NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service

Untouchable - S3-E20

Deliberate mistake: When Tony's holding the cat's carrot toy he's nearly bitten, and the Probies laugh. Then while Tony directs his amusing fictional rant at one Probie, just as Tony asks, "Getting a kick out of this now, think this is funny?" this closeup is flipped. (00:08:50)

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Ravenous - S3-E17

Visible crew/equipment: When Ziva is with Jason Edom in the interrogation room, Ziva sits down and asks him if he's afraid of germs. Then after Edom's closeup, the red T-mark is visible on the floor near the door in the wide shot. (00:31:55)

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Deception - S3-E13

Continuity mistake: When Gibbs asks Abby to estimate how much time Wilkerson has in the car trunk, just as Abby says, "Depends on the age of the car," this shot is flipped, note Abby's neck tattoo switches sides. (00:10:25)

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Deception - S3-E13

Visible crew/equipment: When Gibbs tells Tony and Ziva to go to Wilkerson's home they pass Abby on their way to the elevator, and just as Ziva waves her hand at Abby, in this shot and a following shot a crew member is visible as he's ducking down by Tony's cubicle, under the monitor on the right side of the screen. (00:04:10)

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Boxed In - S3-E12

Continuity mistake: While Gibbs and McGee are searching the dock area for Ziva and Tony they find the dead terrorist, and in all shots of the deceased his arms are raised, but in the one overhead long shot the arms are down by his sides. (00:23:25)

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Model Behavior - S3-E11

Visible crew/equipment: While Palmer and Ducky are with the deceased in Autopsy, just as Jimmy mentions that Keller only dated models and A-list celebrities, the reflections of the camera operator and camera are visible on the steel door. (00:26:40)

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Model Behavior - S3-E11

Visible crew/equipment: While Tony and Ziva are speaking with Tom Crawley about Taylor, the red and green tape marks are visible on the floor in overhead shots, such as when Crawley stands up. Also, near the end, while Gibbs, Ziva, and Tony are with Crawley and the models, more tape marks are visible again. (00:19:20)

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Frame Up - S3-E9

Visible crew/equipment: While Gibbs flips the pages of the court records from Stewart's case, when he sees the photos he rushes off to the lab, and in the wide shot two green T-marks are visible on the floor, in front of his desk. (00:42:50)

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Frame Up - S3-E9

Visible crew/equipment: When Gibbs brings the pizza to Tony at the jail, in the wide shot just as Tony walks over to Gibbs, a crew member wearing white shorts is visible behind Gibbs, on the right side of the screen (where another camera is located). (00:22:55)

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The Voyeur's Web - S3-E6

Visible crew/equipment: After Ziva discovers the hair dye in the hotel room it cuts to McGee with Abby, and as they walk away from the desk, the reflections of crew members, including the dolly grip pulling the camera dolly, are visible on the glass door. (00:39:40)

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Silver War - S3-E4

Visible crew/equipment: At the re-enactment field, after Ziva pulls a gun on the two men in the graveyard, it then cuts to McGee and Tony with Kearns while Gibbs is on his cell. Two shots later, the camera becomes visible on the right side of the screen, just as Gibbs walks past it. (00:40:45)

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Mind Games - S3-E3

Visible crew/equipment: While Gibbs and Tony are in the car chasing after Briggs, Gibbs is on his cell with McGee getting location updates, and just as Gibbs asks, "How far ahead is he?" the camera is visible behind Gibbs and Tony, by the back seat. (00:37:55)

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Mind Games - S3-E3

Revealing mistake: When O'Neill starts taking Polaroid photos of Cassidy in the barn, Cassidy's blouse is properly buttoned up, but the second photo O'Neill takes shows Cassidy's blouse is being held together with a large safety pin, then the buttons are intact again. (00:39:10)

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Hiatus: Part 1 - S3-E23

Continuity mistake: We see Ziva take the photos out and place them on the interrogation table and ask the captain to point out their suspect. We then see the Captain pick up a photo. Camera changes to McGee and Tony behind the glass and we see Ziva getting the photos out and places them on the table again. (00:39:10)

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Jeopardy - S3-E22

Continuity mistake: When Ziva is walking towards James at the end you can see from a high shot that she has got her right hand touching her neck. Camera swaps to a front view and both hands are away from her neck and in the air. (00:39:00)

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See No Evil - S2-E1

[Gibbs is drinking a cup of coffee.]
Kate Todd: Gibbs, it's like one hundred degrees in here. How can you drink that stuff?
Leroy Gibbs: It keeps me cool.

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