NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service

Model Behavior - S3-E11

Visible crew/equipment: While Tony and Ziva are speaking with Tom Crawley about Taylor, the red and green tape marks are visible on the floor in overhead shots, such as when Crawley stands up. Also, near the end, while Gibbs, Ziva, and Tony are with Crawley and the models, more tape marks are visible again. (00:19:20)

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Frame Up - S3-E9

Visible crew/equipment: While Gibbs flips the pages of the court records from Stewart's case, when he sees the photos he rushes off to the lab, and in the wide shot two green T-marks are visible on the floor, in front of his desk. (00:42:50)

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Frame Up - S3-E9

Visible crew/equipment: When Gibbs brings the pizza to Tony at the jail, in the wide shot just as Tony walks over to Gibbs, a crew member wearing white shorts is visible behind Gibbs, on the right side of the screen (where another camera is located). (00:22:55)

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The Voyeur's Web - S3-E6

Visible crew/equipment: After Ziva discovers the hair dye in the hotel room it cuts to McGee with Abby, and as they walk away from the desk, the reflections of crew members, including the dolly grip pulling the camera dolly, are visible on the glass door. (00:39:40)

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Silver War - S3-E4

Visible crew/equipment: At the re-enactment field, after Ziva pulls a gun on the two men in the graveyard, it then cuts to McGee and Tony with Kearns while Gibbs is on his cell. Two shots later, the camera becomes visible on the right side of the screen, just as Gibbs walks past it. (00:40:45)

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Mind Games - S3-E3

Visible crew/equipment: While Gibbs and Tony are in the car chasing after Briggs, Gibbs is on his cell with McGee getting location updates, and just as Gibbs asks, "How far ahead is he?" the camera is visible behind Gibbs and Tony, by the back seat. (00:37:55)

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Mind Games - S3-E3

Revealing mistake: When O'Neill starts taking Polaroid photos of Cassidy in the barn, Cassidy's blouse is properly buttoned up, but the second photo O'Neill takes shows Cassidy's blouse is being held together with a large safety pin, then the buttons are intact again. (00:39:10)

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Red Cell - S2-E20

Visible crew/equipment: While Ducky and Gibbs are at the crime scene in the field, in the long shot just as Ducky says, "He took a tumble down the hill," the raised camera crane, camera, and camera operator (feet are dangling off the front of the crane platform) are visible at the left side of the screen. (00:04:10)

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Forced Entry - S2-E9

Visible crew/equipment: After Tony gives McGee the coffee belonging to Gibbs, when it cuts to inside Laura Rowans' house, just as the Sergeant tells Gibbs, "The perp broke in, tried to rape her, she shot him," the boom operator (wearing a blue shirt) holding the boom pole is reflected on the framed picture's glass. He's visible again when Caitlin and McGee walk in. (00:02:30)

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Heart Break - S2-E8

Visible crew/equipment: After Gibbs tells Tony to go down to Forensics to go over the physical evidence, when it cuts to Ducky walking into Autopsy while saying good morning to Jimmy, the reflections of the camera operator and camera are visible on the steel door. (00:34:30)

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The Good Wives Club - S2-E2

Visible crew/equipment: While in the morgue, Ducky asks Palmer if his recorder is on, and in the next shot a crew member wearing an orange shirt is visible on the right side of the screen. A few shots later, as Ducky talks about cause of death, we see another crew member on the left side of the screen. (00:08:40)

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See No Evil - S2-E1

Visible crew/equipment: While Sandy is helping NCIS by listening to the feed, Gibbs asks her if she can "remember anything else about the train sounds," and in the next shot we can see the reflection of the boom pole/mic (being held overhead) on the steel surface behind Abby. (00:34:05)

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The Truth Is Out There - S1-E17

Visible crew/equipment: During the joint interrogation of all four POS, in at least three shots facing the one-way mirror the reflections of the camera, the camera operator, and another crew member can be seen on that mirror. One example is when Gibbs tells Wong that the tape isn't his. (00:40:00)

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Marine Down - S1-E9

Visible crew/equipment: After Gibbs meets with the real Colonel Walsh, when he's back at NCIS Gibbs asks for Morrow's help to gain access to records, and in the overhead shot a crew member's leg (wearing jeans and a sneaker) is visible on the left side of the screen, directly behind Morrow. (00:11:50)

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Minimum Security - S1-E8

Visible crew/equipment: When Nasser is brought to the interrogation room he raises his handcuffed arms and Gibbs nods no to removing them. In the next closeup of Nasser's handcuffs we can see the black taped mat on the floor (also visible in a following shot) which doesn't exist in overhead shots, then as the camera tilts up the reflection of the camera operator (wearing shorts) and camera are visible in the mirror. (00:16:30)

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See No Evil - S2-E1

[Gibbs is drinking a cup of coffee.]
Kate Todd: Gibbs, it's like one hundred degrees in here. How can you drink that stuff?
Leroy Gibbs: It keeps me cool.

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