El Camino is a strange hybrid between a Breaking Bad sequel and a Jesse Pinkman character piece, and it works more than adequately as both, although in doing so creator Vince Gillian takes very few risks. It’s fun, white knuckle at times, and Aaron Paul makes stepping back in Jesse Pinkman’s shoes look effortless. His scenes with Robert Forster, Jesse Plemons and Scott MacArthur are brilliant - intense, compelling and in Forster’s case darkly comedic  - although many of them are set in the past. The emotional impact of much of El Camino is reduced if you can’t remember its original context. It’s an engaging trip down memory lane for the most part (and one cameo is of special note) but despite an enjoyably high bullet and explosion count there aren’t really any surprises to speak of. It’s cute, definitely worth watching, but it adds little new to the BB franchise other than a happy ending for Jesse.