Trivia: Michael Gross and Meredith Baxter, who play the Keaton parents, share the exact same birthday.
Cubs Fan
25th Jun 2014
Family Ties (1982)
24th Jun 2014
The West Wing (1999)
Election Day (Part 2) - S7-E17
Trivia: The election originally ended with Arnold Vinick as the victor. But in light of John Spencer's death (and by necessity, Leo's), the writers felt it would be too emotionally taxing on the audience for Santos to lose both his running mate and the election.
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Suggested correction: The writers were not certain if they wanted Vinick or Santos to win, but it was not decided by John Spencer's death. They shot the scene in the thirteenth episode with John Spencer, indicating that it was decided well before his death that they wanted Santos to win. The direct quote "it would be too emotionally taxing on the audience for Santos to lose both his running mate and the election" is true, but said in the context of a decision being made independent of the death and subsequent character death.
22nd Jun 2014
Secretariat (2010)
Trivia: The real Penny Chenery, the owner of Secretariat, makes a cameo as a spectator at the Belmont Stakes.
18th Jun 2014
Rookie of the Year (1993)
Character mistake: When Fish is offering Jack the contract to sell Henry to the Yankees, and later when Jack insults Henry's father, they both refer to Jack as Henry's manager. But Martinella is Henry's manager; Jack is Henry's agent. While the terms can be used interchangeably in other businesses, such as music, in baseball they are two separate titles with separate job descriptions.
29th May 2014
Family Guy (1999)
Trivia: According to Seth MacFarlane, all of the abuse Meg suffers is due to the show's male writers' inability to write for a teenage girl.
28th May 2014
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
Trivia: Because she suffered an allergic reaction to her Mystique makeup while filming the previous movie, Jennifer Lawrence wore a specially-made bodysuit for this movie.
22nd May 2014
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Character mistake: When Casey is talking to Rebecca Balthus about Jennifer's defense, Balthus claims that Jennifer is innocent and intends to prove it. While she can present a defense, Balthus is not required to prove anything: the burden of proof lies solely on Casey; Jennifer possesses what is called the presumption of innocence, the basic principle that she is considered innocent until it's proven she's guilty.
20th May 2014
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Trivia: When Counselor Troi is leading Mark Twain to his quarters, Twain asks if the Enterprise has ever encountered Halley's Comet. It's a well-known fact that Twain was born a couple of weeks after the comet's appearance in 1835.
19th May 2014
Elementary (2012)
18th May 2014
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
15th May 2014
Person of Interest (2011)
13th May 2014
Elementary (2012)
The Hound of the Cancer Cells - S2-E18
Trivia: "The Hound of the Cancer Cells" is a loose reference to "The Hound of the Baskervilles", perhaps the most famous of the four Sherlock Holmes novels.
7th May 2014
Castle (2009)
Continuity mistake: In the flashback of Beckett and Montgomery, when Montgomery finds her in the archive room studying her mother's murder case, Beckett says that she was unable to find any leads worth following. But in season three, when Montgomery explains to Castle that that encounter was when he first met Kate, he says "she found some things that didn't add up", suggesting that she did find a clue worth investigating.
5th May 2014
Spaceballs (1987)
Trivia: The scene where Dark Helmet is playing with his "Spaceballs" dolls was improvised by Rick Moranis.
29th Apr 2014
Elementary (2012)
29th Apr 2014
The West Wing (1999)
27th Apr 2014
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
27th Apr 2014
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
Bones: Jim, you just sat that man down at a high-stakes poker game with no cards and told him to bluff. Now, Sulu's a good man, but he's no captain.
James T. Kirk: For the next two hours, he is. And enough with the metaphors, all right? That's an order.
27th Apr 2014
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
26th Apr 2014
The Big Bang Theory (2007)
The Excelsior Acquisition - S3-E16
Character mistake: When Howard finds the stack of paychecks in Sheldon's drawer and wonders why Sheldon hasn't cashed them, Sheldon explains that he's saving them to purchase items that have yet to be invented and he doesn't trust banks. But just keeping them in his drawer doesn't do anything, because checks are voided after a set period of time and they would eventually become worthless.
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