persuaded that it was also genius to have Walt seem to be kind of believing in Jesse, but let it slip that he assumed Jesse was a high school dropout even though Walt had been _right there_ when Jesse walked across the stage. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oct-on-netflix-el-camino-a-breaking-bad-movie-spoilers/840470/73 "2019-10-18T19:14:27Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > Was Todd a meth head? I had the impression he didn’t use drugs at all. He was addicted to Star Trek themed online gaming. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oct-on-netflix-el-camino-a-breaking-bad-movie-spoilers/840470/74 "2019-10-18T20:08:03Z")
\*Black Mirror \*reference, nice. He was also great in _Fargo, Game Night_, and _FNL_ back in the day. But how did his face get so puffy? Does he have some kind of condition? ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oct-on-netflix-el-camino-a-breaking-bad-movie-spoilers/840470/75 "2019-10-18T20:14:57Z")
All that soup, his sodium must have been sky high and he was retaining water. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oct-on-netflix-el-camino-a-breaking-bad-movie-spoilers/840470/76 "2019-10-19T14:00:45Z")
AV Club posted a pretty good recap, and some good commentary: [El Camino gives the Breaking Bad-verse its first redemption story](https://tv.avclub.com/el-camino-gives-the-breaking-bad-verse-its-first-redemp-1839011334) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oct-on-netflix-el-camino-a-breaking-bad-movie-spoilers/840470/77 "2019-10-20T03:27:08Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > Okay, but why would someone running a giant multinational meth operation install one that can be accessed by the police? And why would you install one on an El Camino??? ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oct-on-netflix-el-camino-a-breaking-bad-movie-spoilers/840470/78 "2019-10-20T17:14:00Z")
After all that Huell is _still_ in the safe house… ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oct-on-netflix-el-camino-a-breaking-bad-movie-spoilers/840470/79 "2019-10-22T06:05:47Z")
Huh. That was the okayest thing I’ve ever seen. It was fine, it was entertaining, I enjoyed watching it, but it told a story I didn’t particularly need to see. Breaking Bad finished off perfectly, Jesse’s ending was just fine, what happened to him was pretty much along the lines of what I would’ve imagined happened to him. It just didn’t particularly feel like a story that needed to be told or anything that adds anything to Breaking Bad. But it was still entertaining and I liked watching it, so… okay. I guess it’s weird to take something that ended on a high note, and then just sort of add two extra episodes that aren’t really necessary and aren’t particularly great on top of that finish. They should’ve either just left it to stand as a finished product, or told some sort of story that you wouldn’t expect. This just felt unnecessary. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oct-on-netflix-el-camino-a-breaking-bad-movie-spoilers/840470/80 "2019-10-22T22:23:33Z")
I liked it more than you did, but it’s interesting to me that by my count, Vince Gilligan has now essentially written five Breaking Bad finales: “Face Off”, “Ozymandias”, “Granite State”, “Felina”, and now “El Camino”. > [@Gatopescado](#): > > And why would you install one on an El Camino??? Also a great question! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oct-on-netflix-el-camino-a-breaking-bad-movie-spoilers/840470.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oct-on-netflix-el-camino-a-breaking-bad-movie-spoilers/840470.md?page=5)