Breaking Bad

Breaking Bad (2008)

42 mistakes in season 5 - chronological order

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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)

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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

Visible crew/equipment: In the flashback scene where Jesse breaks into the Whites' house and starts pouring gasoline everywhere before Hank stops him from burning the house down, you can see the outline of a crew member exiting the right side of the dark living room at the beginning of the shot. (00:21:35)

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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

Audio problem: After Hank and Gomez separate Jessie and Walt after he's arrested, Hank tells Gomez that "I'll call the Tribal Police on my way out, let them know we're here." During the middle of this line, the shot cuts to Walt and you can distinctly hear the sound of a microphone picking up the actor breathing on it as he recorded this line in ADR.

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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.

Ozymandias - S5-E14

Visible crew/equipment: Skyler pulls up in her car at the home, talking to Walter Jr. about the truck in the driveway. During this scene the camera comes down to her side of the car. Its reflection is visible in the glass of the driver's side window. (00:32:50)

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Ozymandias - S5-E14

Continuity mistake: In the scene where the shootout starts in the previous episode, Walter is handcuffed in the back of the SUV and trying to get to the floorboard to avoid the gunfire, and his glasses eventually fall off. After the gunfight when he is yelling at Jack from the back of the SUV, his glasses are back on his face, which would be hard to do handcuffed.

Granite State - S5-E15

Continuity mistake: When Uncle Jack and his crew are back at his compound watching the video of Jesse, we can see daylight coming in from the windows. Jesse mentions Todd's name, and Uncle Jack gets out of his chair to go and kill Jesse. When he walks outside to do so, it’s dark outside.

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Felina - S5-E16

Continuity mistake: When Skyler picks up the lottery ticket, in the close-up shot, she has two fingers placed over the top half of the ticket. When the shot cuts, those two fingers are suddenly no longer touching the ticket. (00:32:00)

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Felina - S5-E16

Continuity mistake: When Walter White is with the Neo-Nazis waiting for Jesse to appear, one of the thugs throws Walter's car keys and wallet on the pool table. Their position changes between shots, sometimes being parallel to each other, other times very far apart. (00:40:15 - 00:42:10)

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Felina - S5-E16

Continuity mistake: When Walter pushes Jesse to the floor, Jack has his arms at his side and there is nothing in his mouth. When the camera changes angles, Jack suddenly has a cigarette in his mouth and his right hand is holding onto it. (00:44:08)

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Cornered - S4-E6

Walter White: Who are you talking to right now? Who is it you think you see? Do you know how much I make a year? I mean, even if I told you, you wouldn't believe it. Do you know what would happen if I suddenly decided to stop going into work? A business big enough that it could be listed on the NASDAQ goes belly up. Disappears. It ceases to exist, without me. No, you don't know who you're talking to, so let me clue you in. I am not in danger, Skyler. I AM the danger. A guy opens his door and gets shot, and you think that of me? No! I am the one who knocks!

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Phoenix - S2-E12

Trivia: The website Walter Jr. creates to raise money for Walter Sr. can be found at http://www.savewalterwhite.com/. The donation link used to send the viewer to a legitimate cancer charity's website, but now just goes to AMC's home page. (00:20:00)

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