Continuity mistake: At the restaurant where Max, Michael and Isabel are talking, Max is sitting at the end of the table. Isabel walks up with her food and sits down right next to him. The tables have bench seats, so she can't just sit down - she would have to step high over the bench or sit on the other end and slide next to him. (00:13:05)
Continuity mistake: After the car gets pulled over and the sheriff says, "You kids be careful out there," Max shifts from looking at the sheriff to looking straight down between shots. (00:17:00)
Continuity mistake: When Liz gets shot she is lying on the floor in a certain position, but in the second shot of her lying on the floor she is lying in a totally different position.
Continuity mistake: The sheriff gives his insurance information to Maria in the cafe and she holds it close to her chest. When he says "I can protect you" her hands skip to on top of the counter. (00:16:10)
Continuity mistake: In the UFO Center, Max extends the money to the mother twice. (00:20:00)
Continuity mistake: At the Crashdown, as Liz walks up to Max after the orthodontists look at her bite, Liz's order book skips from in her pocket to in front of her. (00:02:25)
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Michael and Maria were pulled over for speeding down the highway, Maria's seatbelt switches from being belted to not belted and back again. When it is seen from Michael's side of the car the belt is connected, but when it is seen from Maria's side of the car it is not. (00:17:20)
Continuity mistake: Near the beginning of the episode, Isabel walks into Max's room with a photograph. In one shot she switches it to her right hand. Cut back out and it's in her left again. (00:05:55)
Continuity mistake: In Isabel's room, the Native American deputy turns to his right to leave the room. Isabel asks, "Which reservation?" and he's suddenly turned to his left. (00:18:30)
Continuity mistake: In the cave, River Dog is holding the torch in his right hand, but as Liz walks away from him he is lit from his left. (00:42:25)
Continuity mistake: When Max and Liz are driving on the old highway in the beginning, a bunch of Liz's hair appears across her face between a wide shot and a closeup. (00:01:30)
Continuity mistake: When Moss and Topolsky are talking in the alley after the hospital, Moss' arms on the door keep shifting. First he's leaning on the car with his palms, then he's leaning on his elbows with his arms crossed, and later they're crossed the other way. (00:18:05)
Continuity mistake: When Liz and Alex are in jail and talking through the bars, you can see in several scenes that the bars are evenly spaced about 4 inches apart. Then there is a closeup of Liz and a bar is missing in front of here face. It appears wide enough for her head to fit through. You can see the normal spacing of the bar to our left of her face and the one left of that. It is much more narrow than the ones in front of her. (00:34:00)
Continuity mistake: In the shot where Amy DeLuca is talking to Geoff Parker, she's trying to sell him alien drink stirrers. As Jim Valenti's coming in the front door, she has nothing in her hair; but when she looks up to see him, suddenly the stirrers are in her hair.
Continuity mistake: When Liz and Alex are in jail and talking from cell to cell, you can see Liz's hands alternate between holding onto the cell bars and being by her side a couple of times.
The Balance - S1-E10
Continuity mistake: At the Crashdown, when Isabel says, "Fine, I'm not an alien," Alex's hands flit from on the table to gesturing in the air. (00:08:10)
Continuity mistake: When Max and Liz are talking about the basketball game in front of Max's locker, Max shuts his locker door twice. (00:08:25)
Continuity mistake: As Max and his mother are talking in the park she asks him about finding his real parents. She takes her hand off his shoulder and crosses her arms, but in the next shot her hand is back on his shoulder. (00:37:30)
Continuity mistake: As River Dog approaches Michael in the trailer park, he puts his hand on the trunk of the car next to him. In the closeup immediately following, his arms are at his sides. (00:11:25)
Answer: It's called "Here With Me", performed by Dido. It can be found on her album "No Angel".
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