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Show generally

Corrected entry: At the beginning of the show the name South Carroll Parish, Louisiana appears to indicate where the opening scene is happening. South Carroll Parish does not exist. It has to be either East or West.

William Lindsey

Correction: The show makes up place names all the time, such as for foreign countries that don't exist in real life. There's no reason they can't make up a county name too.

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Correction: I thought this too at first, and looked over it several times. It's just the very bright pool lights just outside their window that's shining into the room.

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De Los Inocentes - S1-E2

Corrected entry: Matt and an Indian cop are talking to a music festival organizer. The man is supposedly reading something from his smartphone but the phone is upside-down. (00:18:00)

ppdixx

Correction: Most smartphones have auto-rotate on that will turn the page to face upwards, no matter the phone's position. So even upside down it will still rotate.

Bishop73

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Season 3 generally

Corrected entry: In the beginning, season 1, Chidi says that the good place translates a language for the other person to understand and he says he is speaking French to Eleanor, however in season 3 they return back to earth to see if they change to be good, and when they meet again they all speak English to each other on earth. It can't be that reality's changed, because it's made clear they're meant to operate with no interference and have nothing in common beyond the Good Place, so there's no reason to make it easier for them to communicate. (00:08:25)

Catherine Roberts

Correction: Chidi spoke/speaks English on Earth and he has taught ethics in several countries, including Australia. But since he was raised in Senegal, French is his primary language. The fact that Chidi was speaking French and it was translated to English (or that English was translated into French for him) was only done to trick everyone into thinking they're in the Good Place.

Bishop73

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Correction: Rooster says "Man, it's good to have you back." He never says "Fez." He laughs before saying it, so it's possible you misheard, or it was wishful thinking that he called him by his old character name.

Bishop73

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Correction: She must have meant her parents stopped having daughters; no "younger sisters".

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Correction: Not really a mistake. In the context of the show, small historical details are being inadvertently altered as the Lifeboat agents track down Rittenhouse sleeper agents to prevent Rittenhouse from drastically changing American and World historical events.

Scott215

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Correction: They didn't use CPR (there was no chest compressions). Houdini just did mouth to mouth resuscitation, because as he said, he works with water a lot. Artificial respiration to revive people who have apparently drowned has been around since the late 1770's. In fact, by the end of the 19th century, hundreds of depots were set up in the UK (especially near coastal areas) to assist reviving drowning victims. Mouth to mouth is something Houdini would have known about.

Bishop73

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Act of God - S1-E4

Corrected entry: Elizabeth worries that if she dismisses the Prime Minister she will be violating the Constitution. Tommy Lascelles later observes that her father George VI "never would violate the Constitution," Great Britain has no written constitution, only convention and custom.

Correction: Not "only convention and custom" - a lot of laws! Britain's constitution absolutely exists, but is "uncodified", made up of Acts of Parliament, court judgments and, yes, conventions, rather than a single document. Doesn't mean there isn't one.

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