Seven Deadly Sins and a Small Carl Sagan - S2-E6
Continuity mistake: When Gene is showing Mary the poster, he stops at the bottom of "Heck House" before revealing the rest of the poster. When the shot changes, part of the "Gene Lundy" wording is now visible, and then he goes on to show the rest of the "Gene Lundy" part. (00:09:50)
Answer: It's as simple as money is tight, it's not "George's money", it's the family's money so the expenditure was selfish.
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