Revealing mistake: In the first scene, young people are removing scrap from a rooftop. The camera angle changes to look over the rescue team and back at the roof. In the distance, visible in the upper left of the screen, a Canadian flag is waving in the breeze. Also a short while later the camera looks back over the team away from the children, and the CN Tower appears to be in the background. Like many TV shows, Falling Skies was filmed in Canada, but the events are supposed to take place in Massachusetts, USA. (00:00:25 - 00:02:00)
Revealing mistake: When Ben is photographing the facility, it shows a camera viewfinder. The needle in the viewfinder should be horizontal to show the aperture and shutter speed is set correctly, instead it is pointing to "minus" which means the photos would be seriously underexposed.
Worlds Apart - S2-E1
Revealing mistake: When he takes some bullets out of the revolver the bullets are blanks. (00:20:50)