
Continuity mistake: When Shada Shakarji sits down at the end she has one hand open palmed on her chest near her shoulder. Camera changes and both hands are in her lap. (00:40:45)

Continuity mistake: When Mike is talking to Gibbs in his house, he has a bottle of scotch on the table. A few shots later, without it being touched, the scotch is now on the paper. (00:14:15)
Answer: I hadn't seen the backdoor pilots yet but while it wasn't explicitly stated, at least onscreen, I heard somewhere Vivian got either fired from NCIS due to jeopardizing a case, got resigned from the agency, or transferred to the FBI.
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