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13th Apr 2024

Chicago P.D. (2014)

White Knuckle - S8-E2

Factual error: Adam is shot, and Kim responds to give him aid. Kim has her firearm out, searching and asking Adam, "where is he?" Instead of holstering her firearm, she tossed it aside to help Adam. Her action is not in accordance with law enforcement training. (00:36:17)

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30th Jan 2024

Blue Bloods (2010)

Your Six - S8-E20

Factual error: Danny shoots Frank's revolver, and as he continues to shoot, you hear the sound of a casing hitting the floor, which shouldn't happen since it's a revolver being fired. (00:11:46)

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11th Jun 2023

Chicago Med (2015)

Does One Door Close and Another One Open? - S8-E22

Factual error: Will Halstead arrives at Seattle Tacoma Airport, and when he steps outside of the terminal, the Space Needle is in the background. Unfortunately, the Space Needle can't be seen from outside of the terminal, since the airport is not in Seattle. (00:58:39)

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27th Jan 2023

SEAL Team (2017)

Fair Winds and Following Seas - S6-E10

Factual error: The grave headstone for Benjamin Bellerow states Master SGT US Navy. There are no Sergeants in the Navy, only Chiefs. If the rank was correct it should have read US Marine Corps, US Army or US Air Force. (00:19:08)

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20th Jan 2023

Chicago P.D. (2014)

Burnside - S9-E5

Factual error: Kevin sleeps overnight at woman's apartment. He doesn't share that he's a cop. The next morning in his unmarked police vehicle he uses his handheld radio that was appeared to be stored in the console and shows up on a violent scene with his weapon. It's obvious that Kevin used his official vehicle for personal reasons, and stored his radio and weapon in the vehicle unprotected overnight, which every police officer knows is wrong and a violation. (00:03:53 - 00:04:29)

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18th Jul 2022

Gaslit (2022)

8th Apr 2022

The Dropout (2022)

Green Juice - S1-E3

Factual error: The CBP officers are using handheld metal detectors to conduct a pat down search. CBP have never used them as all pat down searches are done by the officers using their hands. (00:01:24)

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Factual error: The telephone for the phone bank doesn't have a phone jack cord connected into the back of the telephone. (01:15:14)

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Show generally

Factual error: S 49/E 5-12: Victoria and Ashland's wedding was in Italy. While in Italy the characters made calls back to Genoa City, Wisconsin and always apologized for the time difference and for disturbing them. In fact, it should have been the other way around since there is a 7-hour time difference with Italy being ahead. There were scenes where they claiming it was morning or night in Genoa City when it should have been morning or night based on the time of the scenes in Italy.

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3rd Mar 2021

Army Wives (2007)

Blood and Treasure - S7-E9

Factual error: LtCol Baisley has his name and U.S. Army patches on the wrong side of his uniform. He has the Army patch on his right side instead of on the left. (00:33:00)

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8th Dec 2020

FBI (2018)

Unreasonable Doubt - S3-E2

Factual error: The digital time zone clock on the wall in the FBI operation center is wrong. The show is set in NYC, which is Eastern Time. The clock shows EST at 16:44 and ZULU time (UTC / GMT) at 20:44. The difference between EST and ZULU time is 5 hours, so the clock should show ZULU time as 21:44. Plus, the times for the other time zones on the clock are wrong by an hour. (00:18:29)

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27th Nov 2020

Station 19 (2018)

28th Oct 2020

The Looming Tower (2018)

Y2K - S1-E5

Factual error: In the scene at the Port Angeles Port of Entry, the signage and the uniform patches say U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The interception at Port Angeles happened in 1999 by the U.S. Customs Service. U.S. Customs and Border Protection wasn't created until 2003 due to the events of 9/11. (00:01:55 - 00:02:45)

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Factual error: At presentation of the Medal of Honor, the US Air Force Secretary reads the citation that states William H. Pitsenbarger was an Airman First Class (E-3 with 2 stripes) but in the battle scenes William H. Pitsenbarger is wearing the insignia of a 'Buck' Sergeant (E-4 with 3 stripes). (00:14:29 - 01:43:55)

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3rd Aug 2020

SEAL Team (2017)

Never Say Die - S2-E2

Factual error: Jason's wife Alana tells Jason she going to grab H.E.B.'s finest bottle of $12 red, a rotisserie chicken and beer. H.E.B is a Texas grocery store, and the show is set in Virginia Beach, VA, Virginia doesn't have H.E.B. Stores. (00:39:03)

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Factual error: The USMC Embassy Guard is an enlisted Marine Sgt. He is wearing a Commissioned USMC Officer's cover (hat) that has gold braid and gold oak leaf motifs on the visor. (01:20:15)

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Side Sitting - S10-E2

Factual error: Larry is having a MRI and he is completely clothed with his shoes still on but he took his glasses off. When doing a MRI the patient has to has to wear gown. (00:05:00)

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29th Feb 2020

Power (2014)

Reversal of Fortune - S6-E14

Factual error: Congressman Tate and his brother are on the shooting range. They are wearing high-tech electronic earmuffs that block harmful noise like gunfire while amplifying speech and other low-volume sounds. Although, they are wearing high-tech earmuffs, they both have an ear exposed so they can hear each other talk. (00:13:00)

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30th Jul 2019

The Code (2019)

Done and Doff - S1-E12

Factual error: The sleeves on Col. Turnbull's uniform shirt are a ridiculous length. Her sleeves are three-quarter length and down to her elbows while the other female Marines have uniform shirts with half sleeves.

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16th Nov 2018

Chicago Fire (2012)

A Volatile Mixture - S7-E5

Factual error: In the scene at O'Hara airport the paramedics meetup with a TSA officer. The TSA officer has a gun as a part of his uniform. TSA officers do not carry firearms. In addition, the CBP officer in the scene does not have on a proper CBP uniform. The CBP officer uniform has rank epaulets and officer has no epaulets, and the CBP uniform doesn't have a bar tie clip and the gun belt buckle is brass not stainless metal. (00:42:00)

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