Breaking Bad

Dead Freight - S5-E5

Continuity mistake: A little boy finds a tarantula at the start of the episode and picks it up, letting it crawl over his hands. In the overhead shot of his hands, it shows him letting it crawl up his left wrist and start to get on his sleeve. But in the next shot from in front, suddenly the spider is in the middle of both his hands crawling over them.

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Buyout - S5-E6

Continuity mistake: Mike wrote 'Fuck You' horizontally on the paper but when Gomey read that, it is at an angle. (00:10:30 - 00:11:40)

Buyout - S5-E6

Continuity mistake: At the dinner table, after Walt tells Jesse that this business is all he has left, he is holding his glass and spinning it around by the top with his fingers. When the angle changes to show his face, suddenly his hand is balled in a fist behind his glass.

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Buyout - S5-E6

Continuity mistake: After Skyler excuses herself from the table, Jesse looks awkwardly to the side after taking a bite of green beans. As he does from the front angle, his left arm folds in front of his chest and he puts it under his outstretched right arm holding his fork. When the angle changes to the side, suddenly his left arm is out holding his glass of water.

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Say My Name - S5-E7

Continuity mistake: When Hank steps in and presents the search warrant to Mike, he's holding it close with Mike looking down at it. When the angle cuts, suddenly Mike is leaning his head back like he's trying to look at it near sighted.

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Gliding Over All - S5-E8

Continuity mistake: After Pinkman opens the bags filled with money he throws his gun along the floor. When it stops it points in a 3 o'clock position. When the angle changes it points in a 1 o'clock position. (00:41:00)

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Blood Money - S5-E9

Continuity mistake: After Walt comes back to Jesse's house and returns his bags of money to him, Jesse is sitting on the couch with his hand over his mouth as he looks off to the side. After Walt says that "it's your money, you've earned it" he goes to sit down on the couch with Jesse, his hand still over his mouth as the camera pans around. When it cuts to a different angle as Walt is sitting down, suddenly Jesse's hand is down on his neck.

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Buried - S5-E10

Continuity mistake: When we see Lydia take her blindfold off, the windscreen has a layer of dust over it just outside the wipers reach. Camera cuts to a different angle and the windscreen is spotless. (00:33:50)

Ssiscool

Buried - S5-E10

Continuity mistake: When Todd is walking Lydia through the bodies, in one shot they are next to one body. Camera cuts to an aerial view and they are a good 1-2m further back. (00:39:20)

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Buried - S5-E10

Continuity mistake: When Jesse is lying on the rotating disc at the beginning of the episode, in the initial side view Jesse's head doesn't reach the centre of the disc. However, when they switch to an aerial view from the top down, he is lying on the exact centre. Presumably, Jesse's feet couldn't reach the ground to rotate the disc when he put his head on the exact centre.

Rabid Dog - S5-E12

Continuity mistake: In the car when Walt meets up with Saul and discusses "Old Yeller" Walt asks what he means and is looking at Saul. When it cuts to a close up of Walt, he's suddenly looking more straight ahead or towards the driver, only then to turn his face to Saul.

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To'hajiilee - S5-E13

Continuity mistake: When Jack takes off his mask after finishing the batch and Todd says "Mr White said the fumes aren't good to breathe", Lydia is shown looking straight forward at Jack. When the shot cuts, Lydia is looking down at the batch. (00:00:17)

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To'hajiilee - S5-E13

Continuity mistake: When Todd is testing the new batch to see how pure it is, he looks at a chart on a clipboard. In the close-up, he has one hand over the clipboard. When the shot cuts, he has both hands over the clipboard. (00:00:55)

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To'hajiilee - S5-E13

Continuity mistake: When Todd sits down next to Lydia, she has a bag on the table next to her. When the two begin talking and the camera is on Lydia, the bag is on its side. When it cuts to Todd, the bag is suddenly upright. When it cuts back to Lydia, the bag is on its side, then upright again when the camera cuts to Todd. (00:03:10)

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To'hajiilee - S5-E13

Continuity mistake: When Lydia is telling Todd about what her buyers are expecting, the cup of tea she is holding has a string and label over the front side of the cup. The string and label stay in the same place when Todd moves over to her, but when the shot cuts back to Lydia, the string and label are suddenly at the other side of the cup, before continuing to jump back and forth between front and back for the next few shots. (00:03:50)

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To'hajiilee - S5-E13

Continuity mistake: Out in the desert, Hank yells at Walt to drop his gun. Walt, in a frontal shot, extends his arm out to his side and lets the gun drop. When it changes to a low angle from behind Walt, suddenly this same arm and hand are down at his side instead of extended out.

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To'hajiilee - S5-E13

Continuity mistake: When Hank looks for Walt in the desert, the weather changes from shot to shot. One shot is fully lit with sharp shadows and blue sky, the next one has no shadows with an overcast sky, back to blue sky and hard shadows. That goes on for about 20 seconds until Walt surrenders to Hank.

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Question: Just how does Walt intend to explain the presence of all that meth money, even posthumously? Just how does he think his heirs will react to that, how is he going to launder it? How does he think his wife and kids will explain it? If they knowingly inherit and use such money, they could face charges of accessory after the fact. Is this ever addressed in the show?

dizzyd

Chosen answer: I'm not sure how far you are into the show but he does eventually come up with a way to launder it (wont spoil it for you but rest assured, when he gets a lawyer the show gets much better!) and in the final season he also comes up with a way to give his children his money without the cops or the DA knowing it came from him.

The_Iceman

Answer: Walt decided to buy a car wash to launder his money, which makes a profit without the dirty money. At the end he blackmailed Elliot and Gretchen in to giving his money to junior and Holly. However 90% of his $80m is stolen.

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