Continuity mistake: When Abby offers Palmer a sip of her Caf-POW!, after he helps determine how their victim was poisoned, the cup switches hands between shots. (00:26:20)
Continuity mistake: When Ducky and Palmer determine that LCPL Korby was frozen to death, Ducky's grip on his forceps changes between shots. (00:06:15)
Continuity mistake: When Vance is packing up to leave at the end of the episode, he opens a red folder on his desk. When Jenny enters the office a moment later, the folder is instantly on top of Vance's briefcase. (00:41:45)
Continuity mistake: The year Gibbs joined NCIS is inconsistent. It is revealed in this episode that he joined the NIS in 1992, the same year it became NCIS. But in the JAG crossover episode "Ice Queen", Gibbs tells Commander Rabb that he has been an agent for 19 years, which suggests that Gibbs joined NIS in 1984. And in "Singled Out" in season 4, McGee mentions that Gibbs has been an agent for roughly 16 Years, which would put Gibbs' joining NIS in 1990.
Continuity mistake: When Gibbs, Tony and Ziva Rendezvous with McGee outside the enlisted club, to search for Sgt. Porter, McGee puts his NCIS ballcap on twice. (00:09:15)
Silver War - S3-E4
Continuity mistake: When Ziva, Ducky, and Dr. Burns find the graveyard, Dr. Burns is visible between Ducky and Ziva's shoulders. She then disappears in the following wide shot, and appears again in the closeup. (00:39:40)
Bikini Wax - S2-E18
Continuity mistake: When Gibbs shows his identification to Jonathan Redding's supervisor, he holds the badge from the top of the wallet, then at the bottom, then back at the top. (00:26:40)
Continuity mistake: When Gibbs thumps Tony on the back at the storage locker, his hand is balled up in a fist. In the next shot, Gibbs' hand is extended flat. The pen in Gibbs' hand also disappears. (00:04:45)
Continuity mistake: During the conversation between Jackson and Ziva, a $20 bill is dropped, face down. When Ziva bends down to pick it up, the bill is now face up.
Visible crew/equipment: Two crew members are visible on the right lens of Jenny's sunglasses just before she enters the deserted diner. (00:23:15)
Visible crew/equipment: Lighting equipment is reflected in the director's sunglasses when she tells Tony and Ziva that they can have the rest of the trip off at the funeral. (00:03:30)
Continuity mistake: When Palmer and Ducky are in Autopsy and Palmer is scratching his itching back, his hand disappears and reappears over his shoulder. (00:07:40)
Continuity mistake: Episode 7-20, "Moonlighting": When Palmer approaches Ducky with the rabbit's foot he thinks is a human bone, the bone jumps from his right hand to his left. (00:20:00)
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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