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The Professor - S1-E11

Plot hole: Matlock figures out that The Professor wouldn't have been able to see the security guard from 50 yards without glasses, and that's what tips him off about The Conspiracy: the guard testifying that the man wasn't wearing any. However, when we see the scene happen at the beginning of the episode, the person posing as Prof. Erskine Tate is, in fact, wearing glasses. (00:04:15 - 00:22:15)

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The Professor - S1-E11

Stupidity: As far-fetched as Matlock's stunts can be in most episodes, in this one you have one of the most egregious examples of something that would never stand. Here, The Witness confesses to murder under the direct threat of an attack dog that Matlock practically sic[s] on him, and nobody bats an eyelid about it. On top of that, the culprit and his associates are all legal scholars, as the episode itself more than once reminds the viewer.

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The Angel - S1-E10

Visible crew/equipment: On the last day of the trial, Matlock, his daughter and Angel all rise at the arrival of Judge Richard Cooksey. The boom mic pops up at the top of the screen (spotted in the DVD version). (00:35:05)

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The Angel - S1-E10

Continuity mistake: During the deposition of Danny Blaster, Matlock asks him if he trusted his manager. He pauses in a specific pose that is only approximately replicated after the cut, same as Mr. Blaster's hand position. (00:35:30)

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The Affair - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: When Matlock talks to Sonia after the attempt on Rodriguez's life, Theresa Saldana plays with the wedding ring in different ways as the different angles alternate. (00:33:20)

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Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: Episode 1.1 - Pilot When "Matlock" enters the building of the law firm for the first time, a kind woman uses her own pass to get her through the barrier at the ground floor, saying, "I've got you." Notice how the pass is label-up in the wider shot, but face down in the close-up. (00:01:05)

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The Affair - S1-E4

Revealing mistake: The attempt on Rodriguez's life is quite phony looking; leaving aside the trope of a person who wants to avoid being murdered by a car by trying to outrun it instead of getting out of the way (the first semi-POV of the car does a terrible job at that, since the car looks much closer to The Victim and slower than it should be, and wide room for Rodriguez to escape sideways), the impact does not happen and the stuntman jumps into a pile of garbage without anything remotely close to connecting. (00:32:00)

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The Affair - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: At the Latino bar, Matlock begins playing pool to look cool with the local gang crowd - it is just as believable as it sounds. The positions of the billiard balls keep changing between shots. (00:30:00)

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The Affair - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: Tyler makes his exit from the bar, switching the power off; Kene Holiday pulls the lever down, and you can see him in the darkness go past the man by him and push the door open with a clean way out. In the shot from the exterior, though, he still has to push the man out of the door and goes around him, coming out by the side of the lock instead of the hinges. (00:20:40)

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The Affair - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: When Matlock is talking to Harriet and Christina Harrison Ward after his attempt at re-enacting an alternative route for the murderer, Christina defends herself, saying, "But I was asleep." Matlock answers in the reverse shot, and you can see her pose with a hand in front of her chest that wasn't raised a moment before. (00:18:30)

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The Affair - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: When Matlock is interviewing the kid poolside, she just came out of the water and wraps a towel around herself without as much as touching her own head. Still, in close-ups, her hair is somewhat dry. (00:14:30)

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The Affair - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: When Ben Matlock rings the doorbell of the Harrison residence, he is standing with his hands behind his back while the door is opening. In the next shot, the door is still opening, but Andy Griffith is standing with his hands by his sides. (00:08:30)

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The Affair - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: The limo bringing Ben and Charlene Matlock to the fancy house in Rhode Island pulls over under an overcast sky, but Matlock steps out of the car in a brightly sunlit zone. (00:08:15)

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Deliberate mistake: The movie reprises the mid-credits scene of Spiderman: No Way Home. However, it's a reshoot, since the delivery of the lines and the flow of the conversation are different, and so is the way Eddie returns to the SSU from the MCU. Instead of dissolving into thin air on the spot because of Strange's spell (like everyone else), here he gets violently sucked in by a portal. Also, in No Way Home, he was leaving behind a seedling of his symbiote on the counter of the MCU bar, but in this movie this happens in his own universe.

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The Affair - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: When the stepson arrives at the villa, he makes his way to the front door, shoving aside reporters. Between his POV and the next shot, the same reporters move away in different ways, with different timing. (00:03:10)

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Chapter One - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: At the end of the episode, Perry comes to a realization about the case, putting together the various photos and clippings as TV detectives do. When he stands up from the floor, though, the pieces, however, change place (just look at the photo that partially covers the "Horror" headline in close-up, but is way below it in the overhead shot). (00:53:05)

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The Stripper - S1-E3

Stupidity: The whole plot resolution can happen merely because, on top of Matlock's unbelievable guess on how to trigger someone's dormant personality - apparently murder wasn't enough, but a joke is - the transvestite has two entirely separate voices, one of which is a dubbed-in female one. Not quite believable even for the times.

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The Stripper - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: In the (deliberately poorly lit) scene where Doug's friend hurts her hand, look at the moment when she picks up the shard of glass; it goes nowhere near the area where the bandage appears later. (00:26:10)

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The Stripper - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: Matlock walks by mistake inside the dressing room. Two girls with their bare backs to the camera stare back at him. We see Matlock close the door a moment later, and there's just a very much clothed girl where the two naked ladies would have been. (00:21:15)

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The Stripper - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: When Matlock approaches the widow to "convey his condolences," she is standing still, but the natural light on her changes between shots. (00:14:35)

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