Continuity mistake: When Debra is chopping the tomato she has 1 half left on the chopping board. Camera cuts and she is cutting another piece. (00:06:30)
Continuity mistake: Debra slams the bottle of sauce down on the table by Ray. The bottle then rotates itself between shots. (00:08:40)
Continuity mistake: When Debra is holding the cream Marie gave her she has it in two hands followed by one after an instant cut. (00:13:10)
Continuity mistake: Angelina offers Ray a menu, but before he has chance to take it, the camera changes and he's suddenly got the menu in his hand. (00:16:20)
Continuity mistake: When Debra opens the door for Robert, she's holding one of the twins upright. But in the very next shot, she is holding him differently. (00:15:40)
Continuity mistake: When Robert is reading Michael a story, Michael has a teddy up by his mouth in one shot and not in the next. (00:16:50)
Continuity mistake: Debra tells Ray he's got to speak to Frank or she will talk to Marie. When she does this, her arms and hands are doing completely different things between shots. In the first shot she has her left hand by her side and pointing up with her right hand and then in the next shot has her left hand on her hip and her right arm out in front of her at an angle. (00:11:40)
Continuity mistake: Debra dips her chip into the salsa, however when she holds it up there is no salsa on it. (00:12:15)
Continuity mistake: Frank spills eggs on the table that disappear without anyone touching them. (00:13:15)
Continuity mistake: When Ray Frank and Robert are all talking in the kitchen the bundle of cash alternates from flat to folded at the ends. (00:19:40)
Continuity mistake: When Ally says that they ate fish at the first thanksgiving, she isn't doing anything with her hands. Camera changes and now she's playing with something. (00:06:50)
Continuity mistake: When Ray and Debra are talking in the bedroom, the items in Ray's hands are constantly changing. (00:09:30)
Continuity mistake: Because she cried, during Ray and Debra's entire fight her mascara is ruined. However, when Ally comes down the stairs to show them her present, Debra's make-up is fine.
Continuity mistake: Ray places a donut that Debra throws at him on the third step and then stands up. Later the donut appears on the second step when Frank comes down the stairs. (00:19:15 - 00:20:45)
Continuity mistake: Flashing back to when Frank is first showing Ray and Debra their home, a dishwasher appears in the kitchen. The dishwasher is absent in the initial episodes, however, remaining so as late as episode 9.
Answer: War.
By whom?
Edwin Starr.