Maria Santos

15th May 2010

Supernatural (2005)

Trivia: With the exception of season 1 every season finale starts with the song "Carry On My Wayward Son" by Kansas. In season 1 the song was used in the second to last episode which was part one of a two part finale.

Maria Santos

13th Feb 2010

Dollhouse (2009)

Trivia: In Epitaph II: The Return, Alpha asks Tony, "Why would someone do something so horrible to that face?" He was speaking about the tech on Tony's face, but it was also a reference to season 1 when Alpha sliced up Tony's face with a knife.

Maria Santos

30th Dec 2009

Dollhouse (2009)

The Attic - S2-E10

Continuity mistake: Echo is covered with plastic wrap from head to toe, but in both scenes where she wakes up the wrap is only up to her eyebrows and it didn't disturb the needles in her forehead, when the plastic wrap was removed.

Maria Santos

18th Nov 2009

V (2009)

Pilot - S1-E1

Trivia: The address of the meeting of the anti-V group that Erica and Father Landry go to is 4400 Pier Ave. Joel Gretsch used to star in the show 4400 where the characters were initially thought to be abducted by aliens.

Maria Santos

18th Sep 2009

Angel (1999)

7th Aug 2009

Supernatural (2005)

After School Special - S4-E13

Trivia: In 'After School Special' Dean says the the regular gym teacher is getting married in Massachusetts. This is a reference to how female gym teachers are thought to be gay. At the time of the airing of this episode Massachusetts was the only state in the U.S. that allowed gay marriage.

Maria Santos

26th Jul 2009

Doctor Who (2005)

The Poison Sky (2) - S4-E5

Trivia: When the Doctor puts on the gas mask and looks at the soldier who already has his mask on, he asks, "Are you my mummy?" This was a reference to the episode "The Empty Child", where infected people wearing gas masks constantly say "Are you my mummy?"

Maria Santos

19th May 2009

Dollhouse (2009)

Trivia: Before Dollhouse, Olivia Williams had a bit part as Moira McTaggert in X-men 3. She was showing a patient who had no conscience. Xavier then brought up the ethics of placing the conscience of one person into another which is what Ms. Williams does now as Ms. Dewitt in Dollhouse.

Maria Santos

15th May 2009

Supernatural (2005)

8th Apr 2009

Charmed (1998)

Show generally

Factual error: Throughout season 8 the members of the Triad wore a pentagrams on their gowns that would alternate from the point being up and point being down. They should only be wearing a pentagram with the point facing down. Pentagrams with the point facing up is the symbol for practitioners of white (good) magic while those who practice black (evil) magic is symbolized by the point facing down.

Maria Santos

10th Feb 2009

Angel (1999)

1st Dec 2008

Angel (1999)

Shells - S5-E16

Trivia: When the gang is trying to figure out how Illyria got by them, Gunn says "Yeah, like she was pulling a Barry Allen. Jay Garrick? Wally... Like she was moving really fast." No one knew who he was talking about. All three name are different incarnations of The Flash.

Maria Santos

1st Nov 2008

Eli Stone (2008)

Trivia: Eli tells Jordan that when they met Jordan was into a lot of money to Credit Dauphine. Jordan is played by Victor Garber and Credit Dauphine was the front for his SD 6 job in Alias.

Maria Santos

29th Jul 2008

Bones (2005)

Becoming (1) - S2-E21

Trivia: In the flashback just before Darla kills Liam in order to turn him to Angel, she tells him to "Close your eyes." In "Becoming Pt. 2", just before Buffy kills Angel, she too says, "Close your eyes".

Maria Santos

12th Jun 2008

Charmed (1998)

4th Apr 2008

Law & Order (1990)

Slaughter - S12-E19

Factual error: When Green is going over the victims' phone records, he mentions a call to the 508 area code, which they said would have been a call to his parents. The victim's parents lived in Amherst Massachusetts, which is the 413 area code.

Maria Santos

15th Mar 2008

P.S. I Love You (2007)

13th Nov 2007

Dark Angel (2000)

Trivia: Richard Gunn's character was nicknamed 'Skectchy" but is 'real' name was Alvin Simon Theodore- the same as the three cartoon chipmunks. Also Normal's name on the show was Reagan Ronald after former president Ronald Reagan.

Maria Santos

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