The One With Rachel's Date - S8-E5
Continuity mistake: When Ross asks Rachel how the date went, she grabs the bag she is holding. Next shot she is touching her coat. (00:18:20)
The One With Rachel's Date - S8-E5
Continuity mistake: When Ross says goodbye to Rachel near the end, she lowers the bag of sweets to her waist. Then in a close up of her looking thoughtful it's up by her chest. (00:20:10)
The One With Rachel's Date - S8-E5
Continuity mistake: At the end when Rachel comes into the coffee house and sees Mona with Ross, she is holding a brown paper bag. When you see her in the background, the the top of the paper bag is rolled over away from her. When the camera switches to just Rachel, the paper bag is the other way around with the top rolled over towards her. (00:21:35)
The One With Rachel's Date - S8-E5
Visible crew/equipment: When Ross shows up at Chandler's office and they both head out to go to the Hard Rock Cafe, just as Chandler walks out the door we can see the edge of the right wall set, allowing us to see the hallway Chandler just walked into and even Chandler's arm.
The One With Rachel's Date - S8-E5
Visible crew/equipment: While Phoebe and Tim are at Central Perk, when Tim's beeper goes off he blows Phoebe a kiss when he leaves, and as Phoebe catches that kiss and throws it away have a look at the left side of the screen, where the Central Perk wall ends we can see part of Monica's restaurant kitchen set - the door and the wall beside it. (Widescreen version).
The One With Rachel's Date - S8-E5
Continuity mistake: While Phoebe's in the kitchen with Monica and she's introduced to Tim the sous chef, the glass jar labeled "Monica's jar" suddenly appears on the shelf near the door, and it continues to vanish and reappear.
The One With The Halloween Party - S8-E6
Continuity mistake: When Joey is saying that he doesn't want to dress up, behind him is a guy with his shirt on top of his pants but in the next shot it is down. This happens throughout the whole scene. (00:00:35)
The One With The Halloween Party - S8-E6
Visible crew/equipment: Right after Joey has finished his impersonation of Chandler, kids can be heard knocking on the door. When the camera pans to Rachel, stage lights can be seen in the top right-hand side of the screen. (00:05:15)
The One With The Halloween Party - S8-E6
Continuity mistake: When Phoebe is talking to Ursula's fiance Eric, he is wiping sweat off his face with a napkin. He puts the napkin to his eye and then in the next shot it changes to the other eye without him having enough time to change it. This happens again when at one point he's wiping his eye and then suddenly his forehead. (00:07:45)
The One With The Halloween Party - S8-E6
Continuity mistake: The amount of carrot Chandler has keeps changing from less to more. (00:10:35)
The One With The Halloween Party - S8-E6
Other mistake: When Monica is saying "I can't answer that, Chandler's my husband" after Joey asks her who would win in a fight between Ross and Chandler, the camera is fluttering in and out of focus. (00:11:11)
The One With The Halloween Party - S8-E6
Continuity mistake: When Chandler and Ross are arguing, the nose on Chandler's costume moves. In one shot it's on his chin. The camera then cuts to Joey and Monica and back, and then it's down round his neck. (00:12:20)
The One With The Halloween Party - S8-E6
Continuity mistake: While Phoebe is calling out Ursula for lying to Eric, her hair continuously changes position from behind her shoulder to in front of her shoulder depending on the camera angle. (00:14:50)
The One With The Halloween Party - S8-E6
Continuity mistake: When Rachel returns from running after the boy that she told to "shut up", you see Joey picking up a piece of food, sniffing it and making a face and then putting it back on the tray. However in the next shot, without moving, Joey is munching on something - he didn't have anything in his hand before. (00:19:55)
The One With The Halloween Party - S8-E6
Factual error: This show is set in October (it's a Halloween party). Rachel's stomach is completely flat, but according to the show, she got pregnant in April (It's stated several times by the characters on the show that Monica and Chandler's wedding was in May, and we learn in "The One With The Red Sweater" that she got pregnant a month before the wedding. Hence, April). However, by October she should have a six months' pregnant belly, which is no way resembles the perfectly flat belly she shows.
The One With The Halloween Party - S8-E6
Audio problem: When Rachel greets Mona at the door of the apartment, visually she says "Hi" but the audio is " Hi Mona. "
The One With The Stain - S8-E7
Plot hole: When Monica falls off the chair you can see that she is wearing a white bra because you can see some of the cup and the strap (when she says "you're not getting it". Towards the end of the episode (still the same day) we find out that Monica is meant to have the same bra on as their new cleaner, Brenda. The bra she is meant to have on is 'pink with the lacy cup'. Rachel notices that Monica is wearing that bra and she shows Monica. What happened to the white bra she had on a few scenes before? (00:11:15 - 00:19:10)
The One With The Stain - S8-E7
Continuity mistake: After Gunther responds to Ross with the biting "ezels" retort, it cuts to Monica and Brenda in the living room, and when Monica falls off her chair, the rug and blue pad underneath are suddenly rolled up at the corner, then the rug is properly flat. (00:11:15)
The One With The Stain - S8-E7
Continuity mistake: When Monica asks Brenda to clean the top of the cabinets so that she can get a look at her crotch, Brenda drags a chair over (with both hands) to stand on. In the next shot, she is magically holding a feather duster. (00:11:40)
The One With The Stain - S8-E7
Visible crew/equipment: When Brenda is cleaning the top of the cabinets, stage lights can be seen on the top right-hand corner of the screen. (00:11:45)
Answer: Usually by the seventh night of Hanukkah you don't know what to get the other person, and you will probably resort to getting the other person something insignificant. Chandler is basically saying that the pen is a stupid gift.