Factual error: Mark Slate's hidden spy camera sure is sophisticated. It cuts to close-ups, pans, zooms, and even edits the live picture, all by itself. (00:05:15)
Jean G
25th Jun 2006
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
25th Jun 2006
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
The Off Broadway Affair - S3-E10
Plot hole: U.N.C.L.E.'s pen communicators worked much like modern cell phones: when one agent called another, they "rang" with a 2-tone signal. For some reason in this episode, Solo's pen, which isn't on an open circuit, transmits Illya's voice without ringing first. It signals normally a few scenes later, though. (00:27:55 - 00:34:15)
23rd Jun 2006
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
The Deadly Toys Affair - S2-E9
Plot hole: Solo hopes that Elfie can fly the helicopter they're about to escape in. Why? It's a standard-issue helicopter: nothing special. Did both he and Illya, who've flown many 'copters in previous episodes, suddenly forget how? (00:46:50)
23rd Jun 2006
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
Other mistake: Waverly asks Illya to move the map on the display screen more to the left. Illya touches a button, and the map moves - to the right. (00:15:50)
23rd Jun 2006
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
The Deadly Toys Affair - S2-E9
Character mistake: Both on the superimposed title of Act II, and at the airport on the large printed sign attached to the animal carrier, the word aardvark is misspelled "aardvaark." (00:17:45 - 00:24:25)
23rd Jun 2006
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
The Deadly Toys Affair - S2-E9
Continuity mistake: Joanna learns from the hotel waiter that he saw Illya and a chambermaid going into the woods. But she later tells Illya that she saw him leaving with the girl, and goes on to describe the chambermaid - a person she never saw. (00:32:55)
22nd Jun 2006
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
The Deadly Toys Affair - S2-E9
Continuity mistake: The remote-controlled model plane with the explosive on board keeps changing colors between shots. It's yellow and blue at first, then yellow and red, and in one shot, it's red and white. (00:12:30)
22nd Jun 2006
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
Continuity mistake: During the fight in the secret vault, Illya's boots change color, from black to white (they're suddenly white in the close-up when the bad guy reaches out to trip him) and then back to black again. (00:43:20)
22nd Jun 2006
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
Continuity mistake: When Victoria orders everyone to put up their hands, Illya's left coat sleeve is covering his watch in full shots, but is several inches lower, exposing the watch, in all the close-ups. (00:45:15)
21st Jun 2006
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
Visible crew/equipment: In the sand dune fight in the teaser scene, Illya's stunt double's face is viewable as he jumps on his attacker and rolls down the slope. (00:03:25)
21st Jun 2006
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
Continuity mistake: Sophie throws a knife that hits Illya in the front of one leg. But when the camera angle widens, she's standing on a dune behind him, nowhere near the area from which the knife was thrown. (00:04:00)
21st Jun 2006
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
The King of Knaves Affair - S1-E13
Factual error: For a supposed language expert, Illya speaks very poor German. Entering the night club, he introduces himself with the line, "Ich bin Herr Strickland." That's terrible grammar. It should be, "Ich heisse Herr Strickland." (00:10:00)
21st Jun 2006
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
Factual error: Thrush lands a rather large private jet right next to its secret lab. In the Arabian desert. In the sand. Without a runway. (00:39:20)
19th Jun 2006
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
The Tigers are Coming Affair - S2-E8
Continuity mistake: The gag covering Suzanne's mouth changes position (the patterns on the cloth have shifted) when she gets up to kick the bad guys off the dock into the water. (00:44:40)
19th Jun 2006
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
The Tigers are Coming Affair - S2-E8
Revealing mistake: The underwater bomb, according to the bad guys' dialogue, is supposed to be triggered by a boat hitting a tripwire strung between two buoys. But it explodes when the boat is still several feet away from the buoys. (00:44:30)
19th Jun 2006
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
The Tigers are Coming Affair - S2-E8
Continuity mistake: Illya takes off his shoes before swimming across the river, but somehow has them back on again a few shots later. (00:27:45 - 00:29:10)
17th Jun 2006
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
The Re-Collector's Affair - S2-E6
Factual error: Posing as an art collector, Solo tells the Re-collectors that he owned a valuable painting looted 20 years ago by the Nazis during the war. Improbable at best, and oddly, they don't seem at all curious as to how the 30-something Solo might have afforded such a treasure when he'd have been 12-15 years old at the time. (00:08:45)
15th Jun 2006
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
The Foxes and Hounds Affair - S2-E4
Visible crew/equipment: In the cell, as the camera pans across to Solo at the door, the shadow of someone's hand slapping a large, rectangular shape can be seen on the wall. (00:34:00)
13th Jun 2006
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
The Ultimate Computer Affair - S2-E3
Revealing mistake: In the underground corridor, Illya knocks out a Thrush guard and then sits down to wait for Solo to turn off the electric beam blocking the way inside. Behind him, the "unconscious" guard moves his foot. (00:29:05)
12th Jun 2006
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
The Ultimate Computer Affair - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: The whipped cream covering Salty's arm and hand, as she holds the mini explosive pulled from the dessert, is very thick in the first shot of her, much thinner in the next, thicker again in the next, and almost completely gone in the last shot. (00:42:20 - 00:43:45)
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