31st Mar 2014
It's How You Play the Game - S4-E19
Visible crew/equipment: At the scene of the traffic accident, when the injured driver starts shouting just before they load the stretcher onto the ambulance, a ducking crew member's head dips into view at the bottom, right corner of the screen.
31st Mar 2014
It's How You Play the Game - S4-E19
Visible crew/equipment: After John is punched in the nose at the scene of the traffic accident, when the ambulance arrives the reflection of set lighting is visible on the surface of the ambulance.
31st Mar 2014
It's How You Play the Game - S4-E19
Audio problem: At the scene of the vehicle accident, Johnny asks the driver, "Where does it hurt?" but when he continues to ask, "Right here?" we can see he's not actually moving his mouth, just before he's punched in the nose by the driver.
31st Mar 2014
Visible crew/equipment: After Station 51 is dispatched to the plane in trouble, just as Engine 51 makes the right turn into the lot, before they park beside the squad, a crew member's/cameraman's sleeve gets into the shot, at the left of the screen.
31st Mar 2014
Visible crew/equipment: When Johnny and Roy are at the top of the open drawbridge, beside the car hanging over the edge, just after Roy says "Be careful, this could go at any minute," the moving shadows of the cameraman and another crew member are visible on the bridge surface. That shadow is visible in two other previous shots from the same angle.
31st Mar 2014
Visible crew/equipment: After Station 51 is dispatched to the bomb threat, when the squad and engine pull into the alley, just as Roy stops the squad, the reflection of the cameraman/camera are visible in the spotlight's chrome surface.
31st Mar 2014
Visible crew/equipment: When Station 51 is dispatched to a man trapped at World Picture Studios, just after they pass the studio's gate, in the moving shot from the left side of Squad 51, the reflection of the cameraman is visible on the lightbar atop the squad's roof.
31st Mar 2014
Visible crew/equipment: After the fake eye exam 51's guys are sitting around the kitchen table, and when Chet tells them that he was sitting in the front row at the movies, there are moving shadows at the bottom, right corner of the screen, which do not belong to the guys.
31st Mar 2014
Continuity mistake: When 51's guys are at the table eating and discussing Roy and Johnny's deal, Johnny tosses his car keys to Roy, and in the following shots those keys vanish and reappear on the table repeatedly, and in the shots where the keys appear on the table, it's the ketchup, mustard, and napkins that have vanished. Also notice that the ketchup's brand name is covered.
31st Mar 2014
Deliberate mistake: When O'Brien shows up at the nurses' station for Dixie's answer, after she declines the offer Dixie walks off to a patient who's brought in by the police, and the last closeup that's shown of O'Brien is flipped - note his hair is parted the opposite way and the background is backwards.
31st Mar 2014
Visible crew/equipment: When Roy and Johnny enter stage 3 to search for both Vic and the bear, just after Johnny and Roy split up, as the camera moves forward in Johnny's direction, the moving shadow of the cameraman/camera are visible on the filing drawers, to the left.
31st Mar 2014
Visible crew/equipment: After Squad 51 is dispatched to a man injured at the movie studio, just as they reach the studio, in the shot from the back of the squad, the reflection of cameraman is visible on the lightbar atop the squad.
31st Mar 2014
Visible crew/equipment: When Station 51 is dispatched to a man over the cliff, while en route there's a shot from the top of Engine 51, with the dome light in front of the camera, and the reflection of the covered camera, which is mounted on the engine's roof, is visible in the dome light's chrome surface.
31st Mar 2014
Continuity mistake: While Johnny is trying to reach the man who fell over the cliff, the bicycle falls all the way to the bottom of the canyon, and then there's a shot of the man and we can see that the bicycle is still above him at the side of the cliff, just before Chet says over the HT, "Lower him, Cap, the victim's broken loose."
31st Mar 2014
Visible crew/equipment: When Station 51 is dispatched to a vehicle accident in the canyon, en route there's a shot from the POV of the top of Engine 51, with the dome light in front of the camera, and the reflection of the covered camera, which is mounted on the engine's roof, is visible in the dome light's chrome surface.
31st Mar 2014
Transition - S4-E15
Continuity mistake: After Gil and Johnny have lowered the man from the amusement park ride, Gil, who's wearing the backpack, rappels down first and reaches the ground. Then when Johnny hooks in and rappels down, there's a shot of what is supposed to be Johnny rappelling down, but it's actually a shot of Gil, because it was Gil who was wearing the backpack.
29th Mar 2014
Continuity mistake: After Squad 51 gets back to the station, Roy and Johnny remain in the squad discussing Roy being the coach, and when the dispatcher drops the tones, we see a closeup of five pair of legs rushing out of the kitchen, even though we should only be seeing four pair of legs, since Roy and Johnny are already in the squad.
29th Mar 2014
Revealing mistake: When Squad 51 gets back to the station, while Johnny's trying to convince Roy to coach their singing, the usually highly reflective chrome surface of the spotlights have been sprayed with a dulling spray, to temporarily dull the finish for this shot.
29th Mar 2014
Camera Bug - S4-E10
Other mistake: At the end of the episode, when Johnny's telling the other guys that his photograph was bought, the box of cereal and carton of milk that are on the table have tape affixed to them, to deliberately cover their brand names.
29th Mar 2014
Camera Bug - S4-E10
Continuity mistake: After Roy and Johnny are dispatched to Station 68, Bob is lying on the floor with his shirt buttoned up and Roy has his hand on Bob's chest taking his respiration, but when it cuts to Bob's closeup his shirt is already unbuttoned, with the ECG electrode discs and leads in place on his chest. Additionally, in Bob's closeups the leads go from attached to the discs, to unattached, to attached again.
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