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The Godfather - S8-E19

Revealing mistake: Ben Matlock is hosting a pre-wedding party for his goddaughter. Several cars are parked on both sides of the street in front of Ben's house. Each time the front door is opened, The View seen from inside the house looking out is the same matte painting used in every episode. It shows a house and trees but no cars.

Steven Lee

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Episode #1.3 - S1-E3

Revealing mistake: When Lombard looks at Vera after realizing she stole his gun, the unruly wisps of hair are on his left temple, while in the rest of the scene they are on his right. The shot is mirrored, as you can see that suddenly it's like he's wearing a woman's shirt, with buttons on the left. (00:38:45)

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eps3.2_legacy.so - S3-E3

Revealing mistake: The doctors remove a bullet from Elliot's abdomen and place it in a metal medical dish. The bullet appears to be a 9mm or a 9mm short however it has no striations. When a bullet is fired it goes through the barrel picking up the land and grooves of the bore. The bullet should have spirals, this one looks brand-new, like it was just purchased to reload ammunition. (00:48:30 - 00:49:00)

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Revealing mistake: Every phone call in the show, the phones never show the correct screen. Either it is glitching behind their ears or it's the home screen.

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The Abbey Grange - S1-E2

Revealing mistake: While Holmes and Watson are investigating the crime scene, there is a shot of them that shows the dead man's hand. His hand is visibly shaking, revealing the actor is struggling to maintain the position of his hand.

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The Emily Show - S1-E3

Revealing mistake: The scene is set in Boston, MA, USA, but at a murder location, a European-style circular power outlet is visible through the glass doors at the bottom of the concrete wall. (00:01:20)

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Lavando el carro del Sr. Barriga - S4-E4

Revealing mistake: When everyone is fighting with the water buckets, Don Ramón (Raymond) throws water at Quico. Doña Florinda (Mrs. Worthmore) chases Don Ramón inside the neighborhood. When Quico was about to throw water at Chavo, inside the door, the shadow of Don Ramón waiting for running so Quico can throw water at his mother. Plus, when Don Ramón and Doña Florinda runs outside the neighborhood, Doña Florinda is already covering herself in the last second before getting wet.

Miguel Campos

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A Twisting Snake - S1-E4

Revealing mistake: When the protagonist and Uncle Six battle on top of the escalator, Six gets thrown off, landing downstairs. Very much like a pro wrestling Irish whip, it's quite noticeable how the victim is running towards the move before he gets pulled, with a cut to try to hide the lack of any push from the other hand or forceful twist. (00:12:15)

Sammo

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Pilot - S1-E1

Revealing mistake: In the Batcave, the protagonist looks at the newspaper clipping about the death of her mother. The rightmost column has a headline "Children traumatized after ride of terror", and a sign ("by Lucy Moguire"). And yet, it begins like this; "With the population of the planet ever increasing, so does the demand on Earth's resources." It's a lazy copy and paste by the prop department, putting some global warming report as filler text. (00:27:40)

Sammo

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Point of No Return - S5-E13

Revealing mistake: In the second of two cases, a man who shot and killed his girlfriend is stopped by police. He is shown pointing his handgun out of the car window, but it is obvious that the barrel and recoil spring assembly of the gun have been removed. (00:41:03)

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Bent - S1-E6

Revealing mistake: They are driving down the freeway when a shot reveals that the check engine light is on and it also looks as if the 'door open' warning light is illuminated. The latter is probably because the film crew have the rear door open for filming. (00:23:47)

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