Breaking Bad

Breaking Bad (2008)

13 mistakes in Pilot

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Pilot - S1-E1

Visible crew/equipment: At the very end of the episode, right after he tells Jesse how he used the red phosphorus to kill the gunmen, Walt leans down to vomit. You can see his microphone transmitter under his shirt. (00:54:20)

djm

Pilot - S1-E1

Other mistake: Walter's pants flying in the air defy the laws of physics. The RV is racing forward and the pants somehow find themselves in front of the RV floating through the air. One could say that the pants perhaps flew forward when the RV 'hit a bump' perhaps. However the RV would have to hit a considerable sudden stop to get the pants to fly forward. The RV then runs over the pants which have fallen to the ground from in front of the RV. This could be ignored as somehow possible due to some strange anomaly. Except near the end of the episode. We see the same pants fly off the mirror of the RV flying backwards. Making it impossible for those same pants to be run over from in front of the RV especially due to the speed at which they are flying backwards straight into the camera shot. (00:00:15)

Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When Walt is throwing matches into the pool we see him strike one and the flame becomes small. Camera cuts to a close up and the flame is a lot bigger. (00:21:45)

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Pilot - S1-E1

Visible crew/equipment: When Walter talks with Jesse outside the Mesa Credit Union, just after giving him the money to buy the RV, a boom mic pole can be seen reflected on Jesse's car door. (00:36:12)

Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: Emilio and Krazy 8 show up to the cook site to visit Walter. Krazy 8 leaves the drivers side door open when he exits the vehicle. Later when Walt is trying to flee the area in the RV, he drives past their car. The door is closed.

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Pilot - S1-E1

Visible crew/equipment: At the very beginning of the episode where the RV crashes against a rock in the middle of the desert, a camera badly hidden behind a bush can be seen on the right side of the screen immediately after the crash. (00:00:57)

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Pilot - S1-E1

Visible crew/equipment: When Walter puts the mask over Jesse's unconscious face after drugging Emilio and Krazy-8, in the POV shot of Jesse where the camera is looking up at Walter, the reflection of the camera can be seen in Walter's mask. (00:51:05)

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Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When Jesse picks up the apron and asks "What the hell is this", the apron is held so that part of it is placed over the top of Jesse's hand. When the camera changes angles, none of the apron can be seen placed over the top of his hand. (00:33:55)

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Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When Jesse reminds Walter that he flunked him, he is holding a bottle of beer that is raised to his stomach. When the shot cuts, the beer bottle is lowered away from his stomach. (00:33:20)

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Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: Walt asks Jesse if he learnt anything from his chemistry class. When he does he has his arms spread wide. Camera cuts and they are at his side. (00:33:10)

Ssiscool

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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.

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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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