Following Mike's death in the fifth season episode "Say My Name", Banks said this did not surprise him because he always believed the character would die at some point. Mike continued to appear in Better Call Saul and appears during a flashback scene in El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie.
Jonathan Banks has confirmed Mike Ehrmantraut will return for Breaking Bad movie El Camino. The 72-year-old actor played Gus Fring's right-hand man on the series across five seasons, before the character was killed off in season five episode Say My Name.
Indeed, Todd looks different in El Camino because several years have passed since Breaking Bad. At the time of filming Breaking Bad's final episode, "Felina," Plemons was 24, but he was 30 by the time he filmed El Camino — and was clearly older and heavier than he was in the series.
Killed off in “Breaking Bad,” Mike Ehrmantraut had a long second act in “Better Call Saul.” Banks said playing Mike made him “a little more silent, a little less rambunctious.” As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month.
He's staying alive because of the debt he owes his son to take care of his granddaughter.
Following Mike's death in the fifth season episode "Say My Name", Banks said this did not surprise him because he always believed the character would die at some point. Mike continued to appear in Better Call Saul and appears during a flashback scene in El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie.
So Mike revealed to his son that he was also a dirty cop and there's nothing wrong with taking dirty money, the bad guys are caught in the end no matter what. Matt put his father on a pedestal before, and this revelation left him devastated.
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.
Later in the season, Walt and Todd use hydrofluoric acid to dispose of Mike's body after Walt shot him in a fit of rage ("Gliding Over All").
In the next episode Jesse tells Walt that he things Mike is dead and mentions that “walt would have to look over his shoulder if Mike was alive…” this dialogue is referring back to the shot over Walt's shoulder. that's how Jesse knows.
During the original series run, Cranston shaved his head to play White, who is diagnosed with cancer at the beginning of the show and loses his hair during chemotherapy. But because Cranston didn't have time to shave for El Camino, he was instead fitted with a bald cap.
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie drew 6.5 million viewers in the US on its opening weekend, making it one of Netflix's most successful original films of the year.
Type of Villain
Mr. White- Todd's last words before he is strangled to death by Jesse Pinkman. Todd Alquist is a major antagonist in Breaking Bad, serving as the secondary antagonist of Season 5 and a posthumous antagonist in its 2019 sequel film El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie.
The finale did give Jesse a happy ending of sorts when Walt, finally showing something like remorse for what he'd done to his former student, set him free.
Major/Highlighted Events. Mike Ross is officially promoted from Junior Associate to Junior Partner, and thus becomes the youngest person to become partner in firm history. Jessica Pearson hands Mike his first case as junior partner, which ends up being against Claire Bowden, his brief ex-girlfriend from the past.
Louis then does a background check on Mike and discovers that Mike lived in New York in the years he supposedly attended Harvard, and confronts Donna Paulsen and Jessica Pearson about it. Jessica realizes that Louis is attempting to leverage Mike's secret to gain something in return, and asks him what he wants.
Mike manages to make it out it out of the car and down to the river bank. Walt finds him there, as he sits dying and taking in the view of the water. Walt, realizing that instead of killing Mike he could have just gotten the nine names from chemical supplier Lydia Rodarte-Quayle, apologizes for shooting him.
She didn't get it. That's one of the reasons he left when the DEA showed up at the park: he needed his buyout from Walt if he was going to set her up.
Breaking Bad. In their first appearence, the Cousins plan on assassinating renowed meth cook Walter White - also known as Heisenberg - as retribution for betraying Tuco and causing his death.
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.
There's no word on what happened to the White family after Walt's death, but El Camino confirmed that Jesse Pinkman survived the compound siege and that he made it to Alaska a free man, ready to start over. El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie is now streaming on Netflix.
Lydia is the final character to be killed both in the show and by Walter. Lydia's fate is foreshadowed by Walt's aborted decision to poison her with ricin at The Grove in "Gliding Over All". He later fatally poisons her in the same place, using the behavior he noticed during their earlier meetings there.
Shut the f-ck up... and let me die in peace. Mike's last words before he dies of his injuries after being fatally shot by Walt. Saul Goodman sent me. Mike's first words in Breaking Bad.
the meme was quickly associated with mike from breaking bad, likely because of his somewhat distressed yet focused look. As a result, mike became synonymous with the name of finger, which is why mike is the kid named finger.
When Jesse returns, Mike hints that he is impressed. It is later revealed that Gus set up the entire scene so that Jesse would consider himself a "hero", and take his life and work more seriously. Meanwhile, Walter and Skyler officially buy the car wash.