Grey's Anatomy
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Superstition - S2-E22

Continuity mistake: When Izzie is looking at the patient board, there are some lines on it which have been wiped out. But in the next scene we actually see Meredith walk to the board and wipe these exact same lines off (even though they were previously rubbed out...) (00:34:05)

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Damage Case - S2-E25

Visible crew/equipment: When Izzie closes the door with blinds hanging on it, before going to sit on Denny's bedside, you can see a crewmember with their filming equipment reflected in the glass of the picture hanging behind her. (00:35:00)

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Damage Case - S2-E25

Audio problem: When Meredith and Marshall are talking, he calls her Dr. Grey and she corrects him to call her Meredith. When he replies saying "Meredith" his mouth doesn't move.

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17 Seconds - S2-E26

Visible crew/equipment: After Burke and Alex board the helicopter to get the heart transplant, in the shot of Cristina backing away from it, you can see a red-capped crewmember and the camera reflected in the chopper's window. (00:06:25)

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17 Seconds - S2-E26

Revealing mistake: When Burke and Alex find out that the heart donor patient is dead, and rush to revive him, in one shot of the donor's face you clearly see him blinking his eyelids. (00:13:35)

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Deterioration of the Fight or Flight Response - S2-E27

Continuity mistake: At the very start of the episode when it shows Burke laying on the floor after being shot, there is a very large pool of blood with his glasses right next to the blood. But in the next shot there is no pool of blood anymore but it returns in the next. Additionally, the pair of glasses change position. (00:00:05)

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Time Has Come Today - S3-E1

Continuity mistake: When Addison first comes to Seattle, she mentions that she likes Derek's hair. She says it's longer than usual, looks like Russell Crowe. In the flashback of the night he left his hair long like it always is. Actually it seems a little longer in the past than current.

From A Whisper to a Scream - S3-E9

Continuity mistake: During the operation on the Asian girl from the market, a stitch breaks and Christina is covered with spurting blood, including all over her mask. When she turns to leave the OR, the all-over splatter on her mask has turned to dribble-like streaks instead.

Drowning on Dry Land - S3-E16

Factual error: Derek performs CPR on Meredith in the back of the ambulance, but he does so incorrectly. He gives one breath and five compressions instead of two and thirty. Also, drowning victims need oxygen, and Derek should have used a BVM to ventilate Meredith, not mouth to mouth. Any doctor would have known how to provide proper treatment.

Anthony Petrillo

Some Kind of Miracle - S3-E17

Revealing mistake: When Alex is talking to Rebecca Pope at the end of the episode, we hear Alex say "Now I know more about you than my friends." Watch Rebecca's left eye on the right if the screen when she says, "That's pathetic." Someone did a bad job of editing the CGI and we see a phantom eye over her left eyebrow.

Let The Truth Sting - S4-E3

Continuity mistake: When Meredith's talking to Lexie in the clinic, in one shot from Lexie's right there's a chunk of hair hanging in front of her ear. We cut to a shot from the other side, then back, and without her touching it, it's now neatly tucked back.

Jon Sandys

The Heart of the Matter - S4-E4

Character mistake: Ms. Bitzer says she's booked a trip to Iceland to experience the sun never setting. While the sun does set quite late there, Iceland is located south of the polar circle and does not have midnight sun. And either way, season four has been established as taking place after summer, so there wouldn't be midnight sun anywhere.

Dr. Meredith Grey: At some point, you have to make a decision. Boundaries don't keep other people out. They fence you in. Life is messy. That's how we're made. So, you can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them. But there are some lines that are way too dangerous to cross.

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