Continuity mistake: When Gibbs and the director sit down for the Chinese food, she picks up her fork and places it into some food. Camera cuts and now she is reaching across the table. (00:32:20)
Continuity mistake: When Ducky is explaining what happened, Palmer is taking his right glove off. Camera changes and now he is taking his left glove off. (00:05:50)
Continuity mistake: When Ziva tells Tony to get on with the work she is looking downwards. Camera changes and she is looking upwards. (00:04:50)
Continuity mistake: At the very, very start we see a clipboard on the trolley with the clip to the left. As the camera changes to outside the clip is now on the right. (00:00:05)
Continuity mistake: When Ziva is showing the marine the photos of his wife, she lowers her arm with the phone in. Camera changes and her arm is outstretched again. (00:32:00)
Continuity mistake: McGee knocks into Gibbs who drops his coffee. The position of the cup in relation to the lid changes drastically between the long shot and the close up. (00:12:40)
Continuity mistake: Duckey is examining the two victims and taking the liver temperature. When doing this he is on one knee. Camera changes to Gibbs asking for a "T.O.D" and Duckey is stood up. (00:05:00)
Continuity mistake: When Ziva and McGee are walking up the stairs at the start, the people following them suddenly appear a lot further down the stairs. (00:02:00)
Continuity mistake: When the woman gets the baby out the car at the start she closes the car door. A few seconds later, the second woman closes the same car door. (00:00:30)
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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