Tanngrisnir

11th Aug 2019

The Flash (2014)

The Runaway Dinosaur - S2-E21

Character mistake: The way Henry takes Barry's blood pressure, he will not get any results. Neither the blood pressure cuff nor the stethoscope work reliably through clothing. As a doctor, he should know how to do it right.

Tanngrisnir

29th Oct 2018

Hawaii Five-0 (2010)

Pono Kaulike - S5-E18

Character mistake: After being asked in class, Max refers to what he does as a "vivisection of a once-living organism", which in itself is a contradiction because vivisections are performed on living organisms. What Max does is called dissection, or more specifically autopsy, because he does it to determine the cause of death.

Tanngrisnir

22nd Sep 2018

Hawaii Five-0 (2010)

I Helu Pu - S2-E16

Character mistake: Owing to a common misconception, several people in the episode claim that the consulate is Russian soil. Foreign diplomatic missions are awarded special privileges, but they are not considered sovereign territory of the represented state.

Tanngrisnir

14th Aug 2018

2 Broke Girls (2011)

9th Jul 2018

Castle (2009)

Hunt - S5-E16

Character mistake: Beckett identifies the area given for the Skype call as the whole city of Paris. It's hard to believe that Beckett knows the area of a foreign city by heart, the problem is also that she is wrong. Paris actually has an area of about 105 kmĀ² (41 sq mi).

Tanngrisnir

23rd Mar 2017

Castle (2009)

Dead Red - S8-E11

Character mistake: Castle claims that they are technically standing on Russian soil inside the consulate. Contrary to popular belief foreign diplomatic missions, while being afforded special privileges (ie. Diplomatic immunity), are not considered sovereign territory of the represented state. Because of that Castle and Beckett are in fact on U.S. soil.

Tanngrisnir

21st Feb 2015

Hogan's Heroes (1965)

Clothes Encounter - S5-E21

Character mistake: The woman in the store claims that the umlaut on the shoe size indicates a half size in Europe. This is wrong because the European shoe size system (used in Germany among others) is completely different from the US system. Carrie's 6 1/2 shoes would be a size 39 according to the European system.

Tanngrisnir

My Damn Stalker - S4-E15

Character mistake: Jake's claim that a vomitorium was place for Romans to vomit is wrong and a common misconception. A vomitorium in reality is a passage in a stadium where a large number of people can exit at once.

Tanngrisnir

The Return, Part 1 - S3-E10

Character mistake: General Landry says that the Asurans would need to rewrite McKay's macro to gate to any planet in the Milky Way. In fact they wouldn't have to bother with the macro, because they could simply gate directly to the Milky Way from a ZPM-powered Atlantis.

Tanngrisnir

Epiphany - S2-E12

Character mistake: Rodney says that one hour in real time would give them months inside the field. This is incorrect because if the ratio of time were 1:250 as stated before, one hour would only convert to 250 hours, which is 10 days and 10 hours.

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