Factual error: Jamie is looking at his birth father's Montana State Prison inmate identification sheet. On the sheet, it lists his Social Security Number (SSN) as 4142-77-89332. However, in the United States, an SSN is a nine-digit number. (00:25:07)
Snag.1
4th Dec 2024
Yellowstone (2018)
3rd Dec 2024
Yellowstone (2018)
Factual error: The Governor arrives at the ranch in her official vehicle. However, the vehicle has US Government license plates. A State Governor is not a US Government representative, so the vehicle would have State plates. (00:16:41)
28th Nov 2024
Lioness (2023)
Factual error: S2 E3 Along Came a Spider - Captain Carrillo is target shooting with a hand weapon. She empties the magazine, but she catches the magazine and hands it to her ranger partner instead of letting the empty magazine fall to the ground. As a trained military officer and training with special operators, catching an empty magazine is an extremely bad habit and practice, which is a big no-no. (00:40:23)
6th Nov 2024
FBI: Most Wanted (2020)
Factual error: The FBI agents are searching a house with their weapons drawn. Each agent is going through the house with their fingers on the trigger. At one point, one agent has her finger on the trigger while her partner is in front of her as they go down some stairs. The correct officer safety practice is to have your trigger finger off the trigger and along the slide of the weapon until you are engaging a suspect and need to fire your weapon. (00:30:39 - 00:31:09)
6th Nov 2024
Blue Bloods (2010)
Fresh Start - S6-E15
Factual error: The NYPD Sergeant in uniform speaking to Danny only has Sergeant stripes on the left sleeve of his uniform. An NYPD Sergeant has stripes on both sleeves. (00:03:14)
4th Nov 2024
The Hot Zone (2019)
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)
31st Oct 2024
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Factual error: Olivia Benson is fingerprinting a suspect, and she still has her firearm on in her holster. As a veteran NYC police officer, she should know the first rule of officer safety is to remove your firearm before fingerprinting a suspect. (00:11:03)
13th Aug 2024
Land of Bad (2024)
Factual error: The insignia on Staff Sgt. Branson's uniform is incorrect. The insignia on her camouflage blouse is for a US Army Staff Sgt, not a US Air Force Staff Sgt. (00:03:58)
9th Aug 2024
Blue Bloods (2010)
Factual error: The badge the ATF Special Agent is displaying on his suit jacket is wrong. It's the wrong shape and style of an actual ATF Badge. (00:02:57)
22nd Jun 2024
Chicago P.D. (2014)
Climbing Into Bed; You Never Know Who's Who - S3-E5
Factual error: S3/E6: You Never Know Who's Who - Lindsey is searching a dark house with her weapon and flashlight. Her hands are in the wrong position. Her hand with the weapon should be above her hand with the flashlight, because if she fires her weapon the slide will hit her hand with the flashlight and jam or injure her hand. (00:04:48)
24th Apr 2024
Blue Bloods (2010)
Officer Down - S1-E4
Factual error: Danny and Jackie Curatola are with ESU to make an arrest at a garage. They are behind cover with their weapons drawn. Although there is no suspect shooting at them, both Danny and Jackie have their fingers on the trigger, which is against police training unless you are going to engage a subject by shooting your weapon. The ESU officer right next to them does not have his finger on the trigger. (00:38:04)
13th Apr 2024
Chicago P.D. (2014)
Factual error: Adam is shot, and Kim responds to give him aid. Kim has her firearm out, searching and asking Adam, "where is he?" Instead of holstering her firearm, she tossed it aside to help Adam. Her action is not in accordance with law enforcement training. (00:36:17)
30th Jan 2024
Blue Bloods (2010)
Factual error: Danny shoots Frank's revolver, and as he continues to shoot, you hear the sound of a casing hitting the floor, which shouldn't happen since it's a revolver being fired. (00:11:46)
11th Jun 2023
Chicago Med (2015)
Does One Door Close and Another One Open? - S8-E22
Factual error: Will Halstead arrives at Seattle Tacoma Airport, and when he steps outside of the terminal, the Space Needle is in the background. Unfortunately, the Space Needle can't be seen from outside of the terminal, since the airport is not in Seattle. (00:58:39)
27th Jan 2023
SEAL Team (2017)
Fair Winds and Following Seas - S6-E10
Factual error: The grave headstone for Benjamin Bellerow states Master SGT US Navy. There are no Sergeants in the Navy, only Chiefs. If the rank was correct it should have read US Marine Corps, US Army or US Air Force. (00:19:08)
20th Jan 2023
Chicago P.D. (2014)
Factual error: Kevin sleeps overnight at woman's apartment. He doesn't share that he's a cop. The next morning in his unmarked police vehicle he uses his handheld radio that was appeared to be stored in the console and shows up on a violent scene with his weapon. It's obvious that Kevin used his official vehicle for personal reasons, and stored his radio and weapon in the vehicle unprotected overnight, which every police officer knows is wrong and a violation. (00:03:53 - 00:04:29)
18th Jul 2022
Gaslit (2022)
Factual error: Gordon Liddy is in federal prison and in solitary confinement, and he is still wearing his gold wedding band. (00:29:36)
8th Apr 2022
The Dropout (2022)
Green Juice - S1-E3
Factual error: The CBP officers are using handheld metal detectors to conduct a pat down search. CBP have never used them as all pat down searches are done by the officers using their hands. (00:01:24)
1st Dec 2021
The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)
Factual error: The telephone for the phone bank doesn't have a phone jack cord connected into the back of the telephone. (01:15:14)
27th Oct 2021
The Young and the Restless (1973)
Factual error: S 49/E 5-12: Victoria and Ashland's wedding was in Italy. While in Italy the characters made calls back to Genoa City, Wisconsin and always apologized for the time difference and for disturbing them. In fact, it should have been the other way around since there is a 7-hour time difference with Italy being ahead. There were scenes where they claiming it was morning or night in Genoa City when it should have been morning or night based on the time of the scenes in Italy.
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