The Penguin Declines (3) - S2-E39
Corrected entry: After all the stow-away baddies jump from the Batmobile's trunk, they leave it open. Between shots, it magically closes itself. (00:19:30)
Jean G
21st Aug 2008
Batman (1966)
21st Apr 2006
The Prisoner (1967)
A. B. and C. - S1-E3
Corrected entry: When he breaks into the secret lab, Number 6 finds the syringe and substitutes plain tap water for the drug to be used on him. But even a small injection of unpurified, non-saline water can cause severe pain and is potentially lethal: it can cause oxygen bubbles to form in the bloodstream, and if this air embolism reaches the heart, cardiac arrest can result. Certainly not a risk Number 6 would take. (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_embolism.)
Correction: In order to produce a dangerous embolism, between 300 and 500 ml of air needs to be injected. That is way beyond the capacity of the small syringe we see. And Number 6 would be confident that, like all medical professionals, the lab technician would expel any air from the syringe before the injection. It's a bog standard medical procedure.
14th Aug 2008
Monk (2002)
Mr. Monk Goes to Mexico - S2-E2
Corrected entry: Monk and Sharona drive to San Marcos, a Spring Break resort town in Mexico. At the border, they're pulled over by Mexican authorities for a Customs inspection. Such inspections are performed on the US side of the border, but during the search, it's made clear that not only are they already in Mexico - they're also, conveniently, already in San Marcos. Spring Break resorts like this one, with pools, hotels, etc., aren't located at the border. (00:10:00)
Correction: Although they may not always take advantage of it, Mexican authorities absolutely have the right to perform customs inspections at their own border. And San Marcos is a fictional resort. There is no rule about where it must be located.
11th May 2007
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Corrected entry: The scientists, having carefully charted their course to Earth, state that it is an 11 million mile trip from their planet. Not likely. Mars is our nearest planetary neighbor, and it's over 34 million miles away at its closest orbital approach. There are no planets any nearer to Earth than Mars. This is one of the very few cases where Rod Serling simply failed to do his astronomy homework. (00:12:30)
Correction: The whole point is that a planet used to be 11 million miles away. They blew themselves up, planet and all.
28th Oct 2006
The Fugitive (1963)
Corrected entry: Kimble goes home to Stafford, Indiana. But a sign visible when he gets off the bus says he's in Madison, Wisconsin.
11th Aug 2008
Monk (2002)
Mr. Monk and the Actor - S5-E1
Corrected entry: Monk tells David about Trudy's murder, saying she told him that day she was going out to run an errand for his brother Ambrose. But this contradicts the facts established in "Mr. Monk & the 3 Pies," where Monk didn't know why Trudy had gone out that day until Ambrose told him. That's definitely not a fact that Monk would get wrong.
Correction: Given that Monk "found out" several times that Kelly street was not an address one must assume that his memory is not very reliable when it comes to Trudy's murder and everything surrounding it.
Correction: Well for one thing Trudy was supposed to be doing an errand for Ambrose that day however, as stated in previous episodes the errand was never specified and Monk did not understand what she was doing in the parking lot most likely because the errand had nothing to do with where she was. And, If I recall correctly even stated that she was supposed to be doing him an errand but ended up in the parking lot maybe waiting for someone. So monk in fact did not know what she was doing there.
5th Aug 2008
Monk (2002)
Mr. Monk Bumps His Head - S4-E11
Corrected entry: It's late at night when Roger is stung by hundreds of bees at the lookout point. But bees (both the European and Africanized varieties) are not active in late night hours. They're diurnal (active only during the day). Unless something breaks into their hive, which doesn't happen here, they don't fly or swarm at night. (00:42:00)
Correction: Maybe it is early in the morning and did he not drop the waitress's body down lookout point? Also the body could very well have triggered the bees and the hornets.
13th Jul 2007
Babylon 5 (1994)
Corrected entry: In "Babylon Squared," it took several hours to reach Sector 14 from Babylon 5. Here, Sheridan and Garibaldi get there in a matter of minutes. (00:35:00)
Correction: It depends on the ship and the route. Different kinds of ships can use different routes based on their size.
16th Nov 2008
Babylon 5 (1994)
The Fall of Centauri Prime (2) - S5-E18
Corrected entry: Throughout this and the previous episode, Centauri's Regent mispronounces the name of his own planet as "Centuri." Only as he's dying does he finally correctly call his homeworld "Centauri." (00:15:05)
Correction: Londo has stated that there are regional accents with the Centauri (north and south). Plus the Regent was somewhat not himself, remember.
17th May 2009
Quantum Leap (1989)
Trilogy (3) - July 28, 1978 - S5-E10
Corrected entry: Sam, and not the man he leaps into, somehow fathers a daughter with Abigail. Al and Ziggy's answer to "How?" is "We just don't know." Since Sam has always leaped into the physical body of his subjects with no trace of his own physical presence (yes, we see Sam, but no one else does), fathering a child with his own DNA should be impossible. And the characters acknowledging the "mystery" does not excuse the breach of previously established series canon: it merely makes this, at the very least, a deliberate mistake.
Correction: It is explained several times within the series, particularly in 8 1/2 Months, that Sam himself is physically making the leaps but that he occupies the aura of the leapee - this is why others do not see him as Sam. This is also shown to be the case when he leaps into a blind man but can still see or a man with both legs amputated and yet Sam can walk. This being the case, it doesn't seem impossible for him to have fathered a child during a leap and does not go against canon in suggesting he did.
10th May 2007
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Corrected entry: Though Pedott the street peddler sells his trinkets to several people in the bar, no one ever gives (or even offers) him any money. (00:07:00)
Correction: In the first bar scene and several other scenes, we see that Pedott is purposely giving his trinkets away, explicitly saying that there's "no charge tonight". It's easily understood that he's not charging for the goods he provides as they're "what they need".
10th Jun 2008
The High Chaparral (1967)
To Stand for Something More - S3-E6
Corrected entry: When he falls into the water, Blue's hat flies off and floats to the middle of the pond. He never wades out after it, but somehow it reappears beside him just in time for him to put it on and climb ashore. (00:15:00)
Correction: The thing in the middle of the pond was already there in previous shot and is not his hat.
14th Jan 2008
Monk (2002)
Mr. Monk Bumps His Head - S4-E11
Corrected entry: Debbie's pet bird is called a parakeet, but it's a much larger exotic bird. It's unlike Monk, whose other OCD eccentricities and obscure knowledge are in full force despite his amnesia, not to know the difference. Monk may not know every rare species by name, but parakeets (aka budgerigars) are household pets common enough that anyone would know Debbie's bird isn't one. Monk definitely would have known.
Correction: The term parakeet is used to describe any small-medium parrot species, like Debbie's bird, not just the commonly owned household budgerigar. Monk's identification was correct.
27th May 2008
The High Chaparral (1967)
Corrected entry: The dead soldier is still holding the coin with which Manolito paid him for the horse. But when the camera pulls in close, it becomes apparent that the "coin" is actually a blank disc. (00:30:00)
Correction: The coin is not blank. It appears to be a Mexican gold coin.
26th Feb 2008
Daydream Believers: The Monkees' Story (2000)
Corrected entry: The song "All of Your Toys" is said in this film to have been released on the "Headquarters" album. It was recorded during the "Headquarters" session, but due to a copyright dispute, was dropped from the album before its release.
Correction: Nowhere is it implied that "All of Your Toys" made it onto the "Headquarters" LP. Many songs were recorded, with some featured in the show that were never initially released, or were re-recorded for release later. Most have since seen release as bonus tracks or on rarities collections.
14th Nov 2011
Star Trek (1966)
The City on the Edge of Forever - S1-E29
Corrected entry: After extinguishing the fire, Spock pulls a large vacuum tube out of the primitive computer power supply he's constructed on the bed. When the shot changes, the tube is back in place again. (00:30:00)
5th Jan 2009
I Love Lucy (1951)
The Ballet - S1-E19
Corrected entry: Just after Lucy does her ballet "audition" for Ricky, the microphone dips into the shot above their heads. (00:05:00)
Correction: No microphone can be seen dipping into view at the top of the screen in this scene.
20th Oct 2011
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2003)
Corrected entry: When McGee finds the baseball bat in the woods, he's bare-handed. In the next shot, he's wearing latex gloves on both hands. (00:17:00)
16th Feb 2006
Star Trek (1966)
The Return of the Archons - S1-E22
Corrected entry: As Kirk and co. carries O'Neil out of the alley, the supposedly unconscious woman in the black dress moves her foot out of the way as they pass. (00:18:05)
Correction: The unconscious woman's foot did move, but not on her own - other cast members' feet caught and moved hers as they were exiting the scene.
This is incorrect. While the actors DO move her foot, once they've gone, she can be seen repositioning it herself.
11th Apr 2006
The Prisoner (1967)
Corrected entry: Everyone in the Village is supposed to have a number instead of a name. Yet, Tom Cobb, the ex-agent Number 6 recognizes in the medical ward, is for some reason an exception. Number 2, the doctor, Number 4 and Number 6 himself all call the man Cobb.
Correction: Numbers are used to conceal prisoners' identities. Number 6 recognises Cobb from the outside world, after which there's no point in anybody calling him anything else.
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Correction: When the baddies climb out from the Batmobile's trunk, the trunk is open at 00:17:43. Then we don't even see the trunk again until 00:19:54, when the brawl breaks out, and Robin jumps atop the Batmobile and slams the trunk closed.
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