Factual error: Almost none of the senior police officers wear the correct medal ribbons. Brian Moore and Pat Geenty wear the Order of the British Empire, which neither had. Geenty wears the General Service Medal, for military service in Northern Ireland, although he was never in the armed forces. Moore does not wear the Queen's Police Medal, which he was awarded in 2009. Both wear the Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2011, although it was not awarded until 2012. Andy Parker wears an unidentified ribbon (possibly intended to be the Queen's Police Medal, which he was awarded in 2010, but looking nothing like it) and the Golden Jubilee Medal, but does not wear the Diamond Jubilee Medal or the Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal to which he was also entitled. Mike Veale and Ray Hayward wear no medal ribbons at all, although both would be entitled to the Golden Jubilee Medal and Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (and Veale also to the Diamond Jubilee Medal after 2012).
Factual error: Season 1 Episode 1 Arrival - Doctor Jaax is a Lt. Col. in the US Army. Her BDU blouse has a US flag on the right sleeve. The time period of the show is 1988, as there is a doctor wearing a Dukakis T-shirt. The US Army didn't have a US flag on the BDU uniform until 2005. (00:11:20)
Continuity mistake: Captain Dobbins has her Garrison cover tucked under the belt of her uniform overcoat with her rank insignia not displayed. In the next shots, the USMC emblem is displayed on her Garrison cover and rank insignia is displayed again. (00:25:05)
Continuity mistake: When Vincent is showing the delivery man his basement to show him the wooden cube isn't there, the delivery man's ID tag is positioned so that the front side is facing outwards. In the next shot, the ID tag has suddenly flipped around. (00:11:20)
Character mistake: At the police station when Damien Asante is reading the information on the computer about the hit and run, he says "On February 25, 2015 Christy Markus and her son were struck by a car. The driver kept going." If you look at the computer screen, the date of incident says February 25, 2018. (00:30:00)
Factual error: When Jane is putting up the lost poster, the number to call is 1-800-saw-him. However, this is only a 6-digit phone number when it needs to be 7-digits (not including the 1-800 part).
Continuity mistake: When Nick's mom tells him to show Gypsy around she takes the cigarette away from her lips. A shot later it's back in.
Most Likely to Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: A group of people are standing before a door with full glass inserts. It has a thought processor for access. Once the group defeats the processor, they open the doors. But the doors are now solid wood, not with a glass insert. (00:29:20)
Deliberate mistake: In the restaurant after their daughter finishes talking to Niko, Erik turns the tablet device around and sets it on the table to talk to Niko. From his perspective, he is looking down at the screen. But in the other shots from Niko's perspective, where he is a life sized hologram, his figure is shown looking up and meeting her eyes. But from her perspective it should look like he's looking down at the table.
Picture's Up - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: When the detective goes to retrieve the water bottle that Zach discards into the recycle bin, he picks it up with a napkin by the top. In the next shot, he is placing the bottle in a plastic bag top first, holding the bottle with the napkin by the bottom. (00:42:00)
Family Ties - S1-E4
Visible crew/equipment: Near the end of the episode, right after Artie says to Dex "If you ever need a sidekick...", Dex responds "You will be my third call." Artie walks towards his car to leave, and a red tape mark can be seen at Dex's feet.
Continuity mistake: The mayor Bobby and Keri are talking in a restaurant. Flashback 5 years - the same man sits at two different tables in two different sequences. (00:13:35)
Character mistake: When meeting with the network exec in the bar in the opening scene, Bradley orders bourbon on the rocks. When her drink comes it is without ice.
Other mistake: The extent to which the classmates wrapped Miles in cellophane with his hands folded in front of his groin would make it difficult, if not impossible, for Miles to get out of the lake alive on his own. Miles did not drown... or suffer any injuries.
Continuity mistake: Just after Chan-sung has got Man-wol to sign the Reservation Change, in the shot where she begins to remove her blindfold, the wine bottle she is holding in her right hand is held so that the label is facing away from the camera. A couple of shots later, when she says "You're being used by that ghost", the label on the bottle is suddenly facing the camera. (00:31:08)