The King of Queens

The King of Queens (1998)

15 mistakes in Pilot - chronological order

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Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: In the first shot inside Arthur's house, Carrie and Doug are standing together when Carrie mentions how tough it must be for Arthur. It then cuts to Arthur sitting at the table, with Doug right there sitting beside Arthur. Next shot Doug is still standing with Carrie as she urges Doug to spend some time with Arthur, so this is when Doug walks over to his father-in-law. (00:07:00)

Super Grover

Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When Doug opens his beer just before finding out about Arthur burning his house down, he puts the bottle top on the table. It then moves around on the table between shots. (00:11:05)

Ssiscool

Pilot - S1-E1

Revealing mistake: When the guys are watching the game in Doug's bedroom, we see a shot of the TV. If you look closely you can see in the reflection that no-one is on the bed. (00:13:00)

Ssiscool

Pilot - S1-E1

Audio problem: While all four guys are on the bed watching the game, Richie's eating a sub so we hear Doug say, "Hey, Richie, come on," but Doug's lips are closed and not moving in this shot. (00:15:10)

Super Grover

Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When Carrie is on the phone to Doug about Arthur moving in, Doug pulls up in traffic with a car to the right of the truck. Camera cuts and you can see the car has vanished. (00:18:10)

Ssiscool

Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When Doug pulls up in traffic while on the phone to Carrie, we see the truck stop in traffic from a long shot. Then it cuts to a shot from inside the truck and in this shot we see Doug is still driving. (00:18:15)

Ssiscool

Pilot - S1-E1

Revealing mistake: While Doug is driving the IPS truck he stops in traffic, and then Arthur pulls up alongside. Watch the reflection in the truck's side mirror, because we can see crew members pushing Arthur's car as he takes off. (00:19:10)

Super Grover

Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: In the pilot episode, we see out of Doug's bedroom window and there is a very sizable gap from their window to the next house. However in later episodes, it's only a couple of feet to the next house.

Ssiscool

Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: The piano in the living room is ebony in the beginning of the episode. At the end of the episode the piano is brown.

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Supermarket Story - S1-E10

Trivia: The house that Doug visits to make a delivery and stays for a while is the same one that is used for the Heffermans' neighbours' house.

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Show generally

Question: Has Carrie's sister, Sara, ever been mentioned again after the first few episodes, and why was she taken off?

Answer: Sara hasn't been mentioned in later episodes, and it suggested in later episodes that she never existed, and that Carrie is an only child. Kevin James stated that the producers couldn't think of an good plots to use with Sara, so they left her out.

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