23rd Mar 2011
The Alexander the Greater Affair (1) - S2-E1
Character mistake: When Alexander organizes the human chess game in his courtyard, the "pieces" stand the wrong way on the board, with a dark square in the lower right hand corner. That corner is always a light square. (00:22:50)
9th Mar 2011
Character mistake: While discussing the death penalty with Mac, Horatio observes that New York hasn't executed anyone since 1976. The last time New York executed an inmate was actually thirteen years earlier, in 1963.
9th Mar 2011
Fair Winds and Following Seas - S10-E22
Character mistake: Characters occasionally refer to Rabb as "Commander", even though they know he was promoted to Captain.
19th Jan 2011
Character mistake: When Gibbs tells William Danforth that the body in autopsy isn't his son, he says, "Not according to AFIS." AFIS is the fingerprint database; since the body was identified using DNA, Gibbs meant to say "CODIS." (00:13:50)
1st Jan 2011
Character mistake: In isolation, Tony mentions John Travolta and says that he's known as the "king of cool." That nickname referred to Steve McQueen, not Travolta. (00:15:10)
3rd Dec 2010
Character mistake: While trying to figure out how to evacuate the other patients in order to get to Danny, McGarrett mentions a patient's daughter in room 309, but it's mentioned in other scenes that the man and his daughter are in room 306.
15th Nov 2010
Character mistake: While looking at a doctored photo of Lincoln and his mother, Lincoln mentions that Michael was born in 1976, but at the end of "Killing Your Number", it reads on Michael's grave stone that he was born in 1974.
20th Oct 2010
Character mistake: After learning of the firm's conspiracy, Mitch is worried about violating attorney/client privilege in order to expose it. Since Mitch knows that a crime is being committed (e.g. mailing the overcharged bills through the Post Office), attorney/client privilege doesn't apply.
21st Sep 2010
Character mistake: When Gibbs shows Major Dorden his badge, his ID card is upside down. (00:06:00)
12th Aug 2010
24th Jul 2010
To Russia with Love (1) - S3-E24
Character mistake: While talking with Falcon, Harm mentions the "green book" Falcon stole that listed all of the American POWs transferred to Russia after the Vietnam War. But when Harm originally found the book in "Ghost Ship", its cover was yellow.
14th Jun 2010
Character mistake: Paige goes undercover into the demonic market wearing a bright blue dress and blond wig, and none of the demons seem to notice she sticks out like a sore thumb.
4th Jun 2010
Character mistake: In the attic, Melinda Warren is awed at how thick the Book of Shadows has gotten. But according to information from previous episodes, the Book was started after Melinda had died, so she wouldn't know how thick or not it was.
22nd May 2010
13th Feb 2010
28th Nov 2009
Character mistake: While examining "Diagramma della Verita" in the Vatican archives, Langdon is careful to use a cotton glove and a pair of tongs to turn the pages. But when he returns later to search the Bernini texts for clues about the "fire" church, he turns the book pages with his bare hands. (00:36:30 - 01:04:55)
20th Oct 2009
Day 7: 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM - S7-E1
Character mistake: When Ethan Kanin tells president Taylor that Henry has managed to convince Kevin Aldridge to hold off on his report about the Sangalan invasion, he accidentally refers to the reporter as "Henry Aldridge."
23rd Sep 2009
Character mistake: When he arrives at his hotel room in Vegas, David is surprised that Ray is performing at one of the casinos. But at the beginning of the episode, Steve told Brandon that Ray was performing, which suggests going to see him was part of their plans. So either (1) Steve shouldn't have known Ray was performing there, or (2) David shouldn't have been so surprised.
7th Sep 2009
Day 7: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM - S7-E2
Character mistake: Larry Moss says that there are three dead bodies at Gabriel Schector's office, but there are only two: Schector and his bodyguard Ari.
26th Apr 2009
Character mistake: Several times in the episode, Christopher refers to his mother as a paranoid schizophrenic. But in the rest of the series, she's always referred to as a manic-depressive schizophrenic.
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