Winning a Battle, Losing the War - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: When Christina is talking to Shelley about her husbands organs, the clipboards on the table in front of her keep changing their positions. (00:28:25)
The First Cut Is the Deepest - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: After George finishes brushing his teeth, he has a smear of toothpaste left on his cheek which disappears between shots. (00:34:10)
Continuity mistake: When the interns are sitting on the beds, Izzie stretches her arms upwards twice between shots, when talking about geriatrics. (00:15:50)
Continuity mistake: When George is telling Gloria that her husband died, the woman standing next to Gloria puts her hand on her shoulder three times. (00:33:20)
Continuity mistake: Dr. Bailey points out four pagers for the four interns. However somehow there are two pagers left over. (00:04:30)
Continuity mistake: Christina turns her head away twice, when Meredith is picked for surgery with Derek. (00:29:55)
Winning a Battle, Losing the War - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: When the interns are asked who wants to assist Burke, everyone raises their hands. When they lower them, Christina lowers her arm twice. (00:03:10)
Continuity mistake: When Dr. Miranda Bailey tries to resuscitate/reanimate her patient Jeremiah, the assistant puts the anesthesia bag down next to Jeremiah's shoulder, in the next shot however, she has the bag back in her hands and lies it down once more.
Continuity mistake: When Meredith's talking to Lexie in the clinic, in one shot from Lexie's right there's a chunk of hair hanging in front of her ear. We cut to a shot from the other side, then back, and without her touching it, it's now neatly tucked back.
Continuity mistake: Just before Meredith answers the question about the "common causes of post-op fever", her file opens itself between shots. (00:36:00)
Continuity mistake: Cristina walks in during the party with two containers of cupcakes, places them on the side table and walks out. When Alex opens the lid and starts picking at the cupcake toppings, in the shots facing him the top container lid is wide open, but in shots facing Meredith the lid is closed and the cupcakes are untouched. (00:40:20)
Something to Talk About - S2-E7
Continuity mistake: When Nurse Debbie gives Christina all the patient files, the 'explosive diarrhoea' file that she puts at the very top of the pile disappears in the next shot and then reappears in the next shot, but turned the other way round. (00:14:40)
Continuity mistake: When Derek sits in the rocking chair in the room with the premature baby and then Addison starts listing their relationship options, the blanket hanging over the back of the rocking chair constantly changes position, evident by the green stripes on it. (00:31:50)
Continuity mistake: When Meredith and Christina lay on the grass in the park, Meredith's hands are on her chest but are by her sides in the next closeup. (00:01:55)
The Self Destruct Button - S1-E7
Continuity mistake: When Izzy, George and Christina walk over to the vendor, talking about Dr. Sheppard and Meredith, Izzy is in the middle, eating snacks from a packet. Between shots she alternates from holding the pack either up or down. (00:23:00)
Continuity mistake: When everybody is talking in the canteen, Merediths arm moves from down on her chair, to up in the air between shots. (00:09:20)
Continuity mistake: When Meredith and Christina are trying to tell Derek about Katie, he gets into the lift and the door begins to shut. In the next shot the door is back open. (00:27:55)
Continuity mistake: We see a nurse writing down "Yang, C" on the assignments board; note the handwriting. Later, when Burke notices that Christina's name is on the board, the handwriting of "Yang, C" is completely different and other minor writing differences are noticeable too. (00:27:55 - 00:33:45)
The Self Destruct Button - S1-E7
Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the episode, Izzy takes a purple plastic cup of coffee with her to work. In the parking lot she now has a coffee in a disposable paper cup. Then in the locker room, she is back to having the purple plastic cup of coffee. (00:02:25)
It's the End of the World (Part I) - S2-E17
Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the episode when Izzie is getting a wheelchair for Dr. Bailey, Bailey's water breaks and it goes all over George's shoes. But when she is hauled into the chair her jeans are completely dry.
