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Free Fall - S1-E16

Factual error: Almost all the people being shown skydiving have no experience doing it, but the instructor allows them to jump out of the plane unassisted after only giving a theoretic introduction into the subject. First time skydivers are always assisted in some fashion, usually through a tandem-jump or a parachute opened by a line attached to the plane.

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Death in Springtime - S3-E4

Other mistake: In this true crime show there are both reenactments and actual police photos used. The narrator states that thousands of rounds of ammunition were found in the home where a crime was committed. But the accompanying "Actual police evidence" photo that's supposed to be ammo is actually stacks of Kodak Slide Carousels. (My dad was a photographer and we had these in my house.) (00:29:15)

Maiasatara

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Enemy Combatant - S1-E12

Revealing mistake: Right after the scene in Wallace's office where the DHS tries to shut down Hayes' investigation, the scene shifts to a montage. Towards the end of it there's a loop: in the bottom left corner you can see someone on a scooter appear from the left, only to disappear a second later and reappear from where they'd come the first time. (00:20:00)

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Alone - S2-E9

Factual error: You can see the Unicredit Tower on the Milan skyline - the episode should be set in 1997 but the unicredit tower was built in 2012. (00:31:00)

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Blood in the Sand - S2-E9

Continuity mistake: The father of a teen girl murdered in CA receives a letter from a self-proclaimed psychic concerning the murder. He received it at his home in RI, but the letter is addressed to San Diego, CA. The address is shown twice. (00:08:00 - 00:14:00)

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Factual error: The Metropolitan Police isn't a national police force (except for close protection and anti-terrorist matters). It has no authority over other police forces. It doesn't take over criminal cases from other police forces. It hasn't even provided investigation teams on request for decades. Every force handles its own investigations. A Met chief superintendent and his team coming in, as depicted here, and taking over an Avon and Somerset investigation just wouldn't happen.

Necrothesp

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Mortar - S1-E11

Continuity mistake: When Foster and his goons are at Asa's place and Asa is walking towards the door, he has already thrown the stick that he was fiddling with his toenails with down, and has both hands in his pockets. Shortly afterwards he has the stick back in his hand at the door.

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Fresh-Like - S3-E4

Continuity mistake: Issa and Nathan both jump into a swimming pool and are shown going completely under water but in the closeups when shown talking their faces and hair are completely dry. (00:22:00)

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Factual error: The judge requires £100,000 to be paid to the court in bail and Yvonne's husband later says he had to cash in bonds to get the money. In Britain, bail is not paid in advance. It is sufficient to prove that it is available if necessary and it is only required to be paid if the defendant later absconds.

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Circles - S1-E5

Continuity mistake: Russell is beat up by his neighbor and his mouth, cheek and chin are smeared with blood. In the next closeup, Russell only has blood on his upper lip and cheek, not on his chin, and then the blood is back on his mouth, cheek and chin. (00:29:00 - 00:30:00)

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Part 3 - S1-E3

Factual error: At the picnic, a woman says she is going to New York by train. It is 1828. Railway passenger service in the United States did not begin until 1830 and it would not be possible to travel from North Carolina to New York until some years after that.

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