Will & Grace

Will & Grace (1998)

72 continuity mistakes in season 1 - chronological order

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Boo! Humbug - S1-E5

Continuity mistake: When Will and Grace are taking the kids around the flats trick or treating, as Will and Grace enter the lift, the kids stand in the hall and their pumpkin bags have faces, but in the next shot they are plain orange. (00:56:05)

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Boo! Humbug - S1-E5

Continuity mistake: When Will grabs the silly string from the table, he pulls off the yellow lid and drops it to the floor. In the next shot the lid is on the coffee table. It alternates from on the table/floor for a few following shots as well. (00:59:25)

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Boo! Humbug - S1-E5

Continuity mistake: When the silly string fight happens, you see Nixon's can run out of string and he puts it back on the table when he takes off his mask. But when Will and Grace run back to grab the jaw-breaker, the can is suddenly full again as Will shoots Grace with it. (01:01:00)

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Boo! Humbug - S1-E5

Continuity mistake: When Will and Grace dive for the jawbreaker at the end of the episode, the silly string sprayed around the room (on the table, trolley, fireplace mantle, etc.,) is different from the previous shot of the room. (01:01:35)

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William, Tell - S1-E6

Continuity mistake: When Grace sits on the sofa (before Jack enters) her black bag is on the table in front of her. When Jack enters, wearing the alien costume, the bag is suddenly on the floor. Then when Jack gets up to leave the bag has moved itself back onto the table. (00:22:20 - 00:23:40)

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William, Tell - S1-E6

Continuity mistake: When Grace gets out all the videos which hint Will's 'secret', she puts the bag on the table, but in the next shot it's in her hand. Between these same shots a sticker also appears on one of the video cases. (00:29:50)

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Where There's a Will There's No Way - S1-E7

Continuity mistake: When Grace is cleaning the table with the playing cards on it, all the cards are separated in piles on the table, but in the next shot they're all in one big messy pile. Grace holds a small piles of cards, and never touches the big messy pile, then in the next shot she picks somehow up all the remaining cards in one neat pile. (01:21:05)

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The Buying Game - S1-E8

Continuity mistake: When Will is sorting his CD's, Grace enters the flat and puts her bag on the sofa with the back facing out and it is all black. When Will gives Grace a glass of wine, the front of the bag is facing out, with the flower design. (00:05:10)

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The Buying Game - S1-E8

Continuity mistake: When Grace is putting on the waterworks in front of the landlord, to get a lower cut on the apartment, the bowl of tassels on the table is repeatedly full/half full, and tassels jump in and out of the bowl. (00:16:00)

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Election - S2-E2

Trivia: In the scene where the they are having a tenants meeting, the woman on the sofa tells Will that someone "stole" her umbrella, she says it's similar to the one Tim Kaiser has, and Tim Kaiser happens to be the show producer's name.

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Answer: A history of the game can be found at http://www.fast-rewind.com/bacon.htm.

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