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9th Mar 2024

The Skulls (2000)

Stupidity: A secret society having surveillance cameras in its meeting place defeats the purpose of a secret society.

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9th Mar 2024

The Skulls (2000)

Stupidity: The premise that Will's death could be covered up as a staged suicide is preposterously absurd. Not only is there video proof that he was murdered, but at least two well-connected people, including a sitting U.S. Senator and a federal judge, know about it.

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26th Apr 2020

Batwoman (2019)

Off with Her Head - S1-E15

Stupidity: When Kate gives August Cartwright a drink of water, there's no reason for her to set the glass down where she does other than to set up what follows, when August breaks free from his restraints and uses it to attempt suicide.

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15th Oct 2019

Supergirl (2015)

Event Horizon - S5-E1

Stupidity: Kara's glasses are a logistically impractical place for Brainy to put the motion sensor that materializes and de-materializes her new super suit, since she only wears them as part of her civilian disguise. As a 12th-level intellect, surely Brainy could invent a more pragmatic means of allowing her to change from superhero to civilian.

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A Bad Reflection on You - S1-E38

Stupidity: The decision to risk revealing their identities to Bulk and Skull is one that the Rangers could have easily avoided. Since they tell the bullies to cover their eyes and ears, under the false pretense of a magic trick, they could have simply teleported to the Command Center, or any other secure location, and then morphed, well away from prying eyes.

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27th Dec 2017

Shadows of the Empire

Stupidity: For a woman of Leia's intelligence, her plan to use Black Sun to find out who's trying to kill Luke is flat-out dumb; the Bothans have a spynet that's just as reliable, and much more sympathetic to the Alliance.

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Home - S2-E8

Stupidity: While discussing his arrest with Emily, Seth mentions that he didn't tell the arresting officer that he works for Kirkman. As the White House's liaison to the media, Seth has a high degree of visibility; it would extremely difficult, if not downright impossible, to keep his place of employment concealed from the police for very long in the time between his booking and arraignment and when Kendra bails him out the following day.

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11th Oct 2017

Glee (2009)

Journey - S1-E22

Stupidity: For their set list at regionals, Schue chooses a medley of Journey hits. Since his kids are considered the competition's underdogs, and it was pointed out to him in the previous episode that Vocal Adrenaline's weakness is funk music, he should have used that info to New Directions' advantage.

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1st Dec 2016

Supergirl (2015)

Medusa - S2-E8

Stupidity: At the beginning, James and Winn argue in whispers about who gets to tell Kara that James is the Guardian, a secret they've been keeping from her, both of them apparently forgetting that she has superhuman hearing.

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30th Nov 2016

Castle (2009)

Heartbreaker - S8-E16

Stupidity: When Sonia cuts off her monitoring anklet in her attempt to escape, Ryan and Esposito try to hide the fact from Beckett, an idea that, for the two of them, is absurdly stupid. With at least a decade of experience each, they're too smart to not know that (A) most, if not all, monitoring anklets are tamper-proof (if they weren't, what deterrent would stop criminals from doing exactly what Sonia does and escaping?), and (B) as captain of the precinct who requested her furlough, responsibility for Sonia ultimately falls on Beckett and she would have been notified by the security company the moment they knew that the anklet had been tampered with.

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11th Jul 2016

CSI: NY (2004)

Zoo York - S2-E3

Stupidity: When Mac and Lindsay are reconstructing the stab wound found on their victim on their pig specimen, a couple of the weapons they use are long, thin knives; since they obviously don't match the circular wound, Mac at the very least would know those could be excluded by default.

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14th Jun 2016

Castle (2009)

Crossfire - S8-E22

Stupidity: When Castle and Beckett discuss the trap LokSat set for them at the dead drop and any forthcoming retribution, Beckett comments that her dad should be relatively safe from reprisal because he's on business out of town. Someone as smart as Beckett would never make such brain-deadly dumb assumption; considering how powerful and how dangerous he's supposed to be, especially with the resources of the CIA at his disposal, LokSat surely would have no trouble finding and getting to, and certainly no qualms about eliminating, Beckett's dad if it stopped her in her pursuit of him.

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Stupidity: When Malfoy gets into trouble while trying to catch Harry with Norbert, Professor McGonagall dismisses his claims as "utter rubbish", and a "cock and bull story." To prove his story was true, Malfoy could have shown her the letter Ron received from his brother Charlie (which Malfoy accidentally received when he borrowed a book from Ron), which detailed their plan to deliver Norbert to Romania.

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