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As someone who’s literally written a book about Breaking Bad, I’ve been asked a lot lately about what episodes might be most useful to watch before the movie comes out. Vince Gilligan has kept so much about the movie under wraps — beyond the fact that it deals with what Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) does in the immediate aftermath of the series finale — that it’s hard to say what you need to see. But this would be my suggested refresher course on all things Jesse Pinkman, in order of importance:
“Confessions” through “Felina” (Season Five, Episodes 11-16)If you’re really hard up for time, you could probably just watch the series’ devastating trio of farewell episodes, starting with “Ozymandias,” which shows how Jesse became a prisoner of Uncle Jack, Todd, and the Nazis; then “Granite State,” which details the horrifying conditions of his new life as a meth-cooking slave; and finally “Felina,” where Walt and Jesse team up one last time to deal with the Nazis, and Jesse drives off into the adventure that will be El Camino. But starting at “Confessions” would give you more detail about how quickly things grew toxic between mentor and protege, and why events reached the point where Walt let the Nazis take Jesse. (“Dead Freight” and “Buyout” from the first half of Season Five also do good work of illustrating the schism between Walt and Jesse, and of establishing Todd as the nightmare who would eventually destroy Jesse’s life.)
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