Breaking Bad

Box Cutter - S4-E1

Continuity mistake: During the diner scene when Jesse is eating, Walt asks him how he's doing. Jesse's head changes positions several times between shots. From looking out of the window, to back down at his plate, to back out of the window, to straight ahead again, all between shots.

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Thirty-Eight Snub - S4-E2

Continuity mistake: When Walt is practicing his pistol draw in his apartment, he drags over a chair in which to sit during his practice. When he is dragging it, he aligns it directly against the carpet. However, a few seconds later, another shot shows that the chair is now inches away from the carpet, despite him never adjusting the chair.

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Open House - S4-E3

Continuity mistake: While at Walt's apartment discussing the purchase of the car wash, there is a painting behind Saul that goes from crooked, to straight, and back to crooked.

Bullet Points - S4-E4

Continuity mistake: After Walt and Junior are about to go see Hank's mineral collection, Hank's front door is still open. The camera cuts to Hank for a moment as he turns his wheelchair to move down the hall and Walt and Junior soon follow. In the next shot, suddenly the front door has closed by itself. There was not enough time for Walt to have closed it and it would have been heard if he did.

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Shotgun - S4-E5

Continuity mistake: When Jesse taps his cigarette on the pack by the factory, he keeps the cigarette on the pack. Camera changes and his hands are now apart and away from the packet. (00:16:00)

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Shotgun - S4-E5

Continuity mistake: When Walt is using the forklift, the forks are angled back to stop the barrel rolling off. However when it's time for the barrel to roll off the forks, they are leaning forward. (00:28:25)

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Cornered - S4-E6

Continuity mistake: At the start, the hijackers use a UV light to find the stamp that indicates which bucket of sauce has meth in them. However, the stamp shines yellow, while in a previous episode it's shown shining blue. (00:06:20)

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Cornered - S4-E6

Continuity mistake: When Skyler is at 4 points, she flips a coin. When it lands it is a reasonable distance from one of the state lines. When the camera cuts, it has moved a lot closer to the state line. (00:27:30)

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Problem Dog - S4-E7

Continuity mistake: Skyler makes Walt return the Challenger to the car dealership, but Walt decides to take it to a parking lot and spin donuts with it. Just before he crashes, he's spinning clockwise, starts to lose control, and tries to correct it by turning the steering wheel sharply to the left. However, from the overhead shot, the marks on the pavement indicate he was spinning counter-clockwise and tried to correct by turning right. (00:05:50)

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Problem Dog - S4-E7

Continuity mistake: Walt unloads the money that's hidden in the drinks cases. He removes the Pepsi Max case and puts it on the floor, leaving the Coca-Cola case on top. Camera changes and the Pepsi Max case is now back on top. (00:15:00)

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Problem Dog - S4-E7

Continuity mistake: When Jesse is emptying the cigarette, his fingers are right at the end of the cigarette. Camera cuts and now they are up the other end. (00:19:20)

Problem Dog - S4-E7

Continuity mistake: After Walt makes the ricin poison and Jesse is holding it in the little vial, the position Jesse is holding it changes between shots. Holding it in one hand up looking at it from side angles, to the front angle view him holding it more outstretched and in both hands.

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Hermanos - S4-E8

Continuity mistake: When Max Arsinaga is shot, the amount of blood on the border of the pool suddenly increases between frames right before the scene ends. (00:45:05 - 00:45:15)

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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)

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Caballo sin Nombre - S3-E2

Trivia: There is a scene in this episode where Walter angrily tosses a box of pizza in the air in such a way that the pizza exits the box and lands on his roof. Before filming this scene, the crew had wondered how many takes would be required to achieve the desired result. Bryan Cranston nailed it on the first try.

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Chosen answer: It is part of the ritual for la Santa Muerte. It is a sign of humility and sacrifice.

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