The Definition of Marriage (1) - S8-E15
Continuity mistake: When the gang are all sitting in the coffee shop at the start, Grace changes from stirring to not stirring her coffee, and the wooden stirrer repeatedly (dis)appears in her red mug until the end of the scene. (00:00:20)
The Definition of Marriage (1) - S8-E15
Continuity mistake: When Grace is standing in The Wedding dress and Karen is talking to her and complimenting her, there is a long cream-coloured ribbon which is coiled back over her shoulder. Then in the next shot the ribbon is suddenly hanging all the way down her front. In the next shot it is back behind her shoulder. (00:07:35)
Grace Expectations (2) - S8-E16
Continuity mistake: When Grace meets Leo in the coffee shop and is going to tell him that she's pregnant, during the whole conversation between them the amount of hair hanging over Grace's left shoulder keeps changing.
Continuity mistake: When Pam is sitting at her desk letting the phone ring without answering it and throughout the whole scene that follows, the items on her desk continuously change their positions from shot to shot and also the papers on the desk vanish and reappear a few times. (00:09:30)
Continuity mistake: When Grace enters Karen's mansion and tells her she fired Pam, in the first shot her hair is brushed behind her shoulder but in the next shot it all hangs in front of her shoulders. (00:19:45)
Continuity mistake: In the scene when Jack is presenting Jack-Talk and welcomes George Takei, and then Amber-Louise tells him that George got pushed back to tomorrows show, the pencils in the silver pot on Jack's desk continually change their arrangement between each shot. (00:06:05)
Continuity mistake: In the scene when Will and Jack are with George Takei before he goes on Jack-Talk, Will is holding his George doll box. When Jack walks over and says "So listen, George...", Will puts his left hand in his pocket. As Jack continues to say "...now the network asked...", Will now holds the doll box with both hands instantly. (00:15:25)
Continuity mistake: In the opening scene Grace goes into the kitchen area and unpacks a brown paper bag. When Will goes to use the coffee pot, the brown bag is on the counter behind the kettle. But in the next shot the bag is in a different position, sitting on top of the kettle. (00:01:10)
Continuity mistake: When Grace opens the cardboard box that has the blue blanket in it, the lid on the box repeatedly changes from being at a straight horizontal angle (fully down) to being up and angled diagonally, as if not pushed open all the way to the fold. (00:09:20)
Continuity mistake: When Will and Grace are at the Lamaze class and are introduced to the basket full of plastic baby dolls, the positions of the dolls in the basket changes between shots. (00:10:25)
Continuity mistake: When Will pulls down the chart which is recording Grace's pregnancy patterns, he draws a red cross in a box. In the following shots the appearance of the cross keeps changing between two obviously different crosses (from two takes edited together.) (00:14:25)
Continuity mistake: When Karen and Jack hug at the end of the episode, Karen's hands are empty as they embrace. But in the next shot she instantly has a drink in her left hand which she walks away with. (00:20:05)
Whatever Happened to Baby Gin? - S8-E22
Continuity mistake: When Karen is sitting with her sister Gin at the table in the bar, throughout the whole scene Gin's black purse and the bar menu she has continually change places. In some shots she holds the menu and the black purse is on the table. In some shots the menu is on the table and the purse is on her lap. And in some shots both items are on the table. (00:05:45)
The Finale - S8-E23
Continuity mistake: When Leo opens the door and finds Grace sitting at the table eating chicken, the scrunched up ball of tissue on the table next to the plate disappears in one shot. (00:07:45)
The Finale - S8-E23
Continuity mistake: When Beverley Leslie is talking to Jack in the restaurant about him being his "associate", the napkin on the table which Karen left behind changes position a few times. (00:17:10)
The Finale - S8-E23
Continuity mistake: In Will and Grace's apartment, as Jack stands up to announce his news about Beverley, Will and Grace are cutting slices of cake and putting them on plates. In the next wide shot Karen (who is sitting on the sofa, away from them) had a plate with a slice of cake and a napkin, before Grace had even handed Jack any plates! (00:21:00)
The Finale - S8-E23
Continuity mistake: In the shots of the dorm hall showing Ben and Lila moving into their rooms, the two cardboard boxes outside Ben's dorm keep switching which one of them has writing on it. (00:31:25)
The Finale - S8-E23
Continuity mistake: Nearing the end of the episode, when Karen and Jack are sitting reading magazines, as Karen asks Jack a question, the way she holds her reading glasses changes between shots. (00:35:00)
Continuity mistake: Grace stumbles right after Karen says "Do you know how humiliating it was for me to have to finish myself off in front of your father?" but immediately in the next shot she does it again.
Continuity mistake: The 2 adapters on the back of the TV at the QVC set have their names covered up and not covered up, back and forth between shots that incorporate them. (00:08:00)
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J I Cohen