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Communication Breakdown - S5-E19

Character mistake: When Mac, Stella, and Danny are trying to determine where the fired bullet entered the train car, none of them are wearing rubber gloves. But even though they're not handling any evidence, they're still processing a crime scene. (00:05:00)

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Suggested correction: Theoretically correct, but it can be argued that the only evidence present is the bullet (which has DNA and prints burnt off when fired) and the body (which can only be handled by the MEs) gloves are not required.

Andy Benham

What utter rubbish. No CSI would enter a crime scene without first putting on latex gloves - it is a carved-in-stone rule.

Exactly. Since Mac, Stella and Danny were processing a crime scene, they would need to wear gloves because without them, they would have contaminated a crime scene by not only getting their fingerprints over everything but, if one of them got a cut or scrape, their DNA would also be thrown into the mix and any defense attorney can call them out on their carelessness and have any evidence thrown out.

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Hammer Down - S6-E7

Visible crew/equipment: Season 6, episode 7 "Hammer Down": Just after Mac and Ray have finished briefing the other officers as they are about to begin a chase, there is an actor's red T-mark on the floor, visible just as the officers begin to walk towards the scene.

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Right Next Door - S4-E16

Trivia: Outside the greenhouse where the abducted kids are being held are posters for the Weak Alibis, the Missing Notes and Rough Sects, which were bands that either appeared or were mentioned in the season 2 episode "Stuck on You." (00:37:40)

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White Gold - S9-E14

Continuity mistake: When Mac and Danny are telling the pizza owner about his nephew's death, in a shot from the side the man's arms are by his side, then it cuts to the front and his hands are on his hips.

Jon Sandys

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Grand Master - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: When Hawkes shows Mac the rib he is molding, he picks up a towel to dry it off. In the following shot, the towel is on top of the microwave, and Hawkes picks it up a second time. (00:26:10)

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Pot of Gold - S6-E17

Continuity mistake: When Danny talks to Lindsay in the lab, he folds his arms over his chest left over right. In the following shots, his arms are right over left, then back to left over right. (00:10:50)

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Grand Master - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: When Mac notices the blood on DJ Francais' shoe and shines his flashlight at Francais, Francais holds up his left hand to shield his face in one shot, but in the next shot, he's holding up his right hand. (00:10:10)

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Personal Foul - S4-E19

Continuity mistake: When Rikki Sandoval offers Danny the bowl of sugar, Danny takes the top off with his right hand. In the following shot, his hand is down by his side and the jar top is back on the jar. (00:36:20)

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DOA for a Day - S4-E15

Continuity mistake: When Mac chases Suspect X into the construction site, X takes cover behind a pillar and fires her gun at Mac with one hand. In the next shot she's suddenly out in the open, holding her gun with two hands. (00:37:55)

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Child's Play - S4-E11

Continuity mistake: When Flack, Lindsay, and Stella go to Kim Wey Imports, it's bright daylight out. But when Flack chases Wey out of the warehouse, the sky has suddenly become pitch black. They were only inside for a few minutes, so it shouldn't have been that dark. (00:25:05 - 00:26:30)

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Bad Beat - S2-E8

Continuity mistake: When Joel is shot at the poker game, the gunshot leaves a gaping hole in the door. Later, when Mac and Stella return to the crime scene, the hole is gone. The door color also changes from a dull blue to bright blue. (00:03:05 - 00:32:20)

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Not What It Looks Like - S3-E2

Factual error: Season 3, episode 49 (Not What It Looks Like). Breaking glass with sound is possible, but would not work as depicted in the episode. First, in order to break the glass, you have to force the glass to vibrate at its natural frequency - that is, the frequency at which it would vibrate if it were tapped. Each piece of glass has its own natural frequency, depending on a range of factors including size, chemical makeup, shape, hardness, and manufacturing methods. No single frequency would shatter all the glass in the store at the same time. Finally, in order to break the glass the piece has to be closed-ended. You can't shatter a plate of glass with sound (nowhere for the sound waves to resonate). Please see http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/feb98/887203231.Ph.r.html.

Kevin Hall

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Chosen answer: Probably to broaden the scope of the show's plot and give the audience a chance to see the characters in a different setting, People act differently at home from the way they do at their workplace. By the ninth season, the characters would have become overly familiar and predictable. It gives the writers a chance to do something different with them.

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