Continuity mistake: When Agent Scully is leaving her apartment to meet Agent Doggett and Agent Reyes, her mother is holding William in her hands. Depending on the shot, William's head is turned right or left. (00:21:30)
Chop Luftmysza
15th Jan 2019
The X-Files (1993)
15th Jan 2019
The X-Files (1993)
Continuity mistake: Agent Doggett holds the rubbings in his hands and after a while, he hands them over to Agent Reyes. However, when filmed from behind Doggett, the rubbings are in the same position in both situations. (00:07:45)
16th Nov 2018
The X-Files (1993)
Continuity mistake: When Agent Doggett follows Lukesh into the parallel universe trying to find him, Lukesh suddenly reappears from Doggett's left and is pointing at him with the gun held in the left hand, while in the next shot he is aiming at the agent from his right holding the gun in his right hand. (00:03:25)
25th Mar 2018
The X-Files (1993)
Continuity mistake: When Natalie stops kissing Dylan, her lips are covered with blood, but the moment she leaves Dylan's room she has no sign of blood on her lips. (00:32:00)
21st Mar 2018
The X-Files (1993)
Colony (1) - S2-E16
Continuity mistake: When the doctor leaves the common room, he is holding a chart in his left hand, but when he is running down the corridor, both his hands are free. (00:04:40)
21st Mar 2018
The X-Files (1993)
Nothing Important Happened Today (1) - S9-E1
Continuity mistake: When Agent Reyes and Assistant Director Brad Follmer meet in the bar, Brad is holding his glass either by the cup or the stem, depending on the shot. (00:18:20)
20th Feb 2018
The X-Files (1993)
Continuity mistake: When Dr Cabrera says "Let him go," the blonde female assistant is on the left of the male assistant, but in the next shot she is on his right. (00:39:30)
20th Feb 2018
The X-Files (1993)
Continuity mistake: When doctors make a cut on Cassandra's belly, the green substance comes out of the cut and pours down directly onto the piece of blue cloth she is covered with. In the next shot the fragment of cloth that was in contact with the substance is dry, but in the following shot, there is a large soaked stain on the piece of cloth. (00:00:50)
15th Jan 2018
The X-Files (1993)
Continuity mistake: When the CSM discovers the bright spot on the carpet, he immediately realises that Mulder's apartment was under surveillance. However, one can notice that soon after entering Mulder's apartment, the CSM looks down at the floor and carpet covered with blood and there is no bright spot. (00:14:00)
9th Jan 2018
The X-Files (1993)
Continuity mistake: The truck stolen by Mulder from the Russian labor camp is Unimog 406. However, during the accident scene, when it comes out of the woods and falls from the hill, it miraculously turns into Unimog 404 model. (00:13:30)
7th Jan 2018
The X-Files (1993)
Continuity mistake: During the meeting at a horse track, after the CSM says "You need my expertise, " the First Elder raises his head. In the following shot from the other side, he raises it again. (00:21:00)
23rd Dec 2017
The X-Files (1993)
Continuity mistake: When Mulder and Scully talk about the piece of skin while driving to the reservation, one can see that there are green trees from the Mulder's side of the road, but when the shot is taken from the outside of the car, there are only grey bushes and landscape devoid of nearby trees on both sides of the road. (00:07:00)
17th Dec 2017
The X-Files (1993)
Continuity mistake: When Mulder tells Krycek to go to the bathroom and clean off, in the front shot Krycek holds his right hand raised, while in the back shot his right hand is lowered. (00:42:10)
25th Oct 2017
The X-Files (1993)
Invocation - S8-E5
Continuity mistake: When Scully finishes her conversation with Doggett and walks away, there is only one dark-haired policeman watching the crime scene, but when Doggett looks at the crime scene and Mr. Underwood gets up, there is a blond-haired policeman talking with someone. (00:41:55)
10th Oct 2017
The X-Files (1993)
Via Negativa - S8-E7
Continuity mistake: When Doggett and Skinner visit Dr. Andre Bormanis at his place, in the first shot from the back he is leaning over some laboratory gear that is holding in his hands, while in the next front shot he is standing upright manipulating on the table with his hands. (00:18:10)
10th Oct 2017
The X-Files (1993)
Via Negativa - S8-E7
Continuity mistake: When Doggett leaves his office, he reaches for his coat, grabs it and starts to put it on. In the next shot, when Langly, Frohike, and Byers look in Doggett's direction, we again see that he takes the coat off from the chair. (00:27:55)
12th Aug 2017
The X-Files (1993)
Trust No 1 - S9-E6
Continuity mistake: When the guy from the NSA is speaking with his supervisor, after the supervisor asks him about his wife and child, in the background he turns his head toward the supervisor, while in the next close-up take he turns his head toward the supervisor again. (00:12:30)
10th Aug 2017
The X-Files (1993)
Trust No 1 - S9-E6
Continuity mistake: When Scully is pulling out, in close-ups she holds her cellphone in her left hand, while in distant shots she keeps her left hand on the steering wheel. (00:23:00)
10th Aug 2017
The X-Files (1993)
Continuity mistake: When Knowle Rohrer is talking with Agent Doggett face to face in a separate room about the super-soldier project, he is wearing a red FBI badge, but in the previous scene when he came to visit Doggett, he was wearing a regular FBI badge. (00:08:40)
10th Aug 2017
The X-Files (1993)
Continuity mistake: When Agent Reyes and Agent Scully are talking about mood music, in some shots Reyes rests her hand on the bed's backrest, while in other shots she firmly grabs it. (00:14:45)
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