Trivia: Elsbeth suspects that a "suicide" is actually a murder because the victim had recently used teeth whitening strips. This is similar to the last Columbo episode, "Columbo Likes the Nightlife", where the "suicide" victim has recently used mouthwash and trimmed his toenails. In each case they didn't believe a person would do those things right before taking his or her own life. Elsbeth also often turns around with "just one more thing" after walking away, just as Columbo often did.
Leicaman
8th Apr 2024
Elsbeth (2024)
21st Mar 2024
So Help Me Todd (2022)
Dial Margaret for Murder - S2-E4
Factual error: In Series 2 Episode 4 (Dial Margaret for Murder), Allison listens to Dick Frank's heart. She has her stethoscope in her ears backwards. As a physician, she would never do that.
21st Mar 2024
Bob Hearts Abishola (2019)
Character mistake: In Season 5, Episode 4 ("The Heart Attack Boys"), Abishola twice gives Christina an injection without swabbing her skin with alcohol. Abishola is an RN and would never make that mistake.
19th Mar 2024
All Creatures Great and Small (2020)
On a Wing and a Prayer - S4-E7
Character mistake: FO Woodham drops James in Darrowby. James gives a proper RAF salute (palm forward). Woodham responds with a US style salute (palm down).
19th Mar 2024
Night Court (2023)
Chips Ahoy - S2-E10
Revealing mistake: Flobert comes into the court carrying a bag of potatoes which would probably weigh 80 pounds. It must be a rather inaccurate prop because it moves like it only weighs about 15 pounds.
18th Mar 2024
Young Sheldon (2017)
Ants on a Log and a Cheating Winker - S7-E4
Other mistake: Sheldon (in the voice-over) says "it really brought what's his name and I closer together." The grammatically correct expression is "brought what's his name and ME closer together", and a stickler like Sheldon would not make that mistake.
8th Mar 2024
Vegas: The Story of Sin City (2024)
Revealing mistake: We see Caesar's Palace in 1966. There are 1970s and 1980s cars in the driveway.
8th Mar 2024
Vegas: The Story of Sin City (2024)
Factual error: In Episode 1 we see a view of the Vegas strip labelled 1956. We see several more recent cars including a 1963 Cadillac Fleetwood.
7th Mar 2024
Caddyshack (1980)
Revealing mistake: No one dressed as Tony D'Annunzio could swing a golf club, and the "swing" he does produce wouldn't send a ball very far.
6th Mar 2024
The Boss' Wife (1986)
Revealing mistake: When Louise pulls off Joel's trousers, we see that he is wearing briefs under his boxers.
2nd Mar 2024
Fargo (2014)
Character mistake: Deputy Olmstead says to Lorraine Lyon, "You think that you're rich 'cause you're better than me." Surely, the line should have been "You think that you're better than me 'cause you're rich."
Suggested correction: No, she actually does mean Lorraine thinks she is rich because she is better than her. And to her, anyone who is not rich is therefore less, or else they would be rich too. It's the same type of thinking but with a different approach as what you suggest. It's about privilege.
Interesting. I can see it either way. Thanks for the thought.
29th Feb 2024
The Conners (2018)
Other mistake: When Bev boards the train, there is a yellow ramp from the platform to the car. It is never removed, but isn't there when the train begins to move.
26th Feb 2024
Young Sheldon (2017)
A Roulette Wheel and a Piano Playing Dog - S7-E2
Character mistake: Sheldon likes his pretzel and says "Ich bin ein Heidelberger." He makes the same mistake President Kennedy made when he said "Ich bin ein Berliner", which means "I am a jelly donut." The correct German is "Ich bin Berliner" or "Ich bin Heidelberger."
5th Feb 2024
Children Ruin Everything (2022)
Character mistake: In Season 3, Episode 10 (Careers), Leonard admits to being a beginner at bicycling. Then, he proves it by having his helmet mirror on the wrong side.
24th Jan 2024
Magnum Force (1973)
Continuity mistake: In the front view of the pimpmobile crossing the Golden Gate Bridge, we see that the door mirror has a shroud. This is the correct mirror for that car. Then, we see the pimp looking through the mirror at the traffic following him. That mirror has no shroud - it is the wrong mirror for that car and does not match the view we saw from the front of the car.
22nd Jan 2024
Columbo (1971)
Other mistake: When Columbo is examining the crashed Jaguar, we see silvery tape around the opening where the smashed headlight had been. The tape shouldn't be there.
22nd Jan 2024
Columbo (1971)
Continuity mistake: There are several views of Uncle Jarvis in his (beautiful) Bentley S2 Continental from the front. We see the inside rear-view mirror, and it is correct. When we see him spot the police behind him through the mirror, it is a different mirror and not the correct one for that car.
11th Jan 2024
Columbo (1971)
Short Fuse - S1-E7
Plot hole: We are told several times that the road to the mountain house is very narrow and difficult to negotiate. How did the very large crane get there so quickly to lift the bodies after the crash?
5th Jan 2024
The Goldbergs (2013)
Uptown Boy - S10-E20
Factual error: Adam kicks the wheel chock from the pickup truck, and it starts to roll back. Based on the ease and speed of the truck rolling, the chock would have been firmly stuck against the tire and would not have moved when Adam kicked it.
20th Dec 2023
Mayday (2003)
Other mistake: The voice-over mentions a DC10 almost hitting an Airbus. The plane shown has two engines - a DC10 has 3 engines.
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