Prison Break
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Bang and Burn - S3-E8

Continuity mistake: In the shot where Scofield and Whistler are clinging to the wire from the helicopter, one of the bad guys gets shot and falls out of the helicopter. He falls past the wire, but they're not hanging off it. (00:38:35)

Michael Bo Kjeldsen

Fire/Water - S3-E2

Continuity mistake: When Scofield has water poured in to his glass the water level isn't even a quarter full, however, when it cuts back the glass is half full. (00:02:00)

Mortug

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Under & Out - S3-E11

Continuity mistake: When T-Bag and Lechero are in the tunnel talking about Michael planning something, Lechero has the crowbar level with his face in some shots and lowered in others. (00:14:00)

Ssiscool

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Dirt Nap - S3-E10

Continuity mistake: Lechero regains command of the prison and dumps the bodies of the two guys off the ledge. His face goes from being clean to full of sand to clean in three short shots. (00:36:20)

manthabeat

Interference - S3-E5

Continuity mistake: When the guard leaves he is still holding the rifle scope in his left hand but in the next shot Schofield picks up the rifle scope from the floor.

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Hell or High Water - S3-E12

Continuity mistake: When Bellick is being choked, the guard's arm is constantly changing position around his neck. In some shots, Bellick's neck is in the guard's elbow joint, and in others it's halfway down the guard's forearm. (00:07:45)

Ssiscool

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Under & Out - S3-E11

Continuity mistake: We see the truck approaching the tunnel in no man's land. In one shot from the truck, it is by a massive puddle. Camera cuts to a wide shot, and the massive puddle has gone. (00:14:50)

Ssiscool

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Dirt Nap - S3-E10

Continuity mistake: When Sammy abandons the fight to go after Schofield, he breaks through the ring of spectators. Camera changes and he's back in the ring, and one of the spectators in a checked shirt has moved instantly. (00:27:15)

Ssiscool

Dirt Nap - S3-E10

Continuity mistake: As the trio run back to the bunker, Alex and Michael go through the door, with Alex disappearing out of sight. Camera shows James being tackled and Alex is back in the doorway. (00:26:40)

Ssiscool

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Dirt Nap - S3-E10

Continuity mistake: As Bellick says they need to call off the fight, he rises the acetone can to his face. Camera changes to behind the prison bars and he raises it again. (00:17:20)

Ssiscool

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And Then There Were 7 - S1-E11

Continuity mistake: When Quinn falls in the well, he falls through and subsequently destroys the well cover. At the end of the episode when the Secret Service boys show up, an undamaged cover is lying next to the well, which Kellerman uses to cover it up. (00:29:30 - 00:38:30)

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Michael Scofield: I thought your cousin was trying to move in on your girl.
Fernando Sucre: That's my other cousin but thanks for bringing that up, jackass.

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Trivia: The show was filmed in an actual prison (now unused) in Joliet. The death row cell used for Lincoln Burrows is the actual death row cell that held serial killer John Wayne Gacy.

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The Price - S4-E8

Question: Why is an undercover agent working at Gate before anyone knew it was Scylla's location?

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