Visible crew/equipment: After Mr. Howarth confronts his son about the pills his daughter took, when Dixie walks up and tells him that he can see Monica, the actor's tape mark is visible on the floor, at Dixie's feet.
Visible crew/equipment: When Roy and Johnny are working on freeing the man trapped in the vehicle, and then when they are taking his vitals, the outlines of the mic transmitters and wires (running up toward their shoulders) are visible on the back of Roy's and Johnny's shirts. The mic transmitter's outline is also visible on the left side of Christy's sweater, below the waistline.
Continuity mistake: When Christy walks into Station 51's kitchen, the bag strap is on her shoulder, but close-up it is gone, only to be back next shot when she removes it a moment later.
Continuity mistake: The shaving foam on DeSoto's face changes between the face-on shots and the reflection shots, and in the reflection he shaved from cheek to chin, but in face-on shots only to the neck.
Continuity mistake: Gage and DeSoto arrive at the apartment complex, home to the guy trapped in the couch. They park the vehicle and walk on the gated balcony to the apartment. In the exterior shot, when they enter the doorway the inside wall to their left is bare and the corner of the balcony's iron gate is to the doorway's left. Next interior shot, now there is a large painting on that previously bare wall and the iron gate is directly in front of the door. When they leave, their vehicle is farther away, positioned differently.
Audio problem: After helping the guy who was trapped in his sofa bed, Christy, Roy, and Johnny get back into the squad, and then we hear Johnny tell the dispatcher that Squad 51 is returning to quarters, but we see that Johnny's not actually saying anything.
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Visible crew/equipment: When Johnny and Roy help the woman lift her daughter out of the car, and place her on the gurney at Rampart, the outlines of the mic transmitter and wire are visible on the back of Johnny's shirt.
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Visible crew/equipment: After Tommy rides home on his bike, Janet has the seizure, and when Roy and Johnny rush over to her the outlines of the mic transmitters are visible on the backs of both of their shirts, as well as the officer's shirt.
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Continuity mistake: When the paramedics and the rest of the firemen gather round the failed pacemaker patient, their positions change and in DeSoto's close-ups the Captain isn't seen (for the camera angle's sake), although in other shots he's right beside Gage. As an aside, note when Captain Stanley first first gets off the engine and trips in the background.
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Continuity mistake: When DeSoto and Gage are in the pool with the little girl whose arm is stuck in the drain, their shoes and pants are soaked. However, just after Gage gets off the Biophone, his shoes and pants are completely dry, and then when the pool has been mostly drained both DeSoto and Gage are dry.
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Continuity mistake: When DeSoto and Gage arrive on scene at the traffic accident, the boy and his bicycle lying on the ground change positions between wideshot and close-up.
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Continuity mistake: When the man with three bullet wounds is wheeled into the ER, he's taken into treatment 3 which has a windowless door, but in the shots from inside the room he's in treatment 1 with a window on its door, and the room has a different interior.
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Continuity mistake: At very end in the locker room, when Chet asks Roy why Johnny is mad, Johnny's setting up his uniform shirt and the green pen is in the pocket, then it vanishes and reappears.
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Revealing mistake: In episode 2x5, "Peace Pipe", when Brackett gets on the line with Johnny, who's at the scene of the drunk driver's accident, Brackett presses two buttons - the third and fifth, to record the conversation on the tape machine. However, in this episode when Dixie gets on the line with Johnny, while he's with the little girl whose arm is stuck in the pool drain, Dixie presses only one button - the second, to record the conversation.
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Continuity mistake: When Johnny and Roy are standing by the squad outside Rampart, talking about the man in a hepatic coma, both ER doors are wide open, but when the woman drives up and then shouts that she needs help both doors are closed, and this continues a few times depending on the angle of the shot.
Visible crew/equipment: When Roy and Johnny are on the high school roof with the unconscious 15 yr old girl, the outline of the mic transmitter is visible on the back of Johnny's shirt when he kneels down and sets up the Biophone, and the outline of the mic transmitter is also visible on the back of Roy's shirt after he places the label on the isoproterenol.
Visible crew/equipment: When Johnny walks into Rampart and sees the girl whose father has tetanus, he asks her about musical instruments, and when they walk away to get coffee, the outline of the lav mic transmitter is visible on the right side of Johnny's shirt.
Visible crew/equipment: When Roy, Johnny, and Captain Stanley are in the collapsing house trying to rescue the man trapped under it, the outline of the mic transmitter is visible on the back of Roy's shirt when he's leaning over on his knees, as Johnny cuts the carpet. Then the outline of Johnny's mic transmitter is visible on the back of his shirt, when he's below the house.
Visible crew/equipment: When Engine 51 arrives on scene, to join DeSoto and Gage, the guys pull on the pilot to free him from the sailplane, and the outlines of the mic transmitter and wire are visible on the left side of Gage's shirt.
Visible crew/equipment: At the greenhouse nursery, when Larry is leaning over his uncle, who's lying on the ground, the outline of the mic transmitter is visible on the back of the teenager's sweatshirt.
Answer: It is standard practice to wet down driveways so that they stand out in a long shot.
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