Paco386

18th Feb 2022

Chicago Med (2015)

What You Don't Know Can't Hurt You - S7-E12

Factual error: After an operating room nurse is unable to insert an intravenous catheter into a patient's arm during a surgery, Sharon Goodwin standing behind her volunteers to try. She inserts it flawlessly and states that she has placed "a 16 gauge in the AC." The catheter that she was holding has a green base, which is an 18 gauge. 16 gauge needles have a gray base. (00:33:00)

Paco386

4th Feb 2022

Love, Simon (2018)

Factual error: Simon receives an email notification at the dinner table from Blue on his cell phone. The cell phone screen indicates that the time is 3:20, which is inaccurate for a mealtime because it is already dark outside and crickets are chirping when he excuses himself to go outside to get some air. (00:28:10)

Paco386

10th Jun 2021

Pose (2018)

Take Me to Church - S3-E4

Factual error: During Pray Tell's visit with his birth family in Pittsburgh, Jada wants to make sure his final wishes are carried out and presents him with a power of attorney document to sign during lunch at a restaurant. He signs it with only Jada present. In Pennsylvania, to be legal a power of attorney needs to be signed in the presence of two witnesses other than the person being granted power. (01:00:10)

Paco386

9th Jun 2020

Melrose Place (1992)

Framing of the Shrews - S3-E29

Factual error: Alison is in her office in Hong Kong and takes a telephone call from Brooke, calling from D&D in Los Angeles. It is daylight outside Alison's window and the office is busy around Brooke. There is a 15-hour time difference between Hong Kong and Los Angeles; it is not possible to have normal business hours in both locations at the same time. (00:14:00)

Paco386

4th Nov 2019

Will & Grace (1998)

Pappa Mia - S11-E2

Factual error: When Jack is speaking to his mom on a mobile phone outside of his apartment door, he tells her that he will take her to Souplantation after she comes over that afternoon for a blowout. Jack's apartment is in Manhattan. Souplantation is a restaurant chain that only exists in California. (00:19:35)

Paco386

3rd Apr 2019

The Resident (2018)

Emergency Contact - S2-E18

Factual error: After Dr. Austin directs the anesthesiologist to urgently start phentolamine intravenously to address the patient's hypertensive crisis on the operating room table, the anesthesiologist is seen quickly rolling the clamp on the line, purportedly to make it run faster. The clamp however is being rolled in the direction to close off line's flow. (00:20:20)

Paco386

29th Oct 2018

This Is Us (2016)

Katie Girls - S3-E3

Factual error: Randall flies out last minute across the country to Los Angeles to be at his sister's side for her surgery. The scene where he arrives at the hospital and meets up with her husband Toby in The Waiting Room is prefaced by an exterior shot of the supposed hospital building. The sign outside the hospital indicates the name as "Sutter Health Alta Bates Summit Medical Center," which is a hospital in Berkeley - the San Francisco Bay Area - about 400 miles north of Los Angeles. (00:19:30)

Paco386

4th Apr 2017

CHIPS (2017)

Factual error: In the Miami car chase scene near the beginning of the film, the getaway car has Florida license plates on both the front and rear bumpers. In Florida, cars only have rear license plates.

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