5th Sep 2019
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story - S1-E1
Visible crew/equipment: While John-Boy is upstairs writing in his journal about growing taller, when it cuts to Esther and Zeb downstairs, the shadow of the moving boom mic is visible just as Olivia wonders about John-Boy's whereabouts. (00:48:35)
5th Sep 2019
The Hostage - S9-E21
Continuity mistake: In this episode the hidden door to the "secret recipe room" is controlled by pressing the top right panel on the wall. But pressing that top panel should not open or close the door. In 9x12 "The Hot Rod," when they first discover the "ingenius" panel, it is only the panel second from the top that works, none of the other panels control the "secret" door when Ike and Miss Emily press them. (00:20:05)
5th Sep 2019
The Hostage - S9-E21
Continuity mistake: After the explosion in the Recipe room, when Octavia opens the hidden door there is no molding at the top of the door in the shot from the foyer, but in the next shot from inside the "secret" room, as Octavia enters the room, there is molding along the top of that door. (00:20:45)
5th Sep 2019
Continuity mistake: When Elizabeth and Corabeth are up late because they can't sleep, Corabeth prepares two glasses of milk and walks toward Elizabeth, but the amount of milk in both glasses increases significantly between shots. (00:34:50)
5th Sep 2019
The Parting - S7-E15
Visible crew/equipment: After Olivia lays down on the beach while John continues to fish, when it cuts to Ike and Corabeth on the motorcycle and sidecar, a director's chair (beside the normal Walton lawn chair) is visible at the left side of the screen, just as they turn toward the home. (00:25:50)
5th Sep 2019
Visible crew/equipment: After John says grace at supper, in all the wideshots facing the entire family, a crew member is visible just sitting on one of the armchairs in the living room, at the left side of the screen. (00:26:45)
5th Sep 2019
The Kinfolk - S8-E3
Visible crew/equipment: When Jeffrey begrudgingly mows the grass, the bulging outline of the mic transmitter is visible at his lower back. (00:36:20)
5th Sep 2019
The Home Front: Part 1 - S8-E1
Visible crew/equipment: When Cindy snaps at Jim-Bob as he and Elizabeth walk out of the door, the shadow of the boom mic is visible on the door, at the right side of the screen, just as Ben greets Cindy. Then when the couple enter the kitchen, the shadow of the boom mic appears over the sink. (00:36:45)
5th Sep 2019
The Home Front: Part 1 - S8-E1
Revealing mistake: At the start, while John and Olivia are in the vehicle driving home, the edge of the rear projection screen is visible at both the left and right sides of the screen. (00:02:45)
5th Sep 2019
The Home Front: Part 2 - S8-E2
Visible crew/equipment: After Calvin makes more threatening remarks to John in front of Godsey's store, when Ike asks John if Calvin threatened him again, Ike turns to watch John walk away, and the tip of the hidden microphone is visible inside Ike's shirt, under his bow tie.
5th Sep 2019
The Home Front: Part 2 - S8-E2
Visible crew/equipment: When Ike removes the gas pump from John's truck he turns to put it away, and the black wire as well as the bulging outline of the mic transmitter are visible at the back of his waist. Then after John pays Ike for the gas, Calvin pulls alongside John just as he reaches up to wipe his truck's windshield, and we can see the bulging outline of the mic transmitter and its wire on John's back.
5th Sep 2019
Visible crew/equipment: After Olivia nearly hits the boys who ran in front of the vehicle, she gives the children a lift back to Pickett, and as Olivia and Cindy drive away from Godsey's, the reflections of a few crew members are visible on the vehicle's windows. (00:05:10)
5th Sep 2019
Revealing mistake: When Anna Mae appears at the bedroom doorway John sees the cute quiet girl, then as John walks toward her he passes the dresser's mirror, and we can see in the reflection the end of the set wall behind him. (00:14:30)
5th Sep 2019
Continuity mistake: When Olivia tells Erin that she will handle J.D., in the exterior shot Olivia walks into Pickett's Tavern empty handed, but in the next interior shot Olivia suddenly has a black purse in her hand as she walks in. (00:34:50)
5th Sep 2019
The Starlet - S8-E6
Visible crew/equipment: After the Baldwin sisters leave Godsey's, when it cuts to Erin at Pickett's just as Barry enters the office, the shadow of the boom mic dips into view at the right side of the screen. (00:11:20)
5th Sep 2019
The Starlet - S8-E6
Visible crew/equipment: While the Hollywood camera crew are at the Pickett plant filming their heavy box scene, when Larry, their cameraman, is walking backwards the bulge of the hidden mic transmitter is visible at the right side of the actor's waist, along with its wire running up his back to his shoulder. (00:06:35)
5th Sep 2019
The Journal - S8-E7
Visible crew/equipment: When Ben parks the truck in front of The House Jeffrey rushes over, and as Ben lifts Reckless from the truck's flatbed we can see the T-mark drawn onto the dirt ground, which is precisely where Mary Ellen stands while they talk about Reckless. (00:25:45)
5th Sep 2019
The Violated - S8-E9
Visible crew/equipment: At the Thatcher farm, when Mary Ellen introduces her mother to Darcy the tip of the microphone is visible under Olivia's blouse, near the collar. Then when Darcy opens her door, that mic is visible again as Mary Ellen asks if she and Olivia could come in. (00:12:05)
5th Sep 2019
The Violated - S8-E9
Visible crew/equipment: When Mary Ellen and Olivia drive to the Thatcher farm, the bulging outline of the mic transmitter is visible on Darcy's back, as she bends over to pick up the gun. (00:11:50)
5th Sep 2019
The Violated - S8-E9
Visible crew/equipment: When Corabeth makes the comment about customers listening to "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B" in the store, Ike tells her she has to go along with the times, and in the exterior shot as Ike walks into his store the bulging outline of the mic transmitter is visible on his back, then it's gone once he's inside. (00:38:45)
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