Continuity mistake: "Night of the Bubbling Death": When Grigsby first approaches the stolen U.S. Constitution, it's under glass (we can see the light reflections). But seconds later he lifts the paper without removing the glass, which has disappeared. It's back later, when West must cut it to retrieve the document. (00:09:10 - 00:36:30)
Jean G
26th Oct 2006
The Wild Wild West (1965)
26th Oct 2006
The Avengers (1961)
Mission... Highly Improbable - S5-E24
Continuity mistake: When Steed begins cutting Mrs. Peel's bonds, they're black straps. When he finishes sawing through them, however, they've turned into ropes. (00:42:00)
26th Oct 2006
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
Continuity mistake: Danno kicks one of the bad guys out of the van, leaving the rear doors swinging open. But when the shot immediately cuts to an exterior view of the speeding van, the doors are tightly shut again. (00:35:00)
26th Oct 2006
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
Continuity mistake: Auston leaves the unconscious Dan Williams lying on his back. But in the next shot, Danno's lying on his side. Later, the seriously wounded Danno instantly changes positions between shots several more times, switching from face down to face up on the floor. (00:02:30 - 00:32:00)
26th Oct 2006
Robin of Sherwood (1984)
Revealing mistake: "Lord of the Trees": Gisburne and his soldiers gallop into Sherwood, chasing Robin and Little John. In the background, to the right of the path, there's a large and very un-medieval concrete structure visible, jutting up over a grassy mound. (00:26:05)
26th Oct 2006
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
Continuity mistake: Stoner strikes Danno across the right cheek. But in the next shot, he's bleeding from the left corner of his mouth. (00:29:15)
25th Oct 2006
The Wild Wild West (1965)
The Night of the Bubbling Death - S3-E1
Continuity mistake: When West breaks into the hacienda, the double windows he enters by have quite a bit of glowing light behind them. Yet when he climbs into the room, it's completely dark inside. (00:22:00)
25th Oct 2006
The Wild Wild West (1965)
Revealing mistake: "Night of the Bubbling Death": Artemus takes off his coat and is wearing smoke canisters strapped to his back underneath. But the close fit of his jacket in previous shots reveals that the device wasn't there until just before he began removing the coat. (00:43:15)
25th Oct 2006
The Wild Wild West (1965)
Continuity mistake: "Night of the Bubbling Death": West uses a glass cutter to retrieve the US Constitution, which was lying flat under a covering sheet of glass. But when he reaches in and pulls the document free, it is no longer flat, but is rolled up. (00:36:15)
23rd Oct 2006
The Fugitive (1963)
Last Second of a Big Dream - S2-E30
Continuity mistake: The tiger claw scars on the major's face disappear, reappear, and change configuration throughout the episode. (00:36:20)
23rd Oct 2006
The Wild Wild West (1965)
Continuity mistake: "Night of the Bubbling Death": The dust left on West's jacket after the fight changes patterns several times, then disappears altogether when he enters the building. A shot of his feet shows us that his formerly dusty boots also polished themselves. (00:04:00)
23rd Oct 2006
The Fugitive (1963)
Last Second of a Big Dream - S2-E30
Continuity mistake: Kimble is locked in a tiger cage with a waffle-pattern wire mesh. But when he asks the major for help and the shot cuts to a close-up, Kimble is behind ordinary vertical bars, and the mesh has disappeared. (00:37:20)
21st Oct 2006
The Wild Wild West (1965)
The Night of the Flying Pie Plate - S2-E6
Continuity mistake: At the end, the wagon tailgate falls open during the scuffle with the bad guys. When West fights his way to the front and drives the wagon away, the tailgate has somehow tied itself up again. (00:48:00)
21st Oct 2006
The Wild Wild West (1965)
The Night of the Flying Pie Plate - S2-E6
Revealing mistake: After they're carried inside and placed in chairs, one of the "unconscious" women moves her arm into a more comfortable position. (00:33:00)
20th Oct 2006
The Fugitive (1963)
Continuity mistake: Throughout the show's early episodes, Helen Kimble's dress on the night she was murdered was described as blue or blue-gray. Here, in the flashback to the murder, she's wearing an evening gown that isn't blue or gray, but pink. (00:27:45)
20th Oct 2006
The Fugitive (1963)
Continuity mistake: In flashback, we see the one-armed man kill Helen Kimble by striking her with a heavy lamp. All through the earlier seasons, though, we were repeatedly told that Helen had been strangled. (00:28:50)
19th Oct 2006
The Fugitive (1963)
Moon Child - S2-E22
Continuity mistake: Kimble orders coffee and a bowl of chili from the diner's owner, George. But George serves him a glass of water with the chili, and never does bring the coffee. Later, when the sheriff arrives and wants Kimble's dishes to get fingerprints, a cup of coffee mysteriously appears next to the bowl of chili. (00:02:50 - 00:10:30)
19th Oct 2006
Quantum Leap (1989)
Mirror Image - August 8, 1953 - S5-E22
Audio problem: During Sam's conversation with the bearded Russian miner, each of them plainly mouths the word "stone," but for some reason, the word is both times dubbed over with "slate." (00:33:10)
19th Oct 2006
The Fugitive (1963)
Revealing mistake: Matt Mooney pulls open the freight car's door, and we can see the swiftly passing landscape outside, but not a hair on his head is disturbed by the wind. Rear screen projections don't generate much of a breeze. (00:10:05)
19th Oct 2006
Quantum Leap (1989)
Mirror Image - August 8, 1953 - S5-E22
Continuity mistake: When Sam tells Al the bartender that he knows another Al who uses the term "caca," Al leans over toward him to say, "Common expression." The camera angle reverses, and Al is abruptly not leaning any more, but standing back from the bar in his earlier position. (00:16:25)
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