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Fire in the Sky - S3-E1

Continuity mistake: Deacon and Chris chase and locate their target who is hiding under a desk wearing a jacket over his shirt. The jacket is tight around him yet when Deacon shoots him with the taser, the jacket has opened fully, exposing his entire shoulder where he is hit by the taser.

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Dirt - S1-E2

Continuity mistake: At breakfast the apple being cut for Camille as she poses a question to Adora is suddenly on her plate as the scene cuts to Adora's immediate reaction. (00:05:07)

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Satan's Witches - S3-E17

Continuity mistake: When Starsky and Hutch are driving up to Dobey's cabin, park near the lake, and then drive into town for supplies, the car's license plate is attached to the driver's side of the front bumper as it should be, but when they're in town the plate is now attached to the passenger side of the bumper, and it's not a flipped shot. At the end, when Hutch tells Starsky he wants to leave, the license plate is back where it should be.

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Episode #1.1 - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: Episode 1 - When the commissioner kisses his wife at the beginning of the first episode, he is holding the holstered gun in his left hand and his ID in the right hand. That's in the first shot, because his daughter enters the room bringing coffee, and now the two items swapped hand. (00:05:10)

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Camelot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When the first Guadalajara brother is shot, and his body is on the floor, you can see the blood on the glass. Two seconds later, in a close-up shot, it is missing, only to reappear a few seconds later.

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Black Sox - S1-E11

Continuity mistake: When the detectives are in pursuit in the alley, they are followed by a police car. In all shots from the front it has its blue lights on, while they are off in all shots from the rear.

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Paper Orphans - S1-E9

Continuity mistake: The team is in their plane with 3 digital clocks on the wall. The clock on the right jumps from 4:x:x to 22:x:x in the next scene which happens within minutes, and then back to 21:x:x.

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Episode #1.1 - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When David meets the Home Secretary for the first time outside her car, he is wearing a grey shirt. In the next scene (in the lobby) his shirt is white, before turning grey again later.

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The Dramatist - S2-E1

Continuity mistake: Jack rushes in at night to save Kate who has been drugged by the evil professor. Jack resuscitates her and calls an ambulance. When the ambulance leaves it is bright daylight.

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Episode #2.6 - S2-E6

Continuity mistake: When Denton looks up Alex Campbell's vehicle registration, it says "AP08 00G" on the computer screen. When she goes to where the vehicle is, the registration is "AP08 0DG."

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Checkmate - S2-E19

Continuity mistake: In Season 2, Episode 19 ("Checkmate"): Detectives Torres and Moreno respond to a radio call reporting gunfire at 300 East 85th Street, which they acknowledge. We then see the suspect exit the building and escape in a car, and the detectives run unto the same building a few seconds later. The building number however is 237, not 300. (00:33:35)

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Chapter Five - S1-E5

Continuity mistake: When Sister Alice is preaching with the man in the wheelchair is on stage, the way she holds her Bible changes in between shots. For example, after she lists those who were there, her hand is on the Bible but it's closed around her hand. In the next shot, it's closed, and she's holding it on the side. Then it's fully open.

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Eilu v' Eilu - S1-E10

Continuity mistake: When Jonah confronts Meyer after the death of the surgeon, Meyer's holding a drink in his left hand as he turns to face Jonah. The shot changes angle and the drink is suddenly in his right. (00:48:40)

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Season 1 generally

Continuity mistake: Emma falls off the roof and into a water butt when she is being chased by the villains, the police pull her out and she is soaking wet. A few seconds later she screams when the villain catches Nicola, and when they fall through the roof she is dry.

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Sharkbait - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: To beat the traffic, Coop skateboards inside a construction pipe. The pipe is on the back of a truck, so it's not exactly very long, and gets picked up by a crane arm mounted on the truckbed itself. However, Coop takes ages to come out of the pipe, and in the shot from inside the pipe it looks as if is dozens of meters above the street level, which isn't. (00:08:00)

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