Continuity mistake: When Lynette asks Jane to not steal Tom from her, the door behind Lynette goes from being open ajar to fully closed between shots.
THGhost
14th Apr 2012
Desperate Housewives (2004)
13th Apr 2012
Desperate Housewives (2004)
Continuity mistake: As Chuck is speaking to Ben, the amount of sunlight on the lamppost behind Chuck keeps changing between shots.
13th Apr 2012
Desperate Housewives (2004)
Come on Over for Dinner - S7-E23
Continuity mistake: Right after Carlos kills Alejandro with the candlestick, he throws the candlestick to the left of Alejandro's body. But a few seconds later the candlestick has suddenly moved to near Alejandro's head.
12th Mar 2012
Desperate Housewives (2004)
Mother Said - S4-E15
Continuity mistake: When Tom tells Lynette that Kayla is frightened of her because she hit her, the bedroom door behind him closes slightly between shots.
27th Jan 2012
Desperate Housewives (2004)
Continuity mistake: After Gabby throws John out of the hotel room, she locks the door. But when Carlos leaves the room, he opens the door without having to unlock it.
27th Jan 2012
Desperate Housewives (2004)
Continuity mistake: Season 2, Episode 17: "Could I Leave You?" - When Mr. Beale throws a pencil into his mug, the pencil can be seen on his desk in the shot immediately afterwards.
27th Jan 2012
Desperate Housewives (2004)
Sunday in the Park with George - S1-E21
Continuity mistake: When Bree is out for dinner with George, the scene starts with a close up of her eating with her fork in her right hand. It then cuts to a wide shot of her suddenly holding her fork in her left hand, and then she switches it to her right hand.
27th Jan 2012
Desperate Housewives (2004)
Color and Light (a.k.a. I Must Be Dreaming) - S2-E7
Continuity mistake: When Julie finds out about Susan and Karl sleeping together, the tightness of Susan's dressing gown changes several times throughout the scene.
27th Jan 2012
Desperate Housewives (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Bree grabs the twin's toy keyboard, she grabs it and holds it at a downward angle. But in the immediate shot she is suddenly holding it at an upward angle.
27th Jan 2012
Desperate Housewives (2004)
Continuity mistake: While Betty Applewhite is talking to Bree about her son Caleb, the amount of wine in Bree's glass changes constantly throughout the scene without her ever touching the glass.
27th Jan 2012
Desperate Housewives (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Lynette starts talking to Andrew, her car door suddenly goes from closed to open between shots.
27th Jan 2012
Desperate Housewives (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Julie is tutoring Austin, he takes out a beer can, drinks it, crushes it and puts it down on the desk. A couple of shots later when Julie stands up, the beer can has rotated itself slightly without Austin touching it.
27th Jan 2012
Desperate Housewives (2004)
My Heart Belongs To Daddy - S2-E4
Continuity mistake: When George is eating watermelon with Bree, the position the watermelon on his plate and the salt shaker on the table change between shots before George or Bree even touch them.
27th Jan 2012
Desperate Housewives (2004)
Like It Was - S3-E4
Continuity mistake: When Bree goes round to visit Vera, the camera is reflected in the door as Vera opens it.
27th Jan 2012
Desperate Housewives (2004)
You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover - S4-E7
Continuity mistake: When Lynette opens the trunk of her sister's car, the trunk can actually be seen opening twice.
27th Jan 2012
Desperate Housewives (2004)
Continuity mistake: Season 3, Episode 6: "Sweetheart, I Have to Confess" - When Gabrielle suggests that her and Carlos don't go through with their divorce, her head is resting on Carlos' chest. But in the next shot, it isn't.
24th Jan 2012
Desperate Housewives (2004)
Continuity mistake: In the 1994 flashback where Bree introduces herself to Mary Alice and forces her son Andrew to apologise when he stole a ornamental garden frog, the position of the frog changes between shots as Bree hands it to Mary Alice.
24th Jan 2012
Desperate Housewives (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Bree is at the restaurant by herself, she is wearing a ring around her neck on a chain which constantly moves position throughout the scene.
27th Nov 2011
Desperate Housewives (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Bree is talking to Mike in hospital, the position of her roll neck jumper on her right shoulder changes constantly throughout the scene. In some shots it's rolled down, in some it is rolled up.
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