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Water's Edge - S3-E3

Revealing mistake: The murder victim's skeleton, which Rusty finds in the attic, has a clear cut all the way around its skull. It also has metal pins holding together what turns out to be rubber bones: one of the ribs wobbles up and down when Rusty brushes against it with the cash box. (00:42:00)

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The Woman - S1-E23

Revealing mistake: It's a valiant effort, but the scenes of Sherlock & Irene in a London street are shot in New York. Not only is the architecture wrong but you can see a U.S. pedestrian crossing signal over Irene's shoulder. (00:16:15)

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Lonnigan, Texas - S1-E8

Revealing mistake: In brother Justin's padded cell, the far wall is obviously a painted backdrop. It even flutters when the orderly and doctor walk in! The only solid part is a couple of feet at the end, that Justin leans up against.

Twotall

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The Ties That Bind - S1-E3

Revealing mistake: In the scene where the wife comes in to the morgue to view her dead husband, who she helped to euthanize, the dead man is breathing throughout the whole scene. You can see the sheet rising and falling at his stomach. (00:22:15 - 00:24:05)

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Regrets - S1-E9

Revealing mistake: When Artie demagnetizes the lab coat, Claudia falls from a high altitude, but when the shot cuts to her landing on the raft, you can see that the actor jumped from a position much closer to the ground. (00:39:00)

Knever

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The Royal We - S3-E2

Revealing mistake: On the RV of the guy being accused of molesting the girls, someone has written "PERVERT" in red spray paint. At a point you see Lightman next to a car, and the RV in the background, and the text is mirrored reading: "TREVREP", showing that during editing, this shot was flipped. (00:15:30)

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Monstret - S1-E6

Revealing mistake: As the RCV enters the gravel field with the bomb, you can see a person in shorts walking casually in the background, despite the area being sealed off.

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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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The Storm - S2-E13

Revealing mistake: The windows were down on his VW when Johnny dropped his girlfriend off before his accident. He walked her to The House as it started to pour, and the windows were up when he ran back to the VW.

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When We Were Young - S1-E6

Revealing mistake: Hannah sits in a conference room and pulls a landline phone towards her to dial her friend, asking about the will Owen left. The phone however isn't in any way connected, hence no call could have taken place.

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Little Angels - S2-E5

Revealing mistake: The dead victim is being examined in the morgue, right as the mortician says "the kid put up a fight" the dead victim swallows as she strokes his hair and says the word "fight." (00:09:35)

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Vigil of Fear - S6-E18

Revealing mistake: In the arcade the killer talks to his helper while playing a pinball machine. He plays very agitated and strongly. But if you look closer at the below end of the playfield you see that there is no ball and the flippers aren't moving. (00:23:50 - 00:24:48)

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Ask Not - S2-E2

Revealing mistake: At the end of the episode, Courtney asks Maria to cover her for a bathroom break, as the Crashdown is full of customers. She goes straight into the Crashdown bathroom, which is right there by the entrance to the kitchen. After she gets through, she walks back out, but you can tell that she's walking out onto a soundstage - there's no other part of the Crashdown outside of the bathroom as she exits.

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