Best TV continuity mistakes of 2012

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Catherine - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: Gary Walsh is holding an iPad with a cell module, a big black bar at the 'top' of the iPad, in landscape with the bar on camera left. During the exchange with Selina, the orientation switches to the right side and back again. (00:00:40)

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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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Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When Larry Bird hands Marty the pie, Marty takes it with one hand and then grabs it with his other hand. In the next shot, the pie is no longer in his hands and he's seen grabbing it with both hands at once.

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Buck Off - S2-E9

Continuity mistake: Near the end of the episode, four contestants are called down: Jesse, Clint, Tatu Baby, and Steve. While the judges are explaining that three of them did not impress, a shot shows Sarah Miller standing to Clint's right, but she wasn't supposed to be there. In the next shot, Jesse is standing to Clint's right. (00:38:20)

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Old Wounds - S3-E6

Continuity mistake: Steve brings Denzel a McRib sandwich and says don't ask how I got it. He shows Denzel his "purple" hand. When Steve takes the sandwich back, the purple color completely vanishes without him wiping it off.

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Harry & Mindy - S1-E14

Continuity mistake: When Mindy arrives at work, she goes into Danny's office and finds him on the floor in his underwear. She closes the door behind her, but a few seconds later, the door is wide open again. (00:02:25)

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5/1 - S1-E7

Continuity mistake: The stock footage of the airplane that Don, Sloan and Elliot are on is of a Boeing 747, a very large widebody plane. However, the internal shots of the plane suggest that it is actually a much smaller narrow body plane. (00:13:55)

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