Best drama TV continuity mistakes of 2009

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Home Invasion - S1-E11

Continuity mistake: In the scene explaining the history of the missing jade elephants, they are described as being given to ambassadors by the emperor Zhu Di of China when the Forbidden City (in China) was first opened to foreigners in 1421. When the elephants are all brought together, the representative Daichi Yoshida from the Japanese embassy comes to pick them up, describing them as "a priceless piece of our history."

Rachel Weldon

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For Better or Worse - S6-E23

Continuity mistake: At the end of the episode, the Mercedes S class that is burning is not the same car that Castle drove previously in the episode, it's an older model one. Either it's a mistake or has to do something with the plot resolution, decide yourselves...

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Ghost - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: Towards the end of the motorbike scene, Matt performs a wheely and overtakes Echo. In the following shot Echo is in front of him again.

THGhost

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Work - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: Tara is sitting at her desk and tells Max they will have sex the following night, and she teases him that she "Might even bring some props." Right as she says this line, the camera cuts. In the first shot, she has one pencil in each hand, but in the second shot, suddenly both pencils are in her left hand. The position of her hands changes between cuts as well.

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A Guesthouse Divided - S4-E3

Continuity mistake: Jill writes Hank a goodbye letter which she hands to a friend to deliver. In the letter which Hank reads the next day, Jill states how beautiful Africa is and how Hank must visit. She wrote this before she left and had not seen Africa yet.

bnemirow

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Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When Pete and Myka first get to Warehouse 13 and walk up, the football that flew at Pete is lying on the ground close to the open door. In the overhead shot, the ball is gone, but is there again in the next closeup.

Movie Nut

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There Is No Normal Anymore - S1-E2

Continuity mistake: The beautiful blonde visitor takes a picture of herself on Tyler's phone. However, we get a perfect view of her as she concentrates to take the snap (looking very serious and studious, barely showing her teeth), but when we see the picture she is wearing a classic toothy smile right across her face. (00:23:00)

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'This Is America' or 'Fifty Bucks' - S1-E9

Continuity mistake: When Ray is talking to his son in the hallway outside of the detention room, his son has his arms out in front of him when the shot is from behind, but in the next shot facing him, his arms and body are in different positions.

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Revelation Zero - S1-E12

Continuity mistake: When the girl working in the hospital sees a man from her flash forward, she runs after him carrying several hospital client files. As she runs through the hospital stopping people, the files magically disappear from her arms.

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Episode #1.4 - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: Mr. Knightley has just confessed his love for Emma. She is about to kiss him and is holding his face with both of her hands. Her left index finger moves from being right on his ear to being behind it and further down on top of his hair. (00:48:40)

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Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: In the scene in the courtroom towards the end where Alicia is talking to the security guard who is in the witness stand, he glances over at the jurors. When they cut back to the jurors a few seconds later, they are wearing different coloured shirts. (00:33:30)

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A Mother's Secret - S2-E7

Continuity mistake: After the officers show up in Kim's office regarding the kidnapping, in the closeup one of them uses his left hand to contact Control via his shoulder mic, but in the next wideshot it's his right hand up at the radio mic.

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