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Season 1 generally

Easter egg: In the special features on Disc 6, go down to "Inside Quantico and the Criminal Mind", and press right on your control; this should highlight the image of a gun. Select it to view a short tour of the CM offices and set with Edward Allen Bernero's assistant Rosalie.

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Season 1 generally

Easter egg: On the 7th Disc, under Special Features there are 3 extra interviews that you can watch. 1) Highlight "Creating Enterprise" then use left arrow to highlight the top Enterprise model and press enter/play, 2) Highlight "Cast Impressions" then use the left arrow to highlight the middle Enterprise model and press enter/play, and 3) select "more" to go to the second page of special features, Highlight "Admiral Forrest takes Center Stage" and press the left arrow to highlight the middle Enterprise model and press enter/play.

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Show generally

Easter egg: If you go to the extras menu, there are certain hidden segments (mostly called 'the red shirt logs'). Use your controller to search for them.

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Show generally

Easter egg: On disc four of series 3, go into the scene selection, go to the last page, highlight "keep looking" and press "up." You know have the whole easter egg that was part of the story.

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24 (2001)

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Season 1 generally

Easter egg: On disc one go to languages and press enter. Next go to francais and press left on the DVD remote. A man will appear on the right side of the screen. Press enter for an interview with Dean Stockwell.

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Season 3 generally

Easter egg: In the Special Features section of the third season's DVD, you can find a comment on why there are an English and a Japanese version of the title song, together with a medley with both versions alternating along with scenes from the season's episode. In order to find it, you have to go onto Mas' symbol on his chest.

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Suggested correction: And how do we get to Mas' symbol?

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Jewbilee (3) - S3-E9

Easter egg: On the set up menu in Disc 2, highlight the feature that is next to Moses. Hit left. This will Moses shoot laser beams out of his eyes. With his mouth open.

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Two Weddings and A Funeral - S1-E20

Easter egg: On the final disk of season 1, go to Special Features and click up. The bar that represent heart rate should be highlighted. Hit enter here to see Davis' screen test.

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Season 6 generally

Easter egg: On the third disc of season 6, select "bonus features." Once the bonus features menu appears, press up and the cherries next to the "next" button should have a red circle around them. Press enter to see Bill Lawrence and Randall Winston discuss season 7 plot points.

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Show generally

Easter egg: On many (if not all) of the DVD sets, if you use the arrow buttons on the remote, you can highlight different parts of the station. This allows you to view small clips of interviews and such.

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Season 1 generally

Easter egg: Season 1 DVD - Highlight Episode 2 on the main menu. Then click your right arrow once, and the blue thumbtack will be highlighted. Hit "Enter" and you will see Season 1, Episode 10 (Burning Man Festival) with the audio turned down very low and the cast members reenacting the sounds, including the theme music.

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Show generally

Easter egg: On the second disc, go to Mininews. Highlight number 4 and press up. You should now see a red dot near the top of the screen. Press enter to watch a rather odd version of one of George W Bush's speeches.

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Season 2 generally

Easter egg: On Disc 2 of series 2, enter 'Anglian Alan', press up once to highlight a video in the background, press enter to see fictious credits to Crash Bang Wallop What a video.

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Show generally

Easter egg: On both the first and second season DVD sets insert the special features disc of each set. When the menu comes up press your left arrow, then your right arrow. A star will appear below the menu options. On the season one special features disc there is an interview with the chief security guard of the set. On season two they discuss the fishbowl on the desk of C.J.Craig.

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Easter egg: On the Series 1 Disc 4 on the main menu, when you have the 'Play All' button highlighted, go up and highlight what looks like a mobile phone. If you press enter you get the director of the first two episodes discussing the use of CGI within said episodes for about 2 1/2 minutes.

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