NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service
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Cover Story - S4-E20

Continuity mistake: When McGee is writing, we see he is working on a new paragraph. Camera cuts away for 6 seconds and then cuts back and now he is already halfway through the third line of that paragraph despite there not being enough time or enough pings of the typewriter resetting. (00:33:50)

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Cover Story - S4-E20

Continuity mistake: When McGee is free-writing, the stuff he has styped changes between the two close ups. While the words remain the same, the spelling and punctuation changes. "Was" becomes "Wsa", "Gat" becomes "gat", "desser" becomes "des" and "Bang" becomes "bang". (00:33:40)

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Cover Story - S4-E20

Continuity mistake: Just as Ducky is finishing reading the letter out loud to Gibbs, he has the letter in both hands. Camera cuts and now he is holding it in one hand. The Dictaphone also appears on the table instead of in his hand. (00:13:50)

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Iceman - S4-E18

Other mistake: Abby gets a match off a fingerprint and we see the plasma displaying the match. However the right hand side has no fingerprint to be matched to. (00:21:50)

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Iceman - S4-E18

Character mistake: We see Cpl O'Neill's name on the plasma at the start. However when looking at Ducky's notes it's spelt O'Nell. Not a mistake Ducky would make. (00:03:15)

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Once a Hero - S4-E8

Other mistake: When Abby is talking to the microscope guy during the line "you understand without having to go find a dictionary" there is a half second flash of another shot with DiNozzo walking off camera in a street setting. Maybe just a encoding error on Netflix but it persisted after reloading. (00:23:45)

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Sharif Returns - S4-E13

Visible crew/equipment: When Gibbs is on the phone with Sharif, Gibbs asks him, "Who were they? Wife? Family?" and just as he says the word "wife" we can see an actor's red tape mark on the floor at the corner of DiNozzo's desk, which wasn't there a minute earlier when McGee walked over to DiNozzo. (00:31:30 - 00:32:45)

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Driven - S4-E11

Visible crew/equipment: When Gibbs is discussing Lt. Seabrook with Dr. Pike, just as Gibbs says, "Gonna need your security tapes and access logs that you keep, Doctor," the cameraman's reflection can be seen moving on the glass surface. (00:10:25)

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Driven - S4-E11

Continuity mistake: When the mannequin is hit at the start, we see a close up of it in the shade and one arm is down by its side. When the 4x4 drives off the mannequin has both hands up in the air. (00:00:50)

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Yankee White - S1-E1

Gibbs: I heard you quit, Agent Todd.
Kate Todd: Happy news travels fast. Yes, I resigned. It was the right thing to do.
Gibbs: Yep. Pull that crap at NCIS, I won't give you a chance to resign.
Kate Todd: Is that a job offer?

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Show generally

Question: I finally saw the 2-part episode from the show JAG. Does anyone know what happened to Viv Blackadder? I don't recall hearing anyone ever mention the name on NCIS.

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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Answer: I dont believe it is ever mentioned, but like most pilot episodes the characters are often changed, replaced or even removed in this case.

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