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Trivia: Elsbeth suspects that a "suicide" is actually a murder because the victim had recently used teeth whitening strips. This is similar to the last Columbo episode, "Columbo Likes the Nightlife", where the "suicide" victim has recently used mouthwash and trimmed his toenails. In each case they didn't believe a person would do those things right before taking his or her own life. Elsbeth also often turns around with "just one more thing" after walking away, just as Columbo often did.

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Dial Margaret for Murder - S2-E4

Factual error: In Series 2 Episode 4 (Dial Margaret for Murder), Allison listens to Dick Frank's heart. She has her stethoscope in her ears backwards. As a physician, she would never do that.

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The Heart Attack Boys - S5-E4

Character mistake: In Season 5, Episode 4 ("The Heart Attack Boys"), Abishola twice gives Christina an injection without swabbing her skin with alcohol. Abishola is an RN and would never make that mistake.

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On a Wing and a Prayer - S4-E7

Character mistake: FO Woodham drops James in Darrowby. James gives a proper RAF salute (palm forward). Woodham responds with a US style salute (palm down).

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Chips Ahoy - S2-E10

Revealing mistake: Flobert comes into the court carrying a bag of potatoes which would probably weigh 80 pounds. It must be a rather inaccurate prop because it moves like it only weighs about 15 pounds.

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Ants on a Log and a Cheating Winker - S7-E4

Other mistake: Sheldon (in the voice-over) says "it really brought what's his name and I closer together." The grammatically correct expression is "brought what's his name and ME closer together", and a stickler like Sheldon would not make that mistake.

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Revealing mistake: We see Caesar's Palace in 1966. There are 1970s and 1980s cars in the driveway.

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Factual error: In Episode 1 we see a view of the Vegas strip labelled 1956. We see several more recent cars including a 1963 Cadillac Fleetwood.

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Revealing mistake: No one dressed as Tony D'Annunzio could swing a golf club, and the "swing" he does produce wouldn't send a ball very far.

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Revealing mistake: When Louise pulls off Joel's trousers, we see that he is wearing briefs under his boxers.

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The Tender Trap - S5-E6

Character mistake: Deputy Olmstead says to Lorraine Lyon, "You think that you're rich 'cause you're better than me." Surely, the line should have been "You think that you're better than me 'cause you're rich."

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Moms and Rats - S6-E3

Other mistake: When Bev boards the train, there is a yellow ramp from the platform to the car. It is never removed, but isn't there when the train begins to move.

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A Roulette Wheel and a Piano Playing Dog - S7-E2

Character mistake: Sheldon likes his pretzel and says "Ich bin ein Heidelberger." He makes the same mistake President Kennedy made when he said "Ich bin ein Berliner", which means "I am a jelly donut." The correct German is "Ich bin Berliner" or "Ich bin Heidelberger."

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Careers - S3-E10

Character mistake: In Season 3, Episode 10 (Careers), Leonard admits to being a beginner at bicycling. Then, he proves it by having his helmet mirror on the wrong side.

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Continuity mistake: In the front view of the pimpmobile crossing the Golden Gate Bridge, we see that the door mirror has a shroud. This is the correct mirror for that car. Then, we see the pimp looking through the mirror at the traffic following him. That mirror has no shroud - it is the wrong mirror for that car and does not match the view we saw from the front of the car.

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The Greenhouse Jungle - S2-E2

Other mistake: When Columbo is examining the crashed Jaguar, we see silvery tape around the opening where the smashed headlight had been. The tape shouldn't be there.

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The Greenhouse Jungle - S2-E2

Continuity mistake: There are several views of Uncle Jarvis in his (beautiful) Bentley S2 Continental from the front. We see the inside rear-view mirror, and it is correct. When we see him spot the police behind him through the mirror, it is a different mirror and not the correct one for that car.

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Short Fuse - S1-E7

Plot hole: We are told several times that the road to the mountain house is very narrow and difficult to negotiate. How did the very large crane get there so quickly to lift the bodies after the crash?

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Uptown Boy - S10-E20

Factual error: Adam kicks the wheel chock from the pickup truck, and it starts to roll back. Based on the ease and speed of the truck rolling, the chock would have been firmly stuck against the tire and would not have moved when Adam kicked it.

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Cleared for Disaster - S9-E4

Other mistake: The voice-over mentions a DC10 almost hitting an Airbus. The plane shown has two engines - a DC10 has 3 engines.

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