Continuity mistake: When Lexy is about to start the dishwasher, Michelle's left hand goes from up by her chest to down by her side between cuts.
Continuity mistake: During the dinner scene, right after Jake's phone goes off, as Logan says "In a week or two we're gonna have you back out there runnin'!", his fork flips 180 degrees in his hand.
Continuity mistake: When Lexy is beating up the Tommy doll, when she throws it on the floor and starts slamming it, Nathan's hands appear on his knees between cuts when it cuts to the high-angle shot. In-between those same two shots, Lexy and Chucky also rotate about 45 degrees towards Nathan.
Continuity mistake: As Lexy approaches Caroline after she gets the Tommy doll, her hand goes from clenched in a fist to open between cuts.
Continuity mistake: When Nathan gives Caroline the Tommy doll, the way she hugs it changes between cuts.
Continuity mistake: When the kids are spraying themselves in the basement to disinfect themselves, Lexy goes from facing down to facing up between cuts.
Continuity mistake: Right before Jake says "Hey guys, I got an idea!" in the hospital basement, Lexy's hands go from on, to off, to back on the dumpster between cuts.
Continuity mistake: When the kids are looking at the dumpster in the hospital basement, when Devon says something about waiting for Chucky to come to him, Lexy's fingers go from being balled up to extended between cuts.
Continuity mistake: When Lexy's dad says, "Your mother and I know you want what's best for Caroline," at the beginning of the episode, Lexy goes from looking at her mom to looking at him between cuts.
Continuity mistake: When Mayor Cross comes in to see Caroline right after the title sequence, Caroline's finger keeps going on and off her pad instantly between cuts.
Continuity mistake: When Caroline sees Chucky and screams at the beginning of the episode, she goes from having her head down on the pillow to sort of leaning up between cuts.
Continuity mistake: When Caroline wakes up at the beginning of the episode, her hands go from apart to together when Nathan runs up to her.
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Continuity mistake: When Lexy falls through the railing, the amount of debris falling and the size of it changes between shots.
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Continuity mistake: When Lexy asks if Jake really wanted her to die, her flashlight goes from pointed down to pointed up towards Jake, then back down again between cuts. This mistake repeats several times throughout this sequence.
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Continuity mistake: When Jake and Lexy are exploring the burned-down house, at one point, Jake turns about 180 degrees instantly between shots. (It's shortly after they go into the room that's incredibly damaged and Lexy says "Oh my god.").
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Continuity mistake: When Logan is talking to Junior about cross-country, before he says "I wanna hear it!", his mouth goes from closed to open between cuts.
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Continuity mistake: When Officer Evans reveals Oliver was stabbed, Bree's arms go from down by her hip to up on Logan's chest between cuts.
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Continuity mistake: When Nathan gets punched, in the first shot he reaches his right hand up to his face, but in the very next shot it's down by his side.
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Continuity mistake: When Nathan gets into Logan's face about forcing Junior to do sports, his hands are suddenly up in the air between cuts.
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Continuity mistake: When the parents get into an argument and Michelle brings up Devon's podcast, she has her hand on her purse strap in every shot except one, where it's suddenly gone for a few seconds.
Answer: They were blamed for the death of Jake's foster brother, which was deemed a terrible accident, and they were sent to the reform school as a punishment. Presumably, when they had to leave the reform school given what happened, they were instead given community service as punishment.
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