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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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.

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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)

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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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Be Still My Heart - S6-E13

Visible crew/equipment: When the son of the accident victims is being led through the trauma rooms to see his parents' bodies, you can see Laura Innes crouching under a table in the background directing the scene. Innes was the director of this episode and it was established that this episode took place on her character's day off. Therefore, she should not have appeared in front of the camera at all. (00:32:30)

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Trivia: Every episode has the patient list by the nurse's station. On the patient list, different names are mentioned, like Marguiles or Tierney. They put these names there as a spoof of the show.

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Question: Does anybody know what the episode was called where that helicopter severed Romano's arm? I'm pretty sure it was season 8.

Answer: It was in "Chaos Theory" which is the first episode of season 9 (time code 00:13:55).

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