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[BUG] Reported Problem for Law & Order
posted by jedi.jesseSTAFFMOD on May 30, 2022 at 3:19 AM
Item: Law & Order
Language: en-US
Type of Problem: Design_issue
Extra Details: Incorrectly shows episodes that the actor was not in. when viewing show with a credit_id and person_id:
Benjamin Bratt was a regular in Seasons 6, 7, 8, 9 of Law & Order. He was a guest actor in ONE episode of Season 20.
Episode count is correct; that's 95 episodes, but all of Season 20 is displayed here, even though he was only in one episode, displaying a total of 117 episodes.
Reply by jedi.jesse
on August 8, 2022 at 12:22 AM
There are other examples of this, like BD Wong in Law and Order Special Victims Unit: https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/2734-law-order-special-victims-unit/episodes?credit_id=556ea518925141153b000c4c&person_id=4bc89443017a3c122d011aa9
Essentially, for actors who were a Regular Cast Member for some seasons, but guest starred in other seasons, that view is showing all episodes of the season they guest starred in rather than just the episodes they were in.
Reply by jedi.jesse
on October 23, 2022 at 12:16 AM
This problem isn't unique to Law & Order, it's just especially noticeable, because the franchise frequently has cast members who are regular characters for some time and then show up as guest stars later.
Reply by jedi.jesse
on September 6, 2023 at 8:30 PM
Hey! It looks like this is fixed by something that's changed recently on the backend.
It did require me to remove/re-add the guest star role for the actor, but Benjamin Bratt's credits look right now (the first link in the OP). I'll have to do the same for BD Wong and any others I see going forward.