Continuity mistake: In the scene where Mackey is cooking a BBQ during his family's pool party, keep an eye on Ronnie (who is mainly to the left of the screen, wearing a burgundy polo and khaki shorts). When Vic is asked whether his son could keep a spider in his room, Ronnie squats behind a woman and hands her a drink. When Vic wife then says "if that thing gets loose" Ronnie is shown handing the woman the same drink. Also about a minute after this, when Terry is telling Vic about how he wants to join the team, over the duration of their conversation, Ronnie is seen squatting beside the same woman three times in a row. (00:32:00)
Continuity mistake: When Claudette, Danni, Julien and Wagenbach are at the overturned churro cart crime scene, Claudette is seen pulling a pair of white gloves from her pocket. The gloves then disappear from her hands in a wide shot of her talking to Julien about the crime scene, but reappear in the next shot. (00:16:45)
The Spread - S1-E3
Visible crew/equipment: When Vic asks Wagenbach to take Connie to a hospital, Wagenbach is seated at his desk and as he stands he swivels to his right. Very obvious cameraman and camera behind Wagenbach here. (00:03:35)
The Spread - S1-E3
Visible crew/equipment: Danni and Julien are seen escorting Tomas through a set of double glass doors in order to process him. In the reflection of the right door is a very distinguishable silhouette of a camera. (00:11:40)
Continuity mistake: When Claudette questions Wagenbach's motives for helping Danni with the Sergeant's exam, she is flicking through some papers with both hands. As Wagenbach walks behind her, her hands are now occupied with a pen and a half eaten sandwich. This transition happens almost instantly. (00:07:40)
Pay in Pain - S1-E7
Audio problem: When Mackey is interrogating Leon the camera is pointed at Mackey as he asks Leon "why are you and the other shop owners all telling the same lie?" The camera then switches over Mackey's right shoulder so we can see Leon's reaction to Mackey's question. Look closely at Mackey's mouth in this shot, you can see him mouthing the exact words that he just spoke.
Continuity mistake: When a father and his son are in the interrogation room with Vic and Claudette, the father starts hitting his son after realising he was involved in drugs again. Vic begins to intervene, and is seen behind the son with his right arm over the son's right shoulder. He begins to pull the son away to their left, when suddenly Vic is in between both father and son with his arms spread out, keeping them apart. (00:26:50)
Continuity mistake: After Vic and Shane try the "smoke-out" and the suspect flees, Vic begins chase. When the suspect is climbing a wooden gate to escape Vic, Vic crashes through the gate and tackles the suspect. Watch as Vic crashes through the gate, the gate swings open to its left, is intact, and still attached to its hinges. In the next shot Vic and the felon have both landed on the gate, which somehow is underneath them both. Also, when Vic falls, he falls on the victim's right side with their backs facing toward the camera. After the shot change, they are now on the gate, and facing opposite to how they should be. (00:10:10)
Visible crew/equipment: A crew member is visible holding a boom mic in the reflection of the parking enforcement officer's vehicle as the camera pans from left to right of screen. Immediately after the officer tells Dutch "...took her to Mission Cross." (00:10:50)
Visible crew/equipment: Julien is escorting Tomas out of The Barn, they pass through a set of double doors and talk. This shot is filmed though the glass of these doors. To the the right of screen appears a camera lens and part of a cameraman's arm. After the shot changes, the new shot is being filmed from this camera. (00:16:30)
Visible crew/equipment: Shane and Vic are talking with Kern Little in his recording studio. When they talk in a confined hallway, look closely in between Kern and Shane's heads as the men shuffle in their positions. There is a reflection of a boom mic that sways from left to right. (00:17:10)
Visible crew/equipment: During Vic and Shane's interrogation with a young man wearing a red shirt with a large number two on it, Shane is standing with his arms out and both of his hands are on the edge of table. There are a series of camera shots taken from underneath Shane's arms. In two of these shots, you can see both of Shane's hands on the table, yet another hand appears in the top left of the screen. It seems the cameraman is trying to shield the sunlight from his eyes/the camera. (00:32:20)
Continuity mistake: When the wife begins to slap her husband's body and face repeatedly after discovering he slept with a child, the man's facial expression changes instantly between shots. First it is expressionless, then he begins to grimace and bare his teeth, and then instantly his face is expressionless again. (00:36:20)
Breakpoint - S2-E12
Visible crew/equipment: Vic begins to question William about his son. After a while William becomes agitated and tries to leave the room, but Vic cuts him off. At this point at the bottom right of screen, a camera and the cameraman's elbow are in view. (00:30:10)
Visible crew/equipment: During the scene where the strike team is outside on the sidewalk discussing the money train, there is a crew member about 2 feet behind Lem, visible over his left shoulder, face clear as day. (00:01:25)
Visible crew/equipment: After Vic hears the news that Aceveda is firing Danni, Vice talks to him upstairs in his office. After they've finished talking, as Aceveda is about to open the door to leave the room, there is a silhouette of a boom mic reflected in the glass door. (00:36:10)
Visible crew/equipment: As Vic is about to sit down to talk to Claudette about their issues, there is a piece of equipment (camera or boom mic) reflected in the window in the background. (00:37:10)
Visible crew/equipment: Dutch and Claudette are watching an interrogation video of the Margos with Armin Chorekian. Just before the scene changes, the boom mic bobs down into the shot above Armins' head for a split second. (00:14:40)
Bottom Bitch - S3-E3
Visible crew/equipment: When Dutch is talking to the rape suspect in the bathroom, a bespectacled head appears above one of the stalls in the mirror. (00:20:56)
Continuity mistake: During the fight scene between Shane and Tavon, the stereo speakers get knocked off the shelf. After they crash into the wall, and a picture falls off, they tackle each other and fall to the ground. As they tackle each other, we get a shot of the floor at the bottom of the shelf and there are no speakers there. Later when Mara comes into the room, as she picks up the iron, the speakers are visible in the background. (00:40:40)
