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  • Hilarious in Hindsight: Hank and Walt have a discussion about the arbitrary nature of narcotics prohibition. Hank makes a joke on the basis of cannabis being illegal. Except, New Mexico legalized cannabis for medicinal use in 2007, a year before the show first went on the air.
    • Except New Mexico can't actually "legalize" marijuana, they can only make it not a crime under state law. As a DEA agent, Hank works for the federal government, and (properly) still must treat it as illegal, since New Mexico doesn't have the right to override the federal regulations about it. This is an important thing to remember in the wake of several states decriminalizing recreational marijuana in 2014.
    • Made even funnier when Canada legalized marijuana in 2016, with each province having somewhat different ways of distributing it. This practically destroyed the illegal marijuana market.
  • Memetic Mutation: Probably the most famous in the series: Jesse's "Yeah, science!" air fist-bump.
  • Special Effect Failure: You can tell that Jesse is overdubbed when he says "Hey, it’s time for the meet" in the first junkyard scene, since the quality is much different from the rest of his dialogue, combined with it not fully matching up with his actions.

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