When Karen (Marcia Cross) is making instant coffee for Det. Adams (Christopher Meloni), she uses water from a metal kettle supposedly heated on the stove. However, as she holds the kettle by its handle and tips it to pour, the actress supports the bottom of the kettle with her other hand, revealing that the kettle is cold.
Commander Fauk says that his civilisation is 200 light-years more advanced than that on Earth, yet a light-year is actually a measure of distance.