8. Meth Doesn't Cause Hallucinations - "Cancer Man" (1.4)
In one memorable scene in season one's "Cancer Man," Jesse Pinkman - high on crystal meth - grows overtly paranoid when two Mormon missionaries approach his house; he hallucinates and sees them as bikers of the Hell's Angels kind, hulking forwards with faces marked with death and carrying recently-sharpened machetes. It's a funny sequence, but it makes no sense at all. Why? Well, as those folk who have smoked crystal meth will know, the drug doesn't cause hallucinations. It's not a substance like LCD and doesn't provoke similar effects to the likes of magic mushrooms. And though this might seem like a minor oversight of the creative kind, it's somewhat irritating that a show built around selling crystal meth forgets one of the key things about the drug in question.
Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.
