Designated Survivor

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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.

What you said is another correction that needs to be pointed out. Louisiana does not have counties, they have parishes. That is why they called it South Carroll "Parish."

Two Ships - S2-E6

Corrected entry: When President Kirkman is speaking to the 'Lieutenant' of the crashed ship, he promotes him to Captain. However, the Lieutenant is already wearing the lapel badge of a Captain before promotion. (00:02:00 - 00:05:00)

Correction: Navy lieutenants wear two bars. They are equivalent to Army Captains. However the ship commander is not necessarily a captain. In the Navy a captain is the equivalent to a full Colonel.

Correction: He doesn't call her Anne; he calls her "Em," short for Emily. He does this consistently throughout the series.

The Interrogation - S1-E6

Corrected entry: Emily is entering the office to pick up Tom and Aaron for the dinner, she's wearing a black dress and her hair is pinned up. In a following scene, when Emily and Aaron are talking to MacLeish, Emily is suddenly wearing a blazer and her hairstyle is completely different. (00:02:10 - 00:04:35)

Correction: Her hairstyle is exactly the same, pinned up. And she's not wearing a blazer, just a thin shrug, which would be easy to put on given the time they had.

Bishop73

Brace for Impact - S1-E21

Continuity mistake: Agent Wells is chasing the bad guy on foot. In the first shot her SIG is not cocked. In the next shot it is cocked. In the next shot the slide is retracted. In the next shot she somehow magically fires it. Then the hammer is somehow forward again. A few seconds later as she climbs the stairs it supernaturally transforms into a Glock. And at no time does she use a proper grip on the gun.

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Tom Kirkman: What do you want me to do, General, declare war? Why not. 40 minutes ago, they showed me the nuclear football. I guess I've had it long enough to try it out.

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Answer: It's a recurring theme on the show. Characters come and go depending on the storyline. General Cochrane, Tyler Richmond, Abe Leonard, etc.

Answer: Apparently the characters were eliminated due to cost-cutting measures by Netflix and after salary negotiations with the actors failed.

raywest

Oh. That makes the most sense. I also forgot to mention Kirkman's brother.

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