Other mistake: In a newspaper article about an overnight break-in and robbery at a bank, three paragraphs in the first column are repeated in the second column.
Steven Lee
26th Aug 2024
Matlock (1986)
2nd Aug 2024
Matlock (1986)
The Good Boy - S4-E3
Continuity mistake: When Cal Ritter's wife comes to his furniture studio to talk with him, the clock shows the time as 4:45. After they talk for two minutes, the security guard enters and says, "It's 5:00 and my ride's here. I just want to let you know I'm leaving."
12th Sep 2019
Matlock (1986)
Continuity mistake: Michelle Thomas, Ben Matlock's assistant, has been abducted and is being kept in the home of mobster Jay Cutler. Ben attempts to scale the wall surrounding the property. A close-up shows him with both arms resting atop the wall. In the very next shot, his arms are extended, his right leg is over the wall and he is raising his left leg.
12th Jul 2018
Matlock (1986)
Revealing mistake: Ben Matlock is hosting a pre-wedding party for his goddaughter. Several cars are parked on both sides of the street in front of Ben's house. Each time the front door is opened, The View seen from inside the house looking out is the same matte painting used in every episode. It shows a house and trees but no cars.
10th Jun 2018
Matlock (1986)
Factual error: This episode involves the murder of Bobby Moore, a program host at Atlanta radio station 98.6 WBW. In the United States, all FM stations end with an odd number.
7th Apr 2018
Matlock (1986)
The Scandal - S9-E2
Character mistake: Billy has second thoughts about selling his late sister's beach house to a developer who plans to tear it down and build a hotel. Billy tells Ben, "She lived the last years of her life here." But in part 1 of this two-part episode, it was established that the woman had lived in the house for only six months.
5th Feb 2018
Matlock (1986)
Continuity mistake: Matlock is inside a jail cell, speaking to a man who has been accused of murder. In an outdoor scene, someone throws a raw egg at the window as Matlock looks out. Inside the cell, as Matlock turns away from the window, the splattered egg has vanished.
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