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ER (1994)

48 mistakes in season 1 - chronological order

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Blizzard - S1-E11

Visible crew/equipment: Susan searches for a surgeon for Mr. Bozinsky's aortic aneurysm. When Bozinsky has coded, Bob cuts the man open, then does the cross-clamp procedure herself, and in a couple of Wendy's close-ups, the reflection of the boom microphone is visible on her safety glasses.

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Blizzard - S1-E11

Audio problem: While Susan is with Mr. Bozinsky, Lydia takes Mrs. Bozinsky to the payphone. Then, when we hear Susan say, "Mr. Bozinsky, are you sure when I push here, this isn't hurting you?" Susan's mouth is not actually saying anything.

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Blizzard - S1-E11

Visible crew/equipment: After Jerry shows Mark how to use the paging microphone at the admit desk, the camera dollies out just as everyone joins Mark for Carter's prank, and there's a director's chair, with a crew member (has a goatee/beard) standing behind it, that is visible at the left side of the screen.

Super Grover

Blizzard - S1-E11

Visible crew/equipment: While Jerry is watching TV news about the snowstorm, Mark asks him how the desktop paging microphone works. Then, as Jerry walks toward Mark, the reflection of the boom operator moving with the boom mic is visible on the glass partition.

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The Gift - S1-E12

Visible crew/equipment: When Doug exits the taxi in front of the restaurant-bar, he walks toward the door, and the reflections of the Steadicam operator and another crew member beside him become visible on the glass near the door. (00:35:20)

Super Grover

The Gift - S1-E12

Continuity mistake: Benton's stethoscope moves between shots as he talks to Hicks about failing to get allowances to harvest a patients organs for donation. As he comes out of the room the stethoscope lies over his shoulders, in the next shot of Benton it's hanging round his neck.

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Happy New Year - S1-E13

Visible crew/equipment: The second time Carter stands ready in the OR, Nurse Shirley draws a circle on the floor around Carter's feet, then tells him, "Don't move!" While Morgenstern and Benton continue their round of foreign capitals during the surgery, just as Carter adds, "Kinshasa," the boom mic pops up into view at the bottom of the screen. (00:38:50)

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Happy New Year - S1-E13

Visible crew/equipment: Dr. Kayson gets on the elevator, and Susan tries to get his evaluation about her patient with the mitral valve prolapse. Then, when Susan walks away from the elevator, as the rolling camera tracks to the right, its reflection is visible on the glass.

Super Grover

Make of Two Hearts - S1-E17

Continuity mistake: Doug and Peter are running to meet the ambulance transporting the boy with the crushed leg. From the back we see Doug with his arms out as he runs, but the shot changes to the front and he has his hands in his pockets, with no time to change naturally. (00:10:40)

Make of Two Hearts - S1-E17

Continuity mistake: Carol and Carter are in the room with the patient Tatiana and the dog; Tatiana has a yellow marker in her hand. In some shots she appears to be hugging the dog and in others drawing something with the marker, with no time to change positions. (00:21:50)

Make of Two Hearts - S1-E17

Continuity mistake: Carol goes to visit Tatiana while she is sleeping. As the camera shows a shot from above, the blanket over the girl has changed position noticeably. (00:31:40)

Make of Two Hearts - S1-E17

Continuity mistake: At the very end of the show, Carol is sitting on a gurney with Tatiana - the little girl is holding her doll by its waist. The shot changes and suddenly she is holding it around its neck.

Love's Labor Lost - S1-E20

Continuity mistake: As Mark futilely pounds on Jodi O'Brien's chest, Carol can be seen in the background, removing her protective glasses with one hand. However, after the Time of Death has been called and they're showing the reactions of everyone present in the room (Susan, Carol, Carter, Lydia, Chen), Carol is seen taking the glasses off again, this time with both hands.

Love's Labor Lost - S1-E20

Continuity mistake: Peter goes into the operating room, demanding to help with his mother's surgery. When he goes in, his cap is pulled down over his hair, but when he is talking to the surgeon in charge, about an inch of his hair shows for a couple of shots. The surgeon orders him out, and he leaves, and his hair is completely covered again. At no time did he adjust the cap.

Love's Labor Lost - S1-E20

Other mistake: When Jodi O'Brien is having seizures during the birth, Dr. Greene decides to take the baby out prematurely. Complications result and the woman dies, they show a shot of a clock in the background and it says 7:00, but when they say the Time of Death they say 6:02.

House of Cards - S1-E22

Continuity mistake: When Malik finds Carter's family noted amongst the richest in Chicago, he says that Carter's father is named 'Roland'. However, in later episodes, Carter's father's name is given as John Truman Carter, Jr.

House of Cards - S1-E22

Continuity mistake: During the opening credits, when they are working on an unconscious patient, his belt is undone and his fly is down. A couple of shots later, the fly is up and the belt buckled, even no one touched them in between.

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