Breaking Bad Trivia

Breaking Bad Trivia

• The cost per episode is $3 million.
• The crystal meth seen on the show is usually large sugar crystals or rock candy. This is also the case for scenes where characters smoke meth.
• In the show Walter Jr. has cerebral palsy. RJ Mitte, the actor who plays Walter Jr., has a mild case of cerebral palsy in real life.
• Once Walter starts cooking meth he decides to go by the pseudonym Heisenberg. This name is a reference to Werner Heisenberg, a German theoretical physicist known for his Heisenberg uncertainty principle.
• The first two episodes of season 2 were originally supposed to be the final episodes of season one. The episodes were already fully completed but the 2008 writer's strike kept them from airing until season 2.
• During season two, four episodes started with flash-forwards to the plane crash that ends the season. The titles of all of these episodes come together to form the message "Seven Thirty-Seven Down Over ABQ".
• Ep. 1 Pilot
  The term "breaking bad" is a southern phrase used to describe someone who is going down a bad path. Jesse uses this term to describe Walter in the Pilot.
• Ep. 13 ABQ
  During this episode Jane's bedroom is shown and it has a large mural on the wall. Included in the mural is a pink teddy bear similar to the one that lands in Walt's pool at the end of the episode.
• Ep. 8 I See You
  The title of the episode, "I See You", is a reference to the fact that by the end of the episode Hank is in the intensive care unit (I.C.U.).
• Ep. 10 Fly
  An homage to Pulp Fiction when Jesse is looking for something to break the door down. He gradually finds larger things on a shelf. Much like Butch finding objects in the pawn shop.