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ER (1994)

285 mistakes - chronological order

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Days Like This - S2-E6

Continuity mistake: Carol is signing papers for the notary and he is complaining about his job - he has one hand up on his large book and the other in his lap. The shot changes and his arm and hand are under the book, with no time to shift naturally.

Days Like This - S2-E6

Continuity mistake: Harper is talking to Mark about her night with Doug and her stethoscope is hidden in her collar and lapel on her right. As the shot changes and she turns, it is suddenly fully visible and the left side has moved much further up towards her neck.

Hell and High Water - S2-E7

Continuity mistake: Molly's mother walks away from her daughter's bed and towards her ex-husband and has moved about a foot from the bed; the next shot goes back to Molly's face and we can see her mother's hand still on her shoulder, even though this would be physically impossible.

Hell and High Water - S2-E7

Continuity mistake: While Doug is giving CPR to the kid that was stuck it is pouring rain and everyone is soaking wet. When he runs with the kid and cop to the ambulance, it is no longer raining and they are all dry.

Hell and High Water - S2-E7

Continuity mistake: Peter is standing next to the bed of a the little girl who was hit by a car, talking to her parents. Suddenly there is a paper in his hand which hadn't been there in the shots before.

The Secret Sharer - S2-E8

Continuity mistake: Early in the show, Mark is going into an office to meet with Morgenstern and another doctor. As he opens the door in the hall, his bag is slung over his right shoulder, but when the shot changes and he's entering the office, it's over his left shoulder. He had no time to change it.

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Dead of Winter - S2-E11

Visible crew/equipment: At the very start, the camera tracks past the ambulance entrance towards admitting, and when the camera turns as Rolando asks, "What's your ETA?" the reflection of the camera operator is visible on the glass. (00:00:20)

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Dead of Winter - S2-E11

Visible crew/equipment: When Peter examines the little boy again and tells Jeanie and Susan to draw pre-op labs, just as Peter exits the room behind Jeanie, the reflection of the moving boom pole/mic is visible on the door's glass. (00:18:50)

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Dead of Winter - S2-E11

Visible crew/equipment: When Mark and Doug are talking about Jen, Doug says, "If you can't make a marriage work, how the hell am I gonna," and just as Mark joins Susan at the desk, the reflection of the moving boom pole/mic is visible on the glass behind Mark. (00:22:15)

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True Lies - S2-E12

Continuity mistake: When Mark is having breakfast with Rachel and they are talking about skating, her table napkin, which was under her left elbow, falls to the floor. However, the next shot shows it back on the table, with her knife on top of it.

It's Not Easy Being Greene - S2-E13

Continuity mistake: Carter goes into the faculty dining room to talk to Peter and Dr. Vuselich - he has a brown strap around his neck (with his stethoscope) which changes position several times during the scene, even though he never touches it.

It's Not Easy Being Greene - S2-E13

Continuity mistake: Harper and Carter are in bed and his hand is bunched under the bedspread several inches from her hand. The next shot shows his hand is up by hers, touching her bottle of water, with no time for natural movement.

The Right Thing - S2-E14

Continuity mistake: Carter makes an upward motion and grabs Angel's paper cup of booze from her - but in the next shot there is no sign of the cup and he is holding a clipboard. There was no time for him to get rid of it.

The Right Thing - S2-E14

Continuity mistake: When Carter first starts to confront the drunk patients Angel and Nathan, the door to their room is open behind him. Angel falls to the floor and the shot shows the door is now closed. The shot goes back to Angel laughing and the door is ajar again. Then it's closed again, and then open when Susan comes into the room. All this happens within a few seconds.

The Right Thing - S2-E14

Continuity mistake: When Vuselich is lecturing Peter about his medical study, and we see Peter's face, his cap is pulled down over the top of his ears. When the shot is on Vuselich's face, we can now see the tops of Peter's ears. It continues like this for the whole scene.

The Right Thing - S2-E14

Continuity mistake: When Doug is outside with his father, and the shot is on Ray, we can see a lot of snow in the air, but when the camera goes to Doug, there is no snow at all. The snow distribution on his father's coat change from shot to shot as well, too much to happen in only a Split Second.

The Right Thing - S2-E14

Continuity mistake: Susan is at home, making drinks for Mark and her - she pours them drinks from the blender and leaves a little bit of liquid in the blender. They head for the living room and the blender suddenly has about 3 inches of liquid in it.

Baby Shower - S2-E15

Factual error: The majority of the babies that come out are far far too clean. This is particularly noticeable with the 2 twins, where the second one has nothing cleaned off it when it's presented to his mother.

David Mercier

Robert Romano: They're going to be looking for a sacrificial lamb, and I have to tell you, right now you're looking pretty wooly.

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Question: Does anybody know what the episode was called where that helicopter severed Romano's arm? I'm pretty sure it was season 8.

Answer: It was in "Chaos Theory", the first episode of season 9 (time code 00:13:55).

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