Trivia: When Jen gets the job offer in the bar, Ally McBeal is on the TV. That was added in post-production as a deliberate nod to one of the influences on this show.
Jon Sandys
25th Aug 2022
She-Hulk (2022)
18th Aug 2022
She-Hulk (2022)
A Normal Amount of Rage - S1-E1
Question: When talking about "geniuses in the family" at the start, Bruce says "there's also Ched", at least according to the subtitles. Is this another Banner cousin with Marvel ties, or just a random throwaway line?
Chosen answer: According to Marvel Cinematic Universe, Ched is a relative of Bruce Banner and Jennifer Walters. There is a character profile but with no additional information provided yet, nor is there much info online available elsewhere. This appears to be a new character that has yet to appear.
15th Aug 2022
Boston Legal (2004)
Character mistake: Lorraine mistakenly tells Denny to "call 999" instead of 911, and when asked about it by Katie, denies having ever spent time in the UK (later revealed to be a lie). But this isn't some high-pressure slip of the tongue, she's highly intelligent and has been in America for a decent length of time, is working hard to maintain her facade of being born and bred American, so there's no way she'd slip up over such an obvious thing.
7th Aug 2022
Boston Legal (2004)
Trivia: The footage of Denny Crane as a young man trying a case with his father comes from a TV play called "The Defender", broadcast live in 1957. The details of the case and trial are the same as referenced in this episode, and the title of this episode is a direct reference. One notable difference is that Joseph Gordon, here played by James Keane, was played by Steve McQueen in the original, who of course couldn't reprise his role.
3rd Aug 2022
Boston Legal (2004)
Other mistake: As Denny asks "did she sleep in your room?" Alan leaves Denny's hotel room, pulling the door behind him. The swinging door catch is in the closed position, sticking out from the door frame which would prevent the door from being able to shut - the shot cuts a fraction before impact and we hear the sound of the door closing anyway.
30th Jul 2022
The Gray Man (2022)
Trivia: Chris Evans refers to Ryan Gosling as a "Ken Doll." Gosling is playing the role of Ken in an upcoming Barbie movie.
30th Jul 2022
The Gray Man (2022)
Six: We need a ride. I call 'not trunk'.
23rd Jul 2022
Boston Legal (2004)
Trivia: Alan mentions networks even censoring their scripted shows - that's a pointed reference to the fact that ABC executives ordered any explicit references of Fox News to be removed from this episode.
22nd Jul 2022
The Orville (2017)
Trivia: The story Dolly Parton tells about injuring her toes as a child is true, and happened exactly as her hologram recounts here.
21st Jul 2022
Boston Legal (2004)
Hired Guns - S1-E10
Continuity mistake: As Denny walks out of his office after shooting the assailant, Sally moves to the doorway, hands by her sides. Shot cuts to further away and her hand is suddenly up by her mouth. (00:32:40)
21st Jul 2022
Boston Legal (2004)
Hired Guns - S1-E10
Denny Crane: I'm an ex-Marine! I was a trained sniper. Or was it a pilot?
12th Jul 2022
Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
Continuity mistake: The snacks Thor deposits on the table by Jane's bed change and move in following shots - in one shot the table is nearly empty.
12th Jul 2022
Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
Continuity mistake: The snacks that Darcy drops on the table by Jane repeatedly change and rearrange themselves in subsequent shots.
23rd Jun 2022
The Orville (2017)
Other mistake: This comes up in other sci-fi scenarios too - the shuttle is heading down to the planet's surface through heavy cloud cover/disturbances. Everyone acknowledges it'll be a bumpy ride, and the flight down is very fast and tense, trying to keep track of escorts, etc. But there's no need for it to be a fast entry. Their ships aren't aeroplanes which have a minimum speed and have to keep moving forwards. They could just hover and lower slowly through the clouds at a safe speed.
2nd Jun 2022
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Factual error: The radar guided SAMs are consistently evaded/triggered by the pilots' flares, which in reality only work against heat seeking missiles. Radar guided missiles would be defended against using chaff, basically clouds of aluminium foil strips. It was mentioned in some interviews they didn't want use chaff as it wouldn't really be visible for the audience - hence why they only deploy flares.
31st May 2022
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Trivia: "Darkstar" flies low over the ground and its wake tears the roof off a shack. The roof wasn't actually meant to come off, but it looked so good and fit the scene so well they used that take.
30th May 2022
The Blacklist (2013)
Helen Maghi (No. 172) - S9-E16
Factual error: Harold tells Raymond he'll repay the bail money, but given he's pleading guilty and fully intends to go along with required court appearances, etc, the bail money paid will be refunded - it's not like Raymond is out-of-pocket.
23rd May 2022
The Blacklist (2013)
Revealing mistake: Aram "hacks" an employee database via a company website - the code that's briefly visible on screen (slo-mo helps but isn't required) is just standard HTML that lays out a web page, not server commands.
20th May 2022
The Transporter (2002)
Plot hole: Inspector Tarconi visits Frank with suspicions, leaves, and only about 30 seconds later a rocket hits Frank's house with associated gunfire and more explosions. Tarconi can barely have made it to the end of the road, but somehow doesn't hear any of this going on.
17th May 2022
The Flash (2014)
Continuity mistake: When Iris is showing Frost's mother the obituary, in a shot facing the mother she's holding the folder open, then after she says "it feels cold", the shot changes to behind her and the folder is instantly shut.
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Answer: This is answered in the second episode, where we meet Ched who's clearly not a genius. Given this first episode was originally written as the penultimate one of the series, and tweaked as the premiere later, it makes more sense why that line might be a throwaway by Bruce, given if it was episode 8 as intended the audience would already have met Ched and understand how he's not being remotely serious.