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Blood Is Thicker - S2-E3

Visible crew/equipment: After Doctor Ellingham finds the sofa on the road, Bert shows up and sits down on it and talks. As he does, watch the side mirror when Doctor Ellingham returns to his car. When the door opens, you see the reflection of a cameraman or other crew member reflected in the mirror. (00:02:05)

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The Desperate Hours - S2-E8

Visible crew/equipment: In "The Desparate Hours", right at the end when Barraclough is in Fletcher's cell, when Fletcher says, "I never heard nothing" you can see the shadow of the boom mic on his face.

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The Tell - S1-E5

Visible crew/equipment: After the Alpha wolf breaks through the movie rental window, it frightens Lydia, who was parked outside. As the camera pans closer to her face, a protective plastic cover hanging off the camera can be seen in the car window's reflection. (00:03:55)

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Pilot (2 hours) - S1-E1

Visible crew/equipment: During George's funeral, the camera swings around to follow the employee from Happy Time (the guy who George gives files, minus the red ones, to) and as he crosses the room to the other side, you see a crew member holding a boom mic, who looks over a little startled and moves back out of view.

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Revolution - S1-E5

Visible crew/equipment: When Tara gets into her car after seeing her therapist with Max in the beginning of the episode, watch closely when the camera moves up to the side of Tara's car. If you look at the bottom-left corner of the screen, you can see the top of a crew-member's face and some camera equipment reflected in the driver's side window right before the scene changes. (00:05:40)

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How to Be Popular - S1-E13

Visible crew/equipment: After Graig returns Patty's math book, Cathy tries to use the pamphlet's rules as she follows Craig. When Craig thanks Cathy for helping him with Latin, the boom mic repeatedly pops up into view in the bottom right corner of the screen. (00:18:10)

Super Grover

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Sundays - S3-E10

Visible crew/equipment: When Florence tosses the note off the fridge when she and Putty enter the apartment, the rod holding the paper is very visible on the far left of the screen.

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Mammy Sutra - S3-E13

Visible crew/equipment: After Dermot has explained to Mrs. Brown what Acme Frozen Foods is the second time, Mrs. Brown asks Maria if she understood what he said to which she replies "Yeah. Did you?" The shot then cuts to Mrs. Brown jokingly saying "No. What was it?" and a boom mic can be seen at the top of the screen whilst she is saying the line.

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The Dog Turns Playboy - S3-E3

Visible crew/equipment: Backstage before the dog play, after Betty Jo says, "I wish Mr. Kroger had never left him that $200," their dog, Dog, barks and enters. Three things occur in this shot: we see the shadows of the camera/mic move across the floor, a chalk mark becomes visible on the floor (where Billie Jo will soon stand), and we hear someone say, "Higgins," which is Dog's real name.

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