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The First Edition - S5-E1

Visible crew/equipment: When Judge Thornbury fails to convince John-Boy to kill the story on his car accident, Thornbury heads over to talk to John at the mill, and just as Zeb says, "Hiya, Judge," the boom mic pops up into view at the bottom of the screen. (00:17:40)

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The Firestorm - S5-E5

Visible crew/equipment: When Zeb pulls Esther into the living room with everyone else, Zeb walks over to the small black tape mark on the rug and stands on his mark. Then, as Zeb begins to talk about Erin's entry into the contest, in this wide shot lighting equipment is visible at the right side of the screen. It's visible again when John hugs Erin in the last shot of the scene. (00:25:00)

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The Nightwalker - S5-E6

Visible crew/equipment: After Miss Mamie tells Miss Emily her idea about changing the order for turning out of the lights, when Miss Mamie turns off the second lamp, as she walks back to the third lamp the two white T-marks are visible on the floor, at the bottom left side of the screen. (00:17:50)

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John's Crossroad - S5-E17

Visible crew/equipment: When Mel knocks the folders from his desk onto the floor John helps pick them up, and just as Mel tells him that he's fallen behind a little, the shadow of the boom mic is moving across the picture hanging on the wall. (00:26:45)

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The Career Girl - S5-E18

Visible crew/equipment: When John-Boy is parked in front of Godsey's, with Erin in the vehicle and Jim-Bob at the pump, the reflections of location set equipment and what looks like the leg of a crew member are in the rear window, behind the driver seat. (00:14:35)

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The Career Girl - S5-E18

Visible crew/equipment: While Ike explains to Jim-Bob about "traffic" in the grocery business he walks over to the register, and in the background a T-mark is visible on the floor in front of the counter where Ike placed the grocery order, then soon Ike will walk back over to that spot to place a box on the counter. (00:15:45)

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The Hero - S5-E19

Visible crew/equipment: When Jim-Bob rides up on Blue while Sarah is under her car, the reflections of the location bank lighting and the moving boom pole are visible on her car's surface, particularly when Jim-Bob is underneath in the closeup. (00:20:40)

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The Rumor - S6-E14

Visible crew/equipment: At the mill, when John tells Buck that Willie Brimmer might be at the Montgomery cabin with Jim-Bob, in the next closeup of John we see a billowy trail of cigarette smoke at the bottom right corner of the screen, but the only people standing there are Elizabeth, John, and Buck, and none are smoking. Presumably, it was someone offscreen smoking too close to the camera (similar to a mistake in 1978's "Halloween"). (00:26:05)

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The Reunion - S1-E14

Ike: How's it feel to be a working man?
John-Boy: Ike, Mama would skin me alive! Everyone knows those two ladies make bootleg whiskey.
Ike: But they don't know what they're doing. They're just following their papa's Recipe.
John-Boy: But sometimes they sell it!
Ike: Yeah, but they're just like two little girls by a roadside selling lemonade.

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The Journey - S2-E1

Trivia: While Maggie MacKenzie and John-Boy are at the Mermaid Restaurant, when they both dance together Maggie envisions her long deceased husband, Michael MacKenzie, dancing with her instead of John-Boy. It is Earl Hamner Jr. who portrays Michael MacKenzie in this uncredited onscreen cameo during the scene (note teeth and facial features are identical).

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