Factual error: Ryan, the laboratory technician, eats his lunch of burger and fries while discussing a murder case with Assistant D.A. Claire Kincaid. Trouble is, they are in his laboratory. No lab technician ever, ever eats or drinks in a laboratory - it is the most basic lab protocol imaginable. He could contaminate his samples in any one of a hundred ways, he inevitably contaminates his gloves or fingers with residue from his meal and he risks poisoning himself with accidental transfer. This is not a character error - lab security is hammered into science students starting with the first day of first year and number one on the list is never, ever eat or drink in your lab.
Law & Order (1990)
Episode list - season 18
| All season 18 mistakes | Mistakes | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Called Home | 1 |
| 2 | Darkness | 0 |
| 3 | Misbegotten | 0 |
| 4 | Bottomless | 0 |
| 5 | Driven | 0 |
| 6 | Political Animal | 0 |
| 7 | Quit Claim | 1 |
| 8 | Illegal | 0 |
| 9 | Executioner | 1 |
| 10 | Tango | 0 |
| 11 | Betrayal | 0 |
| 12 | Submission | 0 |
| 13 | Angelgrove | 0 |
| 14 | Burn Card | 0 |
| 15 | Bogeyman | 0 |
| 16 | Strike | 0 |
| 17 | Personae Non Grata | 1 |
| 18 | Excalibur | 0 |
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Question: In one of the court scenes it states the date as the 26th of December. Upon a bit of searching it doesn't seem to fall as a holiday in the New York Supreme Court holidays calendar. While the day is generally observed as a holiday in many countries I am not sure about whether it is observed in any states of the United States?
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Chosen answer: December 25 is observed and some places close on the 24 (or just close early). The 26th is a normal work day.
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