Elementary

Elementary (2012)

28 mistakes since 17 Feb '17, 00:00

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While You Were Sleeping - S1-E2

Other mistake: When Sherlock was slapped, he later says he was surprised because the girl who slapped him was a "lefty." Then he rubs his right cheek and says it's leathery from all the slaps he's gotten, while the left is soft. This is backwards - anyone hitting him with their right hand would hit his left cheek.

Cathrine R

Possibility Two - S1-E17

Character mistake: They are in the interrogation room questioning the fiancé of the scientist Natasha when the captain says, "the blood we found at the scene of your fiance's murder, it didn't belong to Bobby Cordero." The characters name was Benny Cordero, which the captain says correctly a few lines later. (00:33:25)

To Catch a Predator Predator - S5-E5

Continuity mistake: When Joan is sitting on the couch folding ties while Shinwell tries on a shirt, she has a folded up blue tie with white dots. When the camera cuts back to her and she's now folding a gray tie, you can see the blue tie with white dots, unfolded, lying on the clothes. Previously there was no tie there. And in the next shot of her, she once again folding the blue tie and the gray tie can't be seen.

Bishop73

Reichenbach Falls - S7-E12

Character mistake: Sherlock tells Odin at the bridge where he framed him for his own murder that they are opposite poles of a magnet - they repel. That's wrong - opposite poles attract each other.

Fidelity - S5-E16

Continuity mistake: When Marcus and Joan are watching Gephardt's video, he says he's taken lives. At this point the play bar is by his fingers. It cuts to Marcus and Joan, and we hear the video continue to play for more than 12 seconds. When it cuts back to the video, the play bar is nearly in the same position, when it should be well past his hands and near his elbow.

Bishop73

Bang Bang Shoot Chute - S5-E7

Continuity mistake: When Shinwell and Sherlock are playing chess, the captured pieces move around in various shots. For example, Shinwell takes Sherlock's knight, he places it closer to him than the pawn. In the next shot the pawn is closer to him. It changes a few more times as do the captured white pieces.

Bishop73

How the Sausage Is Made - S5-E8

Continuity mistake: The note Watson picks up changes when it switches to a close up view of the writing. For example, you can see one line ends with "you when" and another line ends with "not" (being underlined). In the close up the corresponding lines end with "you when I" and "not to" (not still being underlined).

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Continuity mistake: In the title sequence a Rube Goldberg machine can be seen. The error can be seen by watching the four revolvers rotating and then a single revolver firing. When you look at all four revolvers, there are hand grips in each one, but in the closeup shot of one actually firing, the hand grip is empty. You can't see it later than S5E18 because they decided to delete the frames when you can see all four revolvers, and left only closeups.

sher_lurker

The Ballad of Lady Frances - S5-E17

Continuity mistake: While talking with the guitar expert, Joan places the guitar down on the sofa with the fretboard facing away from her. When the guitar expert comes and sits down next to her, the guitar's fretboard is suddenly facing her.

THGhost

The Leviathan - S1-E10

Continuity mistake: While playing the piano in Justin Guthrie's apartment, he is bare handed. In the next scene when he gets up to point at the blood, he is wearing gloves. (00:24:12 - 00:24:42)

Dead Man's Switch - S1-E20

Other mistake: Near the end of the episode Dr. Watson states, "Look at the time, happy 'real' anniversary." - referring to Sherlock's one year anniversary of sobriety. The scene then cuts to a flip clock. However, the clock is set to 12:07 PM - not AM as it would be if a new day had begun. (00:41:20)

A Burden of Blood - S4-E8

Continuity mistake: At end of the episode, when Sherlock leaves Detective Bell outside the 11th Precinct, Bell had a book and an envelope of which Bell puts the envelope in his pocket leaving the book, the next shot shows Bell turn and throw the envelope in the trash and the book disappears. (00:39:15)

The Red Team - S1-E13

Continuity mistake: Early in the show, when Sherlock is making eggs, he adds milk and sets the jug down. The camera shifts to Watson and back to Holmes, which shows the jug missing. Watson then walks around Holmes and sets the jug down in the spot it was in previously.

The Leviathan - S1-E10

Other mistake: When Sherlock and Watson look at the coffee order from the trial it has the names of the 4 jury members who robbed the vault. Not the original men that did the robbery.

More quotes from ElementaryMore trivia for Elementary

Answer: I'm the same person who asked this question. I discovered it was Molly Price whom I recognized from Third Watch.

Cathrine R

It should be noted Donna was Jim Fowkes‘ secretary. Donna killed Peter.

Bishop73

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