Remember that spoilers are unmarked in Fridge.
- In the Date Announcement trailer, Skinny Pete deliberately mentions that Jesse probably didn’t go to Mexico to ensure that the cops will check at the border, where Badger has dropped off the El Camino to throw law enforcement off the trail.
- Why would the police launch a massive manhunt against Jesse the day after he escaped from the compound, despite the lack of evidence that he of all people was actually there? Because the police likely found the DVD footage of Jesse confessing to his history with Walter White, which the Neo-Nazis had taken from the Schraeder's home and were watching. If that were the case, then it would make sense for the police to connect the dots.
- Ed Galbraith offhandedly mentioning that he'll mail Jesse's letter to Brock Cantillo when he's visiting Mexico City is more than just a matter of convenience on Ed's part. It also works to help Skinny Pete and Badger's plan to throw the FBI off Jesse's trail, as sending a letter from Mexico that has his handwriting and saliva on it would help sell the illusion that Jesse fled south instead of north.
- Over the course of the film, Jesse manages to (consciously or not) pay tribute to the three father figures he accumulated during Breaking Bad. He searches Todd's apartment with patience and attention to detail and deals with Kandy using combat pragmatism that would make Mike Ehrmantraut proud. He uses Saul Goodman's negotiating skills and wily analysis to deal with Ed (and much like would happen to Saul, it blows up in his face). And finally, he destroys Kandy's garage with an improvised explosive device á la Walter White.
- Skinny Pete's actions in the film will likely be seen by the law as him intentionally harboring a fugitive, an act punishable by jail time. Legally, the maximum punishment is one year, but it's still a big sacrifice to make.
- Skinny Pete had been in jail before the events of the series. To him, it probably doesn't matter too much.
- Plus, he shared a cell with Tuco Salamanca. He'll be fine.
- Skinny Pete had been in jail before the events of the series. To him, it probably doesn't matter too much.
- Better Call Saul shows that there's still a risk of someone recognizing Jesse, especially since Jesse's case has received much more national attention. That said, him being in Alaska will go a large way to mitigating that, since it is the "last frontier" and a place where people traditionally go to start fresh. This is helped by the fact that Alaska is much farther from New Mexico than Nebraska, which is only two states away, which made it more likely for Saul to be recognized.
- Also, he hadn't spent the last several years buying billboards all over Albuquerque with his face on them.
- Jesse won't be able to contact any of his old friends and family. While Jesse is specifically trying to start fresh, this will likely weigh heaviest on his family, who will probably spend the rest of their lives not knowing what became of their son.
- Consider this; your son, who has just escaped captivity as a slave for a group of Neo-Nazis, calls you apologizing and telling you that he loves you. He then tells you to go to a specific destination that is meaningful to all of you, but you can't find him there. And when you return to the house, you find out that both of your guns have gone missing, and in the next few days, there is no trace of him to be found. Jesse's parents probably think that he was Driven to Suicide, and might spend the rest of their life with that knowledge on their shoulders.
- If he killed himself via a gunshot, then his body would be left intact (this feels obvious, but so many people in Breaking Bad have been dissolved) and probably turn up quite quickly. They would probably assume he stole the guns to commit more crimes.
- And that is why this is a parent's worst nightmare, forever wondering what has become of their son. They will never know or hear from him again, and they'll spend the rest of their lives possibly never having that closure.
- While burying Todd's housekeeper in the desert, Jesse is so broken, so abused, so exhausted that he literally trades a shot at freedom for a promise of pizza and beer. He could have shot Todd, taken the car and grabbed Brock before the Nazis (who were gone for the weekend) realized anything had happened. But he had been broken down so thoroughly that he couldn't even take the chance when it turned up in Todd's gun compartment. Horrifyingly, Jack's abuse worked — the mistreatment broke Jesse's spirit and made him into the slave they wanted.
- Even worse: we don't know for sure if Jesse even got that pizza.
- Jesse collapses on Skinny Pete's bed face-down. He may well have gotten used to sleeping that way to avoid putting pressure on fresh wounds, like the ones that left those scars we see the next morning.
- Jesse most likely knows so much about 911 calls because of his experience with law enforcement the morning after Jane's death."Next time you try to pull this shit on someone, you don't just hang up on a 911 call. They won't let you. Because the lady or dude or whoever is like, "Stay on the line with me, sir. Stay on the line until the officers arrive." And if you did hang up, they'd call you back, immediately."
- Drew Sharp's tarantula was never freed from Todd's captivity, and Casey took its heat lamp off and isn't shown to have placed it back.
