Convictions - S7-E2
Character mistake: In the previous episode, Bernice was arrested because the police thought she was Jimmy's client, and Eugene wouldn't allow him to refute that, since it would reveal the true kidnapper, their client, is still out there. In this episode, with Jimmy now representing Bernice, he admits in court she wasn't his client, but despite Eugene's concerns the cops don't put two and two together and continue to pressure Jimmy to reveal the real kidnapper, who resolves the story herself by coming forward.
Plot hole: A kidnapper who raised her victim hires Jimmy to tell the mother the girl is OK. Jimmy is subpoenaed to reveal the kidnapper, which he'd be allowed to do for an ongoing crime. He beats it by giving an impassioned speech about the sanctity of not violating attorney-client privilege under any circumstances. That's rich considering that in season 6 Jimmy violated a much more rock-solid privilege in the case regarding the boy who had a brain aneurysm. Yet no one ever brings up the prior incident.
Continuity mistake: When Sheila Carlisle has hanged the dead head up on the wall of Eugene's office, they are all looking at it and the eyes are looking straight in to the room. Later in the episode, the eyes are looking more to the right.
Continuity mistake: During the pre-trial hearing between Frutt and Lowe, Frutt's hair alternates between being back off her shoulders to down over her left/right side. She at no time uses her hands to move the hair.
Honor Code - S6-E7
Plot hole: In the previous episode, when Jimmy offers to apologise to everyone about stealing money to pay back gambling debts, Eugene tells him not to, since if the other firm members found out they'd be obligated to report the theft, which could endanger the firm. This episode, Eugene justifies reporting Jimmy to the bar for saving the boy's life against the client's orders by shouting about Jimmy's gambling theft in front of all the firm members whom he previously said he didn't want to know about it.
Deliberate mistake: A witness during the murder trial says she was home watching "Boston Public." That series was also created by David E. Kelley, but takes place in the same fictional reality as "The Practice," as evidenced by the two series having a two-part crossover earlier in the season in which Ellenor defended a coach from being fired.
Continuity mistake: Scott Wallace says his wife's life insurance policy was renewed around May, which ADA Richard Bay says was a month before her death. However, the videotape of Scott's supposed confession is dated Sept. 1999. Much of the argument over if the tape can be admitted as evidence is about Scott's emotion not being a confession, but grief over his wife's death being too recent, implying only hours or days had passed. Bay's statement of the timing would thus date the tape for June 1999, not Sept.
Character mistake: While testifying during his murder trial, George Vogelman says that he's gone on dates but has never been in a relationship. However, when he sued Ellenor during season 2's "Sex, Lies and Monkeys," he says they discussed his first marriage and his kids, which contradicts his later testimony. While it's certainly possible he could have been lying about having a family, that would mean he was lying to Ellenor about it, but as his lawyer, she takes him at his word as if he didn't have a history of lying.
