... and as if by magic, this week's Numb3rs decided to gift me with a close-up. It's a Pilot Chrono, not a Spit, but damn, I thought my observation skills were down to just watches now. That was until the dying seconds of the show when I spotted, not watch-related at all, a subtle in-joke. That's when I realised I was still on the ball for regular stuff. Phew.
Real or Prop? Either way, they did the standard TV trick of starting the chrono before a shot.
ps. The in-joke? Father and Son are sat at the TV, you can hear a faint TV theme on the TV and Rob Morrow (Agent Epps) points in shock at the TV as it fades to black. It was the theme to Taxi, the series Judd Hirsh (Alan Epps) starred in from 1978 to 1983. What next, Northern Exposure jokes?