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The First Edition - S5-E1

Visible crew/equipment: When Judge Thornbury fails to convince John-Boy to kill the story on his car accident, Thornbury heads over to talk to John at the mill, and just as Zeb says, "Hiya, Judge," the boom mic pops up into view at the bottom of the screen. (00:17:40)

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The Firestorm - S5-E5

Visible crew/equipment: When Zeb pulls Esther into the living room with everyone else, Zeb walks over to the small black tape mark on the rug and stands on his mark. Then, as Zeb begins to talk about Erin's entry into the contest, in this wide shot lighting equipment is visible at the right side of the screen. It's visible again when John hugs Erin in the last shot of the scene. (00:25:00)

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The Nightwalker - S5-E6

Visible crew/equipment: After Miss Mamie tells Miss Emily her idea about changing the order for turning out of the lights, when Miss Mamie turns off the second lamp, as she walks back to the third lamp the two white T-marks are visible on the floor, at the bottom left side of the screen. (00:17:50)

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John's Crossroad - S5-E17

Visible crew/equipment: When Mel knocks the folders from his desk onto the floor John helps pick them up, and just as Mel tells him that he's fallen behind a little, the shadow of the boom mic is moving across the picture hanging on the wall. (00:26:45)

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The Career Girl - S5-E18

Visible crew/equipment: When John-Boy is parked in front of Godsey's, with Erin in the vehicle and Jim-Bob at the pump, the reflections of location set equipment and what looks like the leg of a crew member are in the rear window, behind the driver seat. (00:14:35)

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The Career Girl - S5-E18

Visible crew/equipment: While Ike explains to Jim-Bob about "traffic" in the grocery business he walks over to the register, and in the background a T-mark is visible on the floor in front of the counter where Ike placed the grocery order, then soon Ike will walk back over to that spot to place a box on the counter. (00:15:45)

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The Hero - S5-E19

Visible crew/equipment: When Jim-Bob rides up on Blue while Sarah is under her car, the reflections of the location bank lighting and the moving boom pole are visible on her car's surface, particularly when Jim-Bob is underneath in the closeup. (00:20:40)

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The Heartbreaker - S5-E21

Factual error: When Elizabeth asks Zeb how Vanessa can be happy, Zeb has his old catalog with a bunch of flower seed packets on his lap, and as they both hold up the packets, particularly Elizabeth, the modern Universal Product Codes are at the back of the packets. The UPC did not exist until many years later. (00:10:05)

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The Unthinkable - S8-E15

Trivia: While John is reading the newspaper funnies to John Curtis, we hear Erin and Mary Ellen come home, so John puts the folded newspaper down on the couch. And as the newspaper lies on the couch, we can see the large white adhesive label with typewritten sentences adhered to the center of the funnies page. Presumably, these are the actor's lines as he was reading quite animatedly to the toddler (sweet moment). (00:06:25)

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