Origin of the Mandarin - S1-E7
Continuity mistake: When Iron Man is telling Rhodey and Hawkeye to ride shotgun with him, Rhodey is wearing his War Machine helmet. When the shot changes, Rhodey is putting the helmet on. (00:04:36)
Origin of the Mandarin - S1-E7
Continuity mistake: When Iron Man is engaging Blacklash, there is nothing around Blacklash. When the shot changes, one of the legs of Tony Stark's Wildcatter is suddenly next to Blacklash. (00:02:31)
Origin of the Mandarin - S1-E7
Continuity mistake: When Mandarin is explaining why he agrees with Justin Hammer's goal, his long fingernails are missing. (00:01:33)
Enemy Within, Enemy Without - S1-E6
Continuity mistake: When Iron Man blasts a crater into the ground for Grey Gargoyle to fall into, the walls of the crater change from yellowish-gray to orange when the shot changes. (00:18:45)
Enemy Within, Enemy Without - S1-E6
Continuity mistake: When Alana is grabbing the tree branch to break it off, her hands are suddenly closer together when the shot changes, and the branch itself has a different shape to it. (00:12:38)
Enemy Within, Enemy Without - S1-E6
Continuity mistake: When Iron Man is telling MODOK that he had control of the failsafe systems the whole time, MODOK's mouth is hanging open. When the shot changes, he is only showing teeth. When the shot changes yet again, his mouth is now closed. (00:11:21)
Enemy Within, Enemy Without - S1-E6
Continuity mistake: The two men that Grey Gargoyle turned to stone early in the episode are in different positions when they are shown again about midway through the episode. (00:03:44 - 00:10:00)
Enemy Within, Enemy Without - S1-E6
Continuity mistake: When Hawkeye is saying to MODOK "What makes you think we'd cut a deal with you," he is holding him by both wrists. When the shot changes, they are suddenly separated. (00:08:38)
Enemy Within, Enemy Without - S1-E6
Continuity mistake: When MODOK has infiltrated Iron Man's lab and is greeted by the heroes, they are shown with a corridor behind them. A couple of shots later, they are now standing outside. (00:08:05)
Enemy Within, Enemy Without - S1-E6
Continuity mistake: When Tony is going over battle plans with the rest of the team, Hawkeye's gloves alternate between being entirely blue and having a square section missing from them in which the back of his hand is visible, which itself alternates between being on one glove or the other. (00:06:14)
Enemy Within, Enemy Without - S1-E6
Continuity mistake: When Rhodey is looking at the 3D map inside his boat, Scarlet Witch's hands are bare, despite wearing gloves in previous shots. (00:02:35)
Enemy Within, Enemy Without - S1-E6
Continuity mistake: While battling the enemy ships at the beginning, Rhodey pierces the hull of one with a battering ram. When the shot changes, the tear in the hull is now missing. (00:01:59)
The Grim Reaper Wears a Teflon Coat - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: When Mandarin is departing in the Grim Reaper, he is the only one in the cockpit. Moments later when he is firing at Iron Man, MODOK is suddenly seated behind him. (00:18:20 - 00:19:05)
The Grim Reaper Wears a Teflon Coat - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: When Iron Man is chasing Mandarin as he is piloting the Grim Reaper, he flies over Mandarin's goons and nearly catches up to him. A couple of shots later, Iron Man is flying directly by Mandarin's goons again. (00:18:46)
The Grim Reaper Wears a Teflon Coat - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: After War Machine pulls Dreadknight off his horse, he holds him straight up in the air by his javelin, while Blacklash is running towards him. When the shot changes, War Machine is suddenly no longer holding the javelin. Additionally, the javelin changes color from white to gold. (00:15:50)
The Grim Reaper Wears a Teflon Coat - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: When Mandarin says to Iron Man "I'll melt you down for scrap," he is shown shooting an energy blast directly at Iron Man. When the shot changes, the energy blast is now going up towards the ceiling. (00:16:30)
The Grim Reaper Wears a Teflon Coat - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: When Tony Stark is suiting up after discovering how the Mandarin stole the Grim Reaper, he is doing so in his armory, which is a cylindrical room several stories tall. When he steps into his armor however, he is now in a lab area surrounded by equipment (as usual, the shot of him stepping into his armor is recycled from the show's Season 1 intro). (00:12:29 - 00:13:41)
The Grim Reaper Wears a Teflon Coat - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: When MODOK is approaching the village in the Grim Reaper, in the second shot, the area of the control stick between his index and middle fingers is the same purple color as his hands. (00:09:05)
The Grim Reaper Wears a Teflon Coat - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: When the committee chairman is pounding his gavel in the wideshot, the block is white. When the shot changes, the block is the same brown color as the gavel. (00:04:35)
The Grim Reaper Wears a Teflon Coat - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: In the opening scene, the air traffic controller that is standing up has a mustache, and his tie is solid black. When the shot changes, he is clean-shaven, and his tie has orange stripes on it. (00:01:03)
Answer: Gleaned from the Internet: Some critics criticized the premise of so many one-off battles that were introduced and concluded within one or two episodes. Others felt the first-season plot lines were overly simplistic and never progressed or developed through the season. Also, the rivalry between Iron Man and the Mandarin also failed to capture viewer's attention.
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