Continuity mistake: Rachel (Emily Bergl) is in her kitchen and she has a black and white flash back in her kitchen by the sink. One minute, she has on a flannel shirt, the next its gone and she's only wearing a tank top. A second later, the flannel shirt is back on.
Continuity mistake: When Tracy and Jesse hook up in his car, Tracy puts her tank top on. When Jesse drops her off at home she puts her book bag over her shoulder. When she turns around to go into her house you can see that her book bag strap is under her tank top strap.
Continuity mistake: The position of Lisa, the blood, and the windshield cracks change between the suicide scene and the scene of Rachel discovering her dead body.
Visible crew/equipment: At the beginning when young Rachel runs back into her house after her mom gets taken away, as soon as the front door slams shut you can see towards the bottom that a thin pole has pushed the door.
Plot hole: After the scene of Rachel as a child, there are six days worth of events in what should be five days. Monday Lisa kills herself. Rachel works at photo hut. Tuesday Jesse and Tracy have sex, Walter is hit by car. Wednesday Rachel stands Jesse up because Mark and Eric have come to her house. Thursday Jesse and Rachel's first date - no sex. Thursday again Eric meets with the DA and Jesse and Rachel have sex. Friday is the game and party.
Continuity mistake: After the season opener football game, Rachel is seen in the back seat of a convertible with two other girls in the front, heading to a local party. In that scene the sun is shining. In the the next scene, as the girls arrive at the party, it is dark outside.
Plot hole: Tracy spray painted Jessie's car and slashed his tires so he would have to ride to the party with her. There were people all around, not to mention it was broad daylight, but no one saw a thing. Tracy said the rival football team did it.
Continuity mistake: Rachel breaks the snow globe on the counselor's desk. After it shatters, there's only a small piece of glass still in it. When Rachel leaves the room, the camera shows another shot of it. Only this time, there's a much larger piece on the opposite side intact.
Continuity mistake: When Rachel and Jesse are at the diner, her sleeve keeps changing positions from down over her hand to back above her wrist depending on the shot.
Continuity mistake: When Rachel is talking to Monica at the make up store, she has a container of cream in her hand. She smells it, lets Rachel smell it, then puts the lid on. Next shot shows her putting the lid on again.
