  |
This article's content is marked as Mature The page contains mature content that may include coarse language, sexual references, strong drug use, extremely traumatic themes, and/or graphic violent images which may be disturbing to some. Mature pages are recommended for those who are 18 years of age and older. If you are 18 years or older or are comfortable with graphic material, you are free to view this page. Otherwise, you should close this page and view another page. |
| “ | I don't do no paperwork. | „ |
| ~ Emilio just before entering Saul Goodman's office. |
| “ | I say we cap 'em both. | „ |
| ~ Emilio to Krazy-8 about Walter White and Jesse Pinkman, as well as his last words. |
Emilio Koyama is a minor antagonist in Breaking Bad and a minor character in its prequel Better Call Saul.
He was Jesse Pinkman's original partner in the meth business, and the cousin and right-hand man of the dealer Krazy-8.
He was portrayed by John Koyama.
Biography[]
Background[]
According to Jesse, the two met in elementary school, and the two become partners in the meth trade at some point later. Jesse also mentions that Saul Goodman provided Emilio legal representation on at least two occasions, getting him acquitted both times despite much evidence against him. In Breaking Bad, according to a mugshot which Hank looks through in an evidence file at the DEA, one of Koyama’s earlier arrests occurred on November 8, 2002 and another occurred at some point in 2004.
Better Call Saul[]
During the Season 6 episode "Waterworks", (which takes place in 2004), Saul is busy with many clients, as a lot of them are sitting in the waiting room waiting for his criminal services. Francesca Liddy, Saul’s secretary, calls in one of the first clients for Saul, who happens to be Emilio. When Francesca asks where Emilio's paperwork is, Emilio dismissively responds, "I don't do no paperwork." before entering Saul's office. This follows after Emilio’s second arrest.
As this episode (and most of the show) takes before the events of Breaking Bad, the viewer sees a small fraction of Saul Goodman interacting with Emilio, which would later lead to Goodman getting Emilio's charges dropped/reduced one of two times - corroborating a statement that Jesse Pinkman made in Breaking Bad.
Breaking Bad[]
In Season 1, now 2008, Emilio is arrested during a raid on a drug house in which the DEA is looking for a meth supplier who is known by the street name "Captain Cook”. Emilio makes bail and suspects that his partner, Jesse Pinkman, ratted him out to the police (but it turned out to have been Krazy-8 as a DEA informant) and upon hearing of Jesses meeting with a new partner, forces Jesse to lead him and Krazy-8, in the desert to his new partner, Walter White. Emilio angrily recognizes Walt from his arrest sitting in the car with the DEA Agent and suggests killing both Walt and Jesse. However, Walt is able to convince them to spare their lives if he teaches them his perfect meth formula.
While the three are in the RV, Walt deliberately causes a chemical explosion and flees, trapping Emilio and Krazy-8 inside the RV with deadly phosphine gas, killing Emilio immediately. Jesse subsequently disposes of Emilio's corpse by dissolving it in hydrofluoric acid in his bathtub. However, the corrosive acid eats through the bathtub and the floor, splattering Emilio's liquified remains on the floor for Walt and Jesse to clean in a shocking scene.
He is mentioned in Season 2 by Jesse Pinkman, stating that Saul Goodman got him off twice. In Season 5, Hank Schrader is going through old evidence, with a mugshot of Emilio being among them.
Personality[]
A petty thug, Emilio was stupid and aggressive in equal measure. His childhood friendship with Jesse meant very little to him, given that he was quick to suggest killing him out of the mere suspicion that he could be a snitch. Likewise, he was willing to stupidly risk getting himself, Walt, and Krazy-8 killed by smoking around volatile chemicals, and proved to be unreasonably petty by spitefully blowing smoke in Walt's face when he told him to put his cigarette out.
He also seemed to be quite ignorant and dismissive of his legal affairs given he came to Saul’s office with no paperwork and paid him a simple retainer to get out on bail which shows him as being quite dimwitted and a simple thug compared to the more intelligent Krazy-8.
Trivia[]
- After Jesse puts Emilio's body in the tub, he can be seeing blinking briefly after Jesse throws Emilio's gun into the tub.
- Emilio's surname is the same as his actor's.
- After Victor's death, Walt and Jesse dispose of Victor's body by dissolving it and placing the remains in a plastic barrel. This echoes a similar event earlier in the show, when Walt and Jesse were disposing of Emilio's corpse in the exact same way.
- Emilio was Walter White's first kill.
Gallery[]
External Link[]
- Emilio Koyama on the Breaking Bad Wiki.
