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.
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.
Continuity mistake: Sitting outside a crack house looking for Jesse, Mike and Walt are talking in Mike's car. When Mike says he could just be mugged or shot, the camera is behind their heads. Walt turns his head towards Mike while he's saying this. When the camera angle changes, suddenly Walt is looking out of the passenger window again.
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.
Continuity mistake: Skyler and Ted talk about the churros and party. Behind Skyler, the power sockets are not being used. The shot after, they are. (00:20:15)
Say My Name - S5-E7
Continuity mistake: When Walt places the wire under his wrist strap its position keeps changing. Note the exposed wire in relation to the strap.
Continuity mistake: Walter is pulled over by a cop. Before the stop, the cop car is to Walter's right. Walt looks in his wing mirror (driver's side) and the cop car is to Walt's left.
Continuity mistake: When Walt says Skyler looks nice, she has her hands on baby bump. When the shot changes to behind her you can see her hands are up by her neck instantly. (00:09:10)
Continuity mistake: When the woman is collecting the clothing at the Hi-Lo Mart, the position of the shoes she is carrying changes between shots. In the first shot the toes of the shoe are pointed at the ground, In the second they are aimed up over her shoulder. (00:03:00)
One Minute - S3-E7
Continuity mistake: Just after Hank crushes Leonel's legs by backing into him, Marco starts shooting into Hank's Jeep. You can see Hank crawling into the rear seat to escape through the side door. But as soon as the camera angle changes to inside the Jeep, Hank is back in the driver's seat and crawls out again. (00:43:30)
A No-Rough-Stuff Type Deal - S1-E7
Continuity mistake: While Walt and Jesse are talking with Tuco at the junk yard for first time, the sun changes between shots.
Continuity mistake: When Mike and Walt and Jesse are driving toward each other in the desert and they both spin out to avoid a wreck, Mike can be seen leaving his Cadillac, which is in the middle of the road/tire tracks, and the front wheels are in the tire tracks. In the middle of the scene, the Cadillac has moved to the right slightly, but is still in the road. At the end of the scene when the three drive off together, the Cadillac is seen off the road, having moved significantly to the right without a driver present. (00:15:15 - 00:16:45)
Crazy Handful of Nothin' - S1-E6
Continuity mistake: When we see the red liquid being injected into Walt, there is a lot of liquid in the syringe. Camera cuts and there is suddenly much less. (00:18:10)
...and the Bag's in the River - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: When we see the basement while Krazy-8 is alive, we can see that there is no light coming in from outside or any windows. When Jesse returns and goes to the basement all of a sudden there is loads of daylight streaming into the basement. (00:42:10)
Chosen answer: It is part of the ritual for la Santa Muerte. It is a sign of humility and sacrifice.
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