Continuity mistake: During the house fire, when Chet kicks the door twice he leaves dark marks on the door, but when he kicks the door a third time the marks on the door have vanished.
Super Grover
12th Jan 2014
Emergency! (1972)
12th Jan 2014
Emergency! (1972)
Continuity mistake: When Dr. Morton leaves the room of the patient who attempted suicide to get Jack, he takes the pill bottle from Dr. Early, carries the medical chart holder, and is wearing a stethoscope around his neck, but in the hallway when he gets Jack the pill bottle and chart holder are gone, and the stethoscope is in his pocket. Then, when they walk back into the room, Morton's holding the bottle and chart holder, and the stethoscope is back around his neck.
12th Jan 2014
Emergency! (1972)
It's How You Play the Game - S4-E19
Continuity mistake: When Johnny is in the ambulance with the car salesman that was bitten by the tiger, Johnny opens the man's shirt, but does not remove his western tie scarf. However, in the man's closeup the tie is open with the scarf slide removed, and then it's back to being tied with the slide.
12th Jan 2014
Emergency! (1972)
Continuity mistake: When Chet and Marco are hosing the gas meter fire, they are both wearing gloves while handling the hoses. However, after Roy helps Chet up from his stumble, there is a closeup of the hoses and it's a bare hand handling the hose.
11th Jan 2014
Emergency! (1972)
Peace Pipe - S2-E5
Continuity mistake: After Roy and Johnny find the source of the fuel oil getting into the water supply, when they pull up behind the van, there are three barricades with flashers. The flasher on the sidewalk barricade flips from one side to the opposite side between shots.
11th Jan 2014
Emergency! (1972)
Peace Pipe - S2-E5
Continuity mistake: When Johnny and Roy arrive at the apartment with the woman who can't breathe because of her new girdle, she hangs up the phone receiver with the cord across the base. In following shots the receiver is placed properly, and then the other way again.
9th Jan 2014
Emergency! (1972)
Continuity mistake: When Johnny and Roy are heading to the parade in The Old Engine, and get sidetracked dealing with a fire rescue, they are wearing the old-style shirts with a ten-button, square bottom bib front, with five buttons on each side. When Captain Stanley laughs at them on the roof, their shirt style differs in the close-up, it's now a nine-button, pointy bottom bib, with four buttons on each side and one button at the bottom point.
9th Jan 2014
Emergency! (1972)
Continuity mistake: When Roy and Johnny are driving to the parade in the fixed up old engine, they repeatedly switch between the road's right lane and left lane, depending on the camera angle.
8th Jan 2014
Emergency! (1972)
Continuity mistake: When Squad 51 and the ambulance arrive at Rampart with the father and unconscious diabetic son, the type of ambulance that backs up to the ER entrance is a station wagon, but in the interior shot from Rampart the ambulance type is a truck.
3rd Jan 2014
Emergency! (1972)
Continuity mistake: When Johnny and Roy are treating the officer, while hiding between the bakery truck and car, the sniper fires at them which leaves multiple bullet holes on the side of the truck. However, when Vince talks to the Sergeant on the handie-talkie and then fires the tear gas, all the bullet holes on the truck are gone, but they soon reappear.
3rd Jan 2014
Emergency! (1972)
Continuity mistake: The window from which the sniper is firing sustains damage with broken glass panes, but then the glass panes are whole and intact, and then they are broken again.
29th Dec 2013
Emergency! (1972)
Continuity mistake: Roy and Johnny move a barking dog, who is tied up in front of a hermit's rock-faced cave, and retie the dog to a branch in some bushes, but in following close-ups of the dog he is still tied up at the original spot.
29th Dec 2013
Emergency! (1972)
Continuity mistake: When Chet quickly takes off his turnout coat, one of the sleeves is inside out when Johnny uses it on the dog, but then both sleeves are right-side out while he and Roy are trying to subdue the dog.
29th Dec 2013
Emergency! (1972)
Continuity mistake: When the boy who ingested ant poison is laid down on the gurney, the safety belt is wound around the gurney's side bar and clasped, but when exiting the house and loaded into the ambulance the safety belt is directly around the boy.
29th Dec 2013
Emergency! (1972)
Continuity mistake: When Johnny goes to the closet to get the mop, because he's 'latrine officer of the day', he gets hit by the phantom, and all the guys run out of the kitchen to see Johnny wet again, so when dispatch drops the tones they all head for the vehicles and Captain Stanley removes his jacket. Then next shot all the guys are running out of the kitchen, as if they were all still there, and Stanley is wearing his jacket.
29th Dec 2013
Emergency! (1972)
Continuity mistake: When Johnny adjusts his IV after the snakebite, he tells Captain Stanley that he's ready to leave, and Chet is not wearing his helmet, but in the next shot as Marco heads for the squad Chet is wearing the helmet.
29th Dec 2013
Emergency! (1972)
Continuity mistake: When Johnny is bitten by the rattlesnake he's holding the handie-talkie, but then he drops it and the HT falls to the other side of the car, as he hoists himself up against the car door. However, when he sits down on the ground he is still holding the handie-talkie.
26th Dec 2013
Emergency! (1972)
Continuity mistake: At the rock quarry, after Johnny tells Captain Stanley that they need the Stokes and a jack, Johnny removes his helmet, and while Jason holds Johnny's helmet, Johnny tosses the rope below, but in following shots Johnny's wearing the helmet again.
26th Dec 2013
Emergency! (1972)
Continuity mistake: When Dixie goes to Brackett's office to discuss Boot's temperature, Dr. Morton's crossed legs go from left over right, to right over left, repeatedly, depending on the shot.
20th Dec 2013
Emergency! (1972)
School Days - S2-E14
Continuity mistake: On their way back from the rescue at the auto wrecking yard, in the close-up we see that Roy, Billy, and Gage are in the squad talking, but when it cuts to the exterior shot there are only two people in Squad 51.
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