Breaking Bad

Breaking Bad (2008)

42 mistakes in season 5

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Felina - S5-E16

Continuity mistake: When the machine gun has finished firing, Kenny's body is shown in the remote controlled armchair with his head turned to the left. When the shot cuts to an overview angle, his head is facing directly forwards. (00:45:15)

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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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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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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: 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)

Casual Person

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)

Casual Person

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: 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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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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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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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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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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Dead Freight - S5-E5

Audio problem: The engine's horn sound constantly changes before the train is robbed. And when the train begins to move again, a railroad crossing bell is heard, even though the crossing ahead just has crossbucks.

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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.

Live Free or Die - S5-E1

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)

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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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Caballo sin Nombre - S3-E2

Question: When Saul buys Jesse's house from his parents, he said that he showed their lawyer, Mr. Gardner, "all the pertinent financials", meaning $875,000 in cash available to buy the house. Jesse only had $450,000 and that money was not in any account. How did Saul show Mr. Gardner that he had $875,000 in cash?

dweezel7

Answer: Saul is a criminal himself. It's not past his capabilities to forge some documents to show the 857k is available.

Ssiscool

Forged documents by Saul is most likely the correct answer.

The_Iceman

Answer: Saul has a stash of cash himself, hidden in his office. It's possible he used some of that instead as part of the scheme instead of having to go through the effort of falsifying documents.

Phaneron

Answer: In all likelihood, he sold some more meth.

Captain Defenestrator

At the time, they were not producing enough Meth to get that much money in the time frame of the events.

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