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Left-Hand Path - S3-E7

Continuity mistake: Near the end of the episode when Nico is burning the photo of her father, she burns it at the top left corner in a close-up shot. Then in the following shot the photo is suddenly burning at the top right corner instead.

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The Noise - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When Sheila is walking down the steps to get to the boat, she stops walking when she feels a pain. The angle changes and the people walking behind her have changed position.

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Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: As Dave is leaning over the edge of the air boat with Rose behind him, he pulls a chunk of metal out of the water and places it on the edge of the boat on his left side. When he gets up from his lying position moments later, the metal is gone. Moments later again, with an overhead shot of the boat, we see what appears to be that piece of metal positioned at what would have been his right side, not his left. This is also where we see him step over the seat (twice!) in subsequent camera angles. (00:30:00)

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Breakaway - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: The first time the two crew men in the moon buggy are seen, the numbers on their suits are eight and three. The next moon buggy scene, the two in the suits are numbered eight and three again at first, but when they're testing the domes, the numbers change to nine and zero.

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The Frustrating Thing About Psychopaths - S1-E6

Continuity mistake: When Henry is working on the body, just after the lady is grabbed, In one shot the tray below the weighing scale has some body parts and stuff Henry is adding, in the next shot it is empty, then in the next shot it is full again. (00:00:55)

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Oyedeng - S5-E7

Continuity mistake: After Naomi apologizes to Cyn for hitting him on the head, in the shot facing Naomi she reaches for Cyn's brandy with her right arm extended, but next shot it's her left arm extended. Then Naomi holds the brandy bottle with her left hand and removes the brandy's cap with her right, but in the next semi-closeup the bottle and cap have switched hands. (00:23:10)

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Continuity mistake: The professor knocks a hole in the side of a tunnel and hot water and steam gush out. The group is then distracted by a boulder traveling through the tunnel. After the boulder passes, there is no longer any steam or water gushing from the hole in the wall.

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Brain Wash - S3-E8

Continuity mistake: As hairdresser Bob is washing Jamie's hair in the sink, the shampoo coverage changes between shots. During the closeups, he never touches her forehead and ears but in the wide shots, her head is completely doused.

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The Inverse Method - S2-E4

Continuity mistake: When Chrissy and Lois are in the car before going into the meeting, the passenger side window is down, but not all the way. But in the next shot when Chrissy steps out, it's all the way down.

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