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Hobbies - S2-E5

Character mistake: In the Armchair Theatre story, Billy mentions that the grandma puts a tray of chocolate brownies into the oven. In the next scene the grandma (played by Billy Butler) has a tray of cookies, not brownies.

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The Family Tree - S3-E15

Character mistake: James mentioned to Florida that he always knew his father was alive (after claiming to Florida he was dead in the past). But since James hasn't seen or heard from him in 35 years, there would really be no way for James to know that his father was still alive for sure - more like just a guess than certainty.

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Character mistake: In the final show, when Nesa and Smithy are getting married, Smith states his name as Niel Noel Edmund Smith, but that is actually his son's name, a.k.a. Niel the baby.

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Suggested correction: That's his name too.

Ssiscool

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The Kidney's All Right - S3-E9

Character mistake: Arthur wants to donate his kidney to Derek. It is claimed that he must be a match since he has O negative blood, but blood type is not the only thing required for a kidney donor, there are several other factors that could very well disqualify his kidney for Derek.

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Pilot - S1-E1

Character mistake: When April goes to see Hank at his motel, he states her romantic feelings for him are a result of "Nightingale Syndrome," however, the Nightingale Effect is caused by the caregiver developing romantic feelings for the patient, not the other way around.

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Character mistake: In the episode where Henry has overdue library books, they are overdue by 5 years and 23 days. Both Henry and Monroe say in the episode that the fine is around $1000 (based on 10 cents per day due 5 years 23 days)... But in reality, using that calculation, the total would come to only $185, not $1000.

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Annette Castellano Is My Nemesis - S3-E2

Character mistake: At the end of the episode, Danny says "Can we not do this in front of Bernard King?" referring to a poster on the wall of Danny's childhood bedroom. We can see the player in the poster is wearing the number 15 and is actually Earl Monroe, not Bernard King who wore the number 30.

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Good Cop, Bad Cop - S1-E6

Character mistake: Mike is holding and talking about his .59 caliber flintlock and refers to placing a percussion cap on it to fire it. A flintlock does not use a percussion cap.

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