First Down - S2-E4
Continuity mistake: During the car chase Lincoln has his window down, but when the car crashes into the tree it's up. This is to hide the fact the car that crashes is empty. (00:02:25)
First Down - S2-E4
Continuity mistake: The amount of damage to Michael's car keeps changing drastically. In one shot the wing mirror is attached, in others it's not, then it returns, etc. (00:02:30)
Continuity mistake: When Lincoln Borrows is secretly talking to his son in prison using a cell phone, he is seen wearing an inner blue plaid shirt for most of the scenes before. As the conversion starts and focus switches between the two, the inner shirt is visible and not visible. It disappears and re-appears three times during the conversation. (00:20:00)
Continuity mistake: When Mahone is in Scofield's apartment the show flashes back to an overhead view of Scofield planning on the wall while Mahone is tracing over the holes in the wall from where Scofield was tacking papers up. The mistake is in the flooring, the laminate flooring is a much lighter flooring than when Scofield was there two months prior. (00:21:00)
Subdivision - S2-E6
Continuity mistake: When the blind woman rings the police, she has both hands on the phone. Camera cuts and now she has one hand on the phone and the other in her lap. (00:31:40)
Subdivision - S2-E6
Continuity mistake: When T-Bag has a drink of alcohol he has the drink to his mouth in one shot and in the over the shoulder shot it is lowered. (00:27:10)
Disconnect - S2-E12
Continuity mistake: Slattery holds out of the receipt for Brad to look at, she has her finger on the red tape. When the camera shows a close up, her thumb is off the red tape. (00:26:40)
First Down - S2-E4
Continuity mistake: When TBag is in the bathroom he has the blade against his finger. Camera changes and it isn't. (00:11:50)
First Down - S2-E4
Continuity mistake: When Mahone is looking at the newspaper headlines, the headlines change from being about Abruzzi to Sara between instant camera shots. (00:05:30)
Rendezvous - S2-E10
Continuity mistake: Near the beginning when the van is chasing the police car, watch the position of the van. It gets nearly alongside the cop car, only to jump behind it when the scene changes. (00:04:40)
Answer: Don Self actually worked with Whistler before he died. And Whistler with the bird book actually knew where Scylla was.