24th Mar 2014
Propinquity - S3-E20
Visible crew/equipment: When the ambulance that Roy is riding in is involved in a traffic accident, the ambulance driver, Hal, comes out to help, and the outline of the mic transmitter is visible on the back of Hal's white shirt.
24th Mar 2014
Continuity mistake: After Station 51 is dispatched to the fire/explosion at the chemical company, when John heads inside to rescue the chemist, the SCBA cylinder he's wearing has one white sticker and one pinkish sticker. By the time John brings the victim out to the sidewalk, his air tank has changed back and forth repeatedly to one that has two red stickers.
24th Mar 2014
Visible crew/equipment: Just before the hermit leaves Rampart, the actor's mark is visible on the floor in front of the market owner's feet, and when Dixie turns the hermit's wheelchair, the tape mark in front of Brackett becomes visible.
24th Mar 2014
Visible crew/equipment: When Roy and Johnny are in the basket with the man who was electrocuted, after they finally get the victim on the ground and surround him, the shadows of the cameraman/camera are visible mainly on Roy and Captain Stanley.
24th Mar 2014
Visible crew/equipment: When John and Roy get back to the station, Captain Stanley asks them to step into the office, and as Cap walks through the doorway the camera's shadow is visible on the wall at the left. Also note the coiled electrical wire lying on the floor in front of the squad, and the shadow of something that is directly in front of the squad, even though the squad just rolled in.
24th Mar 2014
Visible crew/equipment: When the woman staggers into the ER a nurse rushes over, and the actor's T-mark is visible on the floor in front of the admitting desk, where the nurse was just standing.
24th Mar 2014
Continuity mistake: When Roy and Johnny get back to the brush fire's base camp, they join the rest of 51's guys who are sitting and eating. During this entire scene, continuity between shots is off. Chet's coffee keeps switching from Johnny's hand to being on the ground, and then between both of Chet's hands to being on the ground. Also, the bread on Chet's sandwich is either white or a darker type, the sandwich size varies, and it also changes hands.
24th Mar 2014
Revealing mistake: When Station 51 is dispatched to the chimney explosion, en route there is a moving bird's-eye view as the filming chopper follows 51's vehicles making a right turn. On the ground below, there are two people standing beside a blue station wagon, and one points up to the chopper flying overhead.
24th Mar 2014
Visible crew/equipment: After Station 51 is dispatched to the bulldozer accident, just before Engine 51 comes to a stop at the junkyard there's a shot from the perspective of Engine 51's roof, with the Beacon Ray dome light in front, and on the light's red and chrome surface we can see the reflection of the camera mounted on the roof behind the dome light.
24th Mar 2014
Other mistake: When Roy and Johnny are working on the squad's engine, while Johnny's lying on the mechanic's creeper, Roy is holding a spray can with white tape wrapped around the top of the can, so the brand name would not be visible.
24th Mar 2014
Continuity mistake: When Roy and John are in the ER's staff lounge discussing Donaldson, Roy's button, second from the top, is buttoned up in the wide shots, but is unbuttoned in his closeups during the conversation.
24th Mar 2014
Continuity mistake: At the start of the episode, after Chet takes a spoonful of hot cheddar cheese the bowl is near his plate, but when it cuts to facing the other guys that bowl is on the other side of the table near Marco, then back and forth again.
24th Mar 2014
How Green Was My Thumb? - S3-E17
Visible crew/equipment: When John and Roy are searching for the missing man during the fire at the winery, a flaming piece of debris falls in front of Roy. When Roy climbs up to the deck above him, it cuts to Roy on his knees about to stand up, and we can see someone moving right near him, at the left of the screen, even though he's alone.
24th Mar 2014
How Green Was My Thumb? - S3-E17
Continuity mistake: When Johnny and Roy visit Mrs. Johnson on the 6th floor, they take the elevator near the nurses' station, at the south end of the ER wing, and when they exit the elevator they turn left to room 603. This is completely impossible considering the actual floor plan of the hospital, since in all the exterior shots of the ER it is only 2-storeys.
24th Mar 2014
Other mistake: After Dr. Early fixes the squad's engine problem, while Roy and Johnny are driving away, Roy's watch reads 10:30, but when the dispatcher sends them to the leg injury he says that the time out is 11:52. Then at the scene of the football player's leg injury, Roy's watch reads 8:15 and Johnny's watch reads 9:30.
22nd Mar 2014
Visible crew/equipment: At the refinery fire, after the stokes is loaded onto the snorkel and then John and Roy climb in, two shots after Captain Stanley's closeup, in the shot tilting up at the descending snorkel basket, a crew member who is crouching down can be seen on the tower behind it (presumably it's the second cameraman shooting all the footage from that angle).
22nd Mar 2014
Continuity mistake: When Roy and Johnny are with the man in full arrest on the tower at the refinery, Johnny hooks up the Datascope with the wire, but in all the overhead shots there is no wire at the back of the Datascope monitor.
22nd Mar 2014
Visible crew/equipment: After Station 51 is dispatched to the fire at the refinery, when they reach the refinery and make a right turn the view is from atop Squad 51's roof, and the reflection of the covered camera and part of the cameraman's head are visible in the squad's lightbar.
22nd Mar 2014
Visible crew/equipment: After the boy who ingested the ant poison is loaded onto the ambulance, when the back doors are shut, the reflection of the location set lighting is visible in the ambulance window and on its surface.
22nd Mar 2014
Visible crew/equipment: After Johnny carries Cindy down from the treehouse, when Cindy's mother joins them, the bulging outline of the lavalier mic transmitter is visible on the back of her white sweater.
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