Continuity mistake: When Ducky is doing the autopsy on the dog, he talks to the dog and leans against the slab on his elbows (the elbows are not seen however the motion is easy to distinguish). Camera cuts and his arms are wide and he's resting on his hands. (00:07:50)
Continuity mistake: When Gibbs catches McGee playing games on the MTAC system, McGee's microphone is down by his mouth. Camera cuts and it's up out of the way, instantly. (00:18:30)
Continuity mistake: When McGee turns up at the house, Dinozzo puts his hand on McGee's shoulder. Camera cuts and it's no longer there. (00:26:30)
Continuity mistake: When Gibbs is making the phone call to (presumably) the press, he is holding the receiver in his hand. Camera cuts and now his hands are on the desk. (00:31:50)
Continuity mistake: The security guard at the start goes to grab his gun and keeps his hand on his holstered weapon. When Gibbs gives the OK, he now has a handheld metal detector in his hand. In the shot showing Gibbs we can see the guard and he doesn't move. (00:00:35)
Continuity mistake: When DiNozzo is woken up, the cover falls off his shoulder. Camera cuts and it's back on. (00:24:25)
Continuity mistake: When Gibbs shows Cpl Yost the tape in the interview room, he is burning a match down to his fingers. Camera shows a closeup of the head of the match being extinguished, but it is just the head that is alight. It is not burnt to his fingers. It also goes from horizontal to vertical. (00:36:50)
Heart Break - S2-E8
Continuity mistake: When Abby is talking about SHC with Gibbs she is holding a drink with 2 hands. Camera cuts and now it's just one hand. (00:07:50)
Heart Break - S2-E8
Continuity mistake: When Tony has Kate's phone, he lifts it up over his head. Camera cuts to behind him and it is now level with his head. (00:08:50)
Heart Break - S2-E8
Continuity mistake: When McGee and Gibbs are walking to their desk the matrix sign that hangs in the office is saying "Carter and Us..." Camera cuts and it now reads "...aims Human Eri..." (00:15:00)
Heart Break - S2-E8
Continuity mistake: When Tony is smoking, he raises the matches to next to the cigarette. Camera cuts and they are nowhere to be seen. (00:36:00)
Forced Entry - S2-E9
Continuity mistake: At the start, Tony is holding a cup of coffee in his right hand. Camera cuts to an overhead shot, and now it's in his left hand. (00:02:10)
Forced Entry - S2-E9
Continuity mistake: While Caitlin and Tony are at the hospital in Jeremy Davison's room, when Michelle walks in there are two closeups of Jeremy handcuffed to the bed rail. In the first closeup the handcuff is around his wrist with the double bar facing up, but in the second closeup as Caitlin uncuffs him it's the opposite way, with the single bar facing up. (00:27:55)
Black Water - S2-E11
Continuity mistake: When pulling the car out of the lake it is still on the grass. Camera cuts and it's about 6ft further back, on a concrete path. (00:06:50)
Black Water - S2-E11
Continuity mistake: The way Gibbs holds the business card at the start changes between angles. (00:07:30)
Black Water - S2-E11
Continuity mistake: At the TV studio, Gibbs shows his ID to the guard and the photocard is showing. Camera cuts and now he is showing the badge. Also the holder has gone from horizontal (for the card) to vertical (for the badge). (00:25:00)
Black Water - S2-E11
Continuity mistake: When Gibbs and Tony are talking about bringing McAllastair in, Tony's jacket is done up, then undone, then done up again in successive shots. (00:29:20)
Continuity mistake: At the start Gibbs has his coffee in his left hand. Camera cuts and it's now in his right hand. (00:02:25)
Continuity mistake: When Aaron Wright lights his cigarette in the NCIS elevator, he takes it out of his mouth to blow out a puff of smoke. His arm remains down by his side, but in the next shot his cigarette is instantly up in his mouth. (00:29:10)
Continuity mistake: At the start, Tony is eating ice cream and he has the spoon out of the tub pointing at Kate. Camera cuts to a different angle and the spoon is now in the tub. (00:02:40)
Answer: I hadn't seen the backdoor pilots yet but while it wasn't explicitly stated, at least onscreen, I heard somewhere Vivian got either fired from NCIS due to jeopardizing a case, got resigned from the agency, or transferred to the FBI.
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