Best TV continuity mistakes of 2014

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Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When the family is on the plane taking their seats, the wife goes to sit with her husband and sets her purse and clothing onto the seat in front of them, however you see the clothes slip off the seat and only the purse remains. In the next shot of the seat in front, the clothes are on the seat on top of the purse, without any character picking them up.

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Convergence - S3-E17

Continuity mistake: In the sit room, when the president is trying to decide whether to intercept the smugglers' aircraft, the local time displayed On the Clock in the background jumps from 19:12 to 19:58, back to 19:12, then to 20:13, then to 19:08. It then jumps to 19:53, then 19:59, then back to 19:15, then to 19:02. It then jumps to 20:00, before going back to 19:15 and finally finishing 19:02. All in the space of about 2 minutes of ‘real time'. (00:01:10 - 00:02:45)

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Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When Jake is introducing himself, he offers a handshake, then in a shot from behind him, hand still extended, he says "OK, you're more of a high five girl", cuts back to the front and his hand is now held up high. (00:08:15)

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Continuity mistake: In the scene where Debbie clears everything off the mantle, she leaves the bronze baby shoes and turns to talk to Marty. Then we see over her shoulder that the shoes are gone. (00:04:30)

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And They Were Enemies - S2-E10

Continuity mistake: The moment Madame Kali drops down dead, killed by werewolf Chandler, she's still wrinkled and old. Later on in that scene, though, when the monster runs off, her skin is all nice and smooth again. (00:19:10 - 00:20:05)

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Broad City - S5-E10

Continuity mistake: When Ilana goes to flag down a New York City taxicab on the street, there is a Honda Civic parked behind her with a yellow New York license plate. After the camera pans the opposite direction to show an approaching taxicab, it pans back to Ilana and the same Honda Civic - now sporting a different white New York license plate. (04:40:00)

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Nanatsu no Taizai - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When Elizabeth starts weeping, her bodysuit is torn above her left breast with a single tear. Post-credits Meliodas asks her to join him; now that torn spot is split in two - the first time the bit of fabric that separates the two spaces was already severed. (00:17:40 - 00:22:30)

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Phobia - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: The girl in the flooding tub is weighted down and has her hands tied in front of her. When the police lift her out, the weights are gone and her hands fall to her sides, and then are tied again when she is on the floor.

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We All Fall... - S7-E4

Continuity mistake: Lund tells Gregorio that he got a text from a friend in DC, who ran the names of Yates and Blakely through a government database and found something. When it cuts to a young man walking, in the interior shot from inside the police cruiser the rearview mirror is missing from the windshield, but in the exterior shots the rearview mirror is properly attached. (00:26:10)

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The Frustrating Thing About Psychopaths - S1-E6

Continuity mistake: When Henry is working on the body, just after the lady is grabbed, In one shot the tray below the weighing scale has some body parts and stuff Henry is adding, in the next shot it is empty, then in the next shot it is full again. (00:00:55)

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Episode #3.5 - S3-E6

Continuity mistake: Sidney is attending a pre-wedding dance in the camp he is visiting wearing a light colored shirt. When he leaves the dance floor to chat with other attendees, he is now wearing a green sweater over his shirt.

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