Continuity mistake: When Knowle Rohrer is talking with Agent Doggett face to face in a separate room about the super-soldier project, he is wearing a red FBI badge, but in the previous scene when he came to visit Doggett, he was wearing a regular FBI badge. (00:08:40)
Chop Luftmysza
10th Aug 2017
The X-Files (1993)
10th Aug 2017
The X-Files (1993)
Continuity mistake: When Agent Reyes and Agent Scully are talking about mood music, in some shots Reyes rests her hand on the bed's backrest, while in other shots she firmly grabs it. (00:14:45)
10th Aug 2017
The X-Files (1993)
Continuity mistake: When Agent Reyes is aiming at the oncoming car of a ranger, in the front shot the windscreen of the car is completely covered with dirt and fully opaque, while filmed from the ranger's side the windscreen seems to be transparent and relatively clean. (00:17:00)
13th Jul 2017
The X-Files (1993)
Nothing Important Happened Today II (2) - S9-E2
Factual error: Deputy Director Alvin Kersh tells Agent Doggett a story about King George III, who, on July 4th, 1776, the same day the American colonies declared their independence, allegedly made an entry in his diary: "Nothing important happened today." However, according to Arnold Hunt, curator at the British Library, King George III never kept a diary. (00:37:15)
13th Jul 2017
The X-Files (1993)
Nothing Important Happened Today II (2) - S9-E2
Factual error: After a short examination of Shannon McMahon with a stethoscope and blood pressure meter Scully definitely claims that physically Shannon is absolutely normal. However, this type of examination cannot reveal any of Shannon's supernatural abilities. In order to prove or disprove that Shannon is a supersoldier, Scully could only examine if she could breathe underwater. (00:19:55)
13th Jul 2017
The X-Files (1993)
Nothing Important Happened Today II (2) - S9-E2
Continuity mistake: After entering the room with the water tank Agent Doggett has dived into, the Assistant Director Brad Follmer screams "Doggett!", while in the same scene in the "Nothing Important Happened Today I" episode he screams "Agent Doggett!" (00:03:35)
7th Jun 2017
The X-Files (1993)
Improbable - S9-E13
Revealing mistake: When Scully is examining the body of Vicky Louise Burdick, the dead woman moves her eyeballs. (00:22:50)
23rd May 2017
The X-Files (1993)
Trust No 1 - S9-E6
Revealing mistake: When Doggett visits Scully in Quantico and interrupts her pathology class, the cadaver left on the table blinks his eyes at least twice. (00:28:25)
23rd May 2017
The X-Files (1993)
Trust No 1 - S9-E6
Continuity mistake: When Scully reads the alleged printout of the email sent to her by Mulder, it says: "Dearest Dana: I've resisted contacting you for reasons I know you appreciate...I want to come home, to you, to William", but when Scully has previously viewed this message in the internet café, it had a different form: "I've resisted contacting you for reasons I know you continue to appreciate...I want to come home. To you, and to William." (00:06:05)
23rd May 2017
The X-Files (1993)
Visible crew/equipment: In the final scene of the episode, when the camera goes up, its shadow can be seen on the left side of the screen. (00:42:15)
28th Apr 2017
The X-Files (1993)
Visible crew/equipment: When Ben Drake is walking in front of the paintings in his office, for a short moment one can see the camera setup and the cameraman reflected off the first painting. (00:01:40)
28th Apr 2017
The X-Files (1993)
Other mistake: When Jerry Lamana goes up in the elevator in the Eurisko building, the "thirteen floor" message is missing. (00:20:55)
28th Apr 2017
The X-Files (1993)
Continuity mistake: During the conversation with Mulder, in the front shot the Deep Throat tilts his head to the left while in the back shot his head is tilted to the right. (00:26:10)
28th Apr 2017
The X-Files (1993)
Continuity mistake: When Scully enters her apartment, the blinds are up and there is quite a lot of light in the room. However, when the flashback with Mulder ends, during which Scully was supposedly standing still, the shades are rolled down and there is much less light in the room. (00:20:30)
28th Apr 2017
The X-Files (1993)
Empedocles - S8-E17
Continuity mistake: When the fiery figure comes up to Jeb, he is standing alone on the street, however in the previous and following take he stands in the crowd surrounded by other people. (00:02:15)
28th Apr 2017
The X-Files (1993)
Continuity mistake: In the opening scene, when the guy is calling from the booth, he is standing either on the left or right side of it, depending on the shot. (00:00:40)
5th Apr 2017
The X-Files (1993)
Factual error: According to the NASA space shuttle launch countdown procedure, the close-out crew retreats to fallback area in the "T-3 hours and counting" phase. The members of the crew are the last persons who leave the launch pad at least 20 minutes before liftoff. However, during the close-up take of the main engines, when the ground control says "All systems go for APU start", we can see two members of the ground personnel in orange suits near the engines. (00:12:40)
5th Apr 2017
The X-Files (1993)
Revealing mistake: When George gets out of the car, one can hear strong gusts of wind produced by the coming storm, but trees and bushes do not move at all. (00:00:50)
5th Apr 2017
The X-Files (1993)
Revealing mistake: When the detective speaks with the undertaker, on the left side of the screen the place where the smoke is produced is visible. (00:21:35)
3rd Apr 2017
The X-Files (1993)
Continuity mistake: While Mulder and Scully are in the woods, in some shots it is raining, while in others there is no sign of the rain. (00:21:00 - 00:23:15)
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