The Shield

The Shield (2002)

9 mistakes in season 2

(9 votes)

Dominoes Falling - S2-E13

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)

AngryBird

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)

AngryBird

Inferno - S2-E11

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)

AngryBird

Inferno - S2-E11

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)

AngryBird

Inferno - S2-E11

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)

AngryBird

Dead Soldiers - S2-E2

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)

AngryBird

Dominoes Falling - S2-E13

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)

Inferno - S2-E11

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)

AngryBird

David Aceveda: You're going to free a murderer so his mob boss can kill him?
Shane Vendrell: It sounded a lot better the way Vic explained it.

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