Factual error: The insignia on Staff Sgt. Branson's uniform is incorrect. The insignia on her camouflage blouse is for a US Army Staff Sgt, not a US Air Force Staff Sgt. (00:03:58)
Snag.1
13th Aug 2024
Land of Bad (2024)
9th Aug 2024
Blue Bloods (2010)
Factual error: The badge the ATF Special Agent is displaying on his suit jacket is wrong. It's the wrong shape and style of an actual ATF Badge. (00:02:57)
22nd Jun 2024
Chicago P.D. (2014)
Climbing Into Bed; You Never Know Who's Who - S3-E5
Factual error: S3/E6: You Never Know Who's Who - Lindsey is searching a dark house with her weapon and flashlight. Her hands are in the wrong position. Her hand with the weapon should be above her hand with the flashlight, because if she fires her weapon the slide will hit her hand with the flashlight and jam or injure her hand. (00:04:48)
24th Apr 2024
Blue Bloods (2010)
Officer Down - S1-E4
Factual error: Danny and Jackie Curatola are with ESU to make an arrest at a garage. They are behind cover with their weapons drawn. Although there is no suspect shooting at them, both Danny and Jackie have their fingers on the trigger, which is against police training unless you are going to engage a subject by shooting your weapon. The ESU officer right next to them does not have his finger on the trigger. (00:38:04)
13th Apr 2024
Chicago P.D. (2014)
Factual error: Adam is shot, and Kim responds to give him aid. Kim has her firearm out, searching and asking Adam, "where is he?" Instead of holstering her firearm, she tossed it aside to help Adam. Her action is not in accordance with law enforcement training. (00:36:17)
30th Jan 2024
Blue Bloods (2010)
Factual error: Danny shoots Frank's revolver, and as he continues to shoot, you hear the sound of a casing hitting the floor, which shouldn't happen since it's a revolver being fired. (00:11:46)
11th Jun 2023
Chicago Med (2015)
Does One Door Close and Another One Open? - S8-E22
Factual error: Will Halstead arrives at Seattle Tacoma Airport, and when he steps outside of the terminal, the Space Needle is in the background. Unfortunately, the Space Needle can't be seen from outside of the terminal, since the airport is not in Seattle. (00:58:39)
27th Jan 2023
SEAL Team (2017)
Fair Winds and Following Seas - S6-E10
Factual error: The grave headstone for Benjamin Bellerow states Master SGT US Navy. There are no Sergeants in the Navy, only Chiefs. If the rank was correct it should have read US Marine Corps, US Army or US Air Force. (00:19:08)
20th Jan 2023
Chicago P.D. (2014)
Factual error: Kevin sleeps overnight at woman's apartment. He doesn't share that he's a cop. The next morning in his unmarked police vehicle he uses his handheld radio that was appeared to be stored in the console and shows up on a violent scene with his weapon. It's obvious that Kevin used his official vehicle for personal reasons, and stored his radio and weapon in the vehicle unprotected overnight, which every police officer knows is wrong and a violation. (00:03:53 - 00:04:29)
18th Jul 2022
Gaslit (2022)
Factual error: Gordon Liddy is in federal prison and in solitary confinement, and he is still wearing his gold wedding band. (00:29:36)
8th Apr 2022
The Dropout (2022)
Green Juice - S1-E3
Factual error: The CBP officers are using handheld metal detectors to conduct a pat down search. CBP have never used them as all pat down searches are done by the officers using their hands. (00:01:24)
1st Dec 2021
The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)
Factual error: The telephone for the phone bank doesn't have a phone jack cord connected into the back of the telephone. (01:15:14)
27th Oct 2021
The Young and the Restless (1973)
Factual error: S 49/E 5-12: Victoria and Ashland's wedding was in Italy. While in Italy the characters made calls back to Genoa City, Wisconsin and always apologized for the time difference and for disturbing them. In fact, it should have been the other way around since there is a 7-hour time difference with Italy being ahead. There were scenes where they claiming it was morning or night in Genoa City when it should have been morning or night based on the time of the scenes in Italy.
3rd Mar 2021
Army Wives (2007)
Factual error: LtCol Baisley has his name and U.S. Army patches on the wrong side of his uniform. He has the Army patch on his right side instead of on the left. (00:33:00)
8th Dec 2020
FBI (2018)
Factual error: The digital time zone clock on the wall in the FBI operation center is wrong. The show is set in NYC, which is Eastern Time. The clock shows EST at 16:44 and ZULU time (UTC / GMT) at 20:44. The difference between EST and ZULU time is 5 hours, so the clock should show ZULU time as 21:44. Plus, the times for the other time zones on the clock are wrong by an hour. (00:18:29)
27th Nov 2020
Station 19 (2018)
Nothing Seems the Same - S4-E1
Factual error: Nothing Seems the Same: The bus has Seattle Department of Corrections printed on the side. There is no Seattle Department of Corrections. Corrections in Seattle are done by King County Jail or Washington State Department of Corrections. (00:05:07)
28th Oct 2020
The Looming Tower (2018)
Factual error: In the scene at the Port Angeles Port of Entry, the signage and the uniform patches say U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The interception at Port Angeles happened in 1999 by the U.S. Customs Service. U.S. Customs and Border Protection wasn't created until 2003 due to the events of 9/11. (00:01:55 - 00:02:45)
31st Aug 2020
The Last Full Measure (2019)
Factual error: At presentation of the Medal of Honor, the US Air Force Secretary reads the citation that states William H. Pitsenbarger was an Airman First Class (E-3 with 2 stripes) but in the battle scenes William H. Pitsenbarger is wearing the insignia of a 'Buck' Sergeant (E-4 with 3 stripes). (00:14:29 - 01:43:55)
3rd Aug 2020
SEAL Team (2017)
Factual error: Jason's wife Alana tells Jason she going to grab H.E.B.'s finest bottle of $12 red, a rotisserie chicken and beer. H.E.B is a Texas grocery store, and the show is set in Virginia Beach, VA, Virginia doesn't have H.E.B. Stores. (00:39:03)
24th Jun 2020
The Last Thing He Wanted (2020)
Factual error: The USMC Embassy Guard is an enlisted Marine Sgt. He is wearing a Commissioned USMC Officer's cover (hat) that has gold braid and gold oak leaf motifs on the visor. (01:20:15)
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