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ER (1994)

48 mistakes in season 1 - chronological order

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Day One - S1-E3

Visible crew/equipment: Carter is told about the multiple rectal exams due to food poisoning. It then cuts to admitting, and just as the person at the desk bends over, on the glass partition we can see the reflection of the boom operator (wearing a white T-shirt) holding up the boom pole (not the maintenance worker standing on the ladder).

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Going Home - S1-E4

Visible crew/equipment: While Doug and Carol are talking outside, Carol says, "You think you had something to do with my swallowing a whole bunch of pills," and just as Carol continues, "Well, you didn't," in this shot facing Doug, the boom mic dips into view at the top of the screen.

Super Grover

Going Home - S1-E4

Visible crew/equipment: After Lydia tells Carol that she's there if Carol ever wants to talk about it, just as Lydia hugs Carol, the reflection of the boom mic swoops into view on the partition, at the top right corner of the screen.

Super Grover

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Going Home - S1-E4

Visible crew/equipment: Carol stands at the admitting doors and quips, "Excuse me, I'm here to unload that new shipment of barbiturates." It then cuts to Jerry and Susan just as they see Carol, and there's a director's chair, with "Script" on its back (for script coordinator), visible at the right side of the screen.

Super Grover

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Into That Good Night - S1-E6

Visible crew/equipment: Right at the start, Hathaway wakes Ross and Carter from their naps, and as she says, "Carter, med students don't sleep at 4:00 in the afternoon," there's a visible boom pole/mic at the top left side of the screen, that gets pulled up out of sight when the lights turn on.

Super Grover

Chicago Heat - S1-E7

Visible crew/equipment: After Dr. Benton talks to the police detective and then goes to see the grocery store owner, as Dr. Benton swings open the doors, the camera crew can be seen in the reflection of the glass of the door.

Chicago Heat - S1-E7

Continuity mistake: Near the start of the show, Carol is on the phone in the ER - we can see her name tag pinned over the right side of her stethoscope. In the next shot, as she turns to talk to Mark, the tag is pinned over the left side of the stethoscope.

Chicago Heat - S1-E7

Continuity mistake: As Doug Ross sits with the little girl Kaneisha who is sleeping, her bedcovers change position noticeably in one shot, and then back to the way they were in the next. In the same shots, Doug's ID also changes from being completely noticeable to almost completely obscured, and then back again.

Another Perfect Day - S1-E8

Continuity mistake: When Susan and Chloe are fighting in front of the desk, you can see 2 marks on Susan's right shoulder that look like blood with no obvious source from previous scenes. While Chloe is having her hand treated, Susan is standing outside the door and turns, and the marks have disappeared. (00:35:05 - 00:35:50)

9 1/2 Hours (a.k.a. Growing Up) - S1-E9

Visible crew/equipment: After Susan asks Div why he's been snapping at people, Jerry tells Susan that she has a call. When Susan takes the call, the reflection of the boom pole is visible on the glass partition near Carter, and then the reflection of the boom operator holding up the boom pole becomes visible before Susan walks away.

Super Grover

ER Confidential - S1-E10

Visible crew/equipment: While Doug is treating the animal-rights activist, Francis sees Tag plucking the turkey in the next room, and when he asks Doug to shut the blinds, the reflection of the moving boom microphone is visible on the window's glass.

Super Grover

Blizzard - S1-E11

Visible crew/equipment: While Carol is at the admit desk, Linda returns to the ER, and as Linda says, "My Lexus just got snowplowed in; could I use the phone?" the reflection of the moving boom pole is visible on the partition.

Super Grover

Blizzard - S1-E11

Continuity mistake: While Mookie stands at the doorway of Trauma 1, where the patient's traumatic amputation is being treated, Lydia gets splattered with the man's blood and says, "Whoa! I got a pumper," but in the next shot that blood has suddenly vanished from her face and safety glasses.

Super Grover

Doug Ross: Dr. Weaver and the sound of her own voice. A love story.

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Trivia: Doug Ross frequently hung his head low, appearing ashamed or thoughtful or privately amused, depending on the scene. This wasn't just an element of the character: George Clooney had taken to writing his lines on papers, sheets, and other props.

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Answer: A man named Paul Sobriki comes into the ER in the season 6 episode 13 " All in the Family." He is complaining of headaches, Carter and Lucy decide to rule out meningitis and do a lumber puncture. Paul struggles during the procedure and believes that both doctors are stabbing him. Lucy, who is interested in Psych thinks something is wrong with their patient mentally, but Carter is dismissive of her. She gets cross with his attitude and she calls the psych department anyway to have a look at him. Later on and near the closing 20 minutes or so of the episode, all the staff start playing loud music and get a cake which appears to be blue lol, together to party as it's Valentines Day, Carter returns from somewhere and asks where Lucy is. He goes to check one of the rooms for her and Paul Sobriki comes up behind him in the dark and stabs him twice in the lower back, he collapses and as he falls unconscious he sees Lucy on the ground also. In the next episode, Be Still My Heart (ep 14), Dr Weaver discovers them and all of the staff work to try and save them, whilst Carter survives. Lucy's wounds are fatal and suffers a pulmonary embolism as Corday and Romano try to save her. Carter is grief stricken and feels guilty about the way he treated her, he becomes addicted to painkillers and Benton, Greene all help him and book him into rehab.

Answer: Lucy and Carter were stabbed by a patient she had suspected of having mental problems. Lucy died and Carter survived only to become addicted to painkillers.

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