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Fall - S3-E9

Revealing mistake: When Kim is leaving Gatwood Oil and realises her car is stuck in the dirt, the car is still in park. No wonder it's not going anywhere.

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Lavando el carro del Sr. Barriga - S4-E4

Revealing mistake: When everyone is fighting with the water buckets, Don Ramón (Raymond) throws water at Quico. Doña Florinda (Mrs. Worthmore) chases Don Ramón inside the neighborhood. When Quico was about to throw water at Chavo, inside the door, the shadow of Don Ramón waiting for running so Quico can throw water at his mother. Plus, when Don Ramón and Doña Florinda runs outside the neighborhood, Doña Florinda is already covering herself in the last second before getting wet.

Miguel Campos

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Carrier - S1-E2

Revealing mistake: In the forensics lab Carol Wilson is saying to others that the rat caught on the ship is healthy. In the ensuing conversation the respirators they are wearing are so ill fitting as to be pointless - Carol's mask does not even touch her nose. (00:26:00 - 00:27:00)

M1CGP

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Point of No Return - S5-E13

Revealing mistake: In the second of two cases, a man who shot and killed his girlfriend is stopped by police. He is shown pointing his handgun out of the car window, but it is obvious that the barrel and recoil spring assembly of the gun have been removed. (00:41:03)

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A Twisting Snake - S1-E4

Revealing mistake: When the protagonist and Uncle Six battle on top of the escalator, Six gets thrown off, landing downstairs. Very much like a pro wrestling Irish whip, it's quite noticeable how the victim is running towards the move before he gets pulled, with a cut to try to hide the lack of any push from the other hand or forceful twist. (00:12:15)

Sammo

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Monstret - S1-E6

Revealing mistake: As the RCV enters the gravel field with the bomb, you can see a person in shorts walking casually in the background, despite the area being sealed off.

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Vigil of Fear - S6-E18

Revealing mistake: In the arcade the killer talks to his helper while playing a pinball machine. He plays very agitated and strongly. But if you look closer at the below end of the playfield you see that there is no ball and the flippers aren't moving. (00:23:50 - 00:24:48)

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Pilot - S1-E1

Revealing mistake: In the Batcave, the protagonist looks at the newspaper clipping about the death of her mother. The rightmost column has a headline "Children traumatized after ride of terror", and a sign ("by Lucy Moguire"). And yet, it begins like this; "With the population of the planet ever increasing, so does the demand on Earth's resources." It's a lazy copy and paste by the prop department, putting some global warming report as filler text. (00:27:40)

Sammo

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The Abbey Grange - S1-E2

Revealing mistake: While Holmes and Watson are investigating the crime scene, there is a shot of them that shows the dead man's hand. His hand is visibly shaking, revealing the actor is struggling to maintain the position of his hand.

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Episode #1.1 - S1-E1

Revealing mistake: The "game" Lily is playing on her iPad is actually a 14-second video downloaded 10/16/2020, as visible from the iOS photo gallery UI bordering the tablet. (00:12:04)

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