The King of Queens

The King of Queens (1998)

81 continuity mistakes in season 1 - chronological order

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Fixer Upper - S1-E12

Continuity mistake: In "Richie's Song" Doug asks Spence if the M&Ms Spence found under the seat in the car are regular or peanut, Spence answers peanut, and Spence then eats them. In this episode, Spence somehow isn't allergic to peanuts. (00:08:10)

Fixer Upper - S1-E12

Continuity mistake: When Spence realises he's eating peanuts, he steps behind the bench he was sitting on, but in the next shot he is in the front of the bench. (00:08:30)

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Fixer Upper - S1-E12

Continuity mistake: Doug finishes playing the tennis game on the TV with Arthur and goes into the kitchen to get the Cheese Doodles. While talking to Carrie, he puts the Cheese Doodle package on the table with a can of cola behind it. He then goes to get a glass from the cupboard and in the next shot you see the cola is in front of the Cheese Doodles. (00:17:30)

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Fixer Upper - S1-E12

Continuity mistake: After Spence suffers from his allergic reaction to peanuts he's seen lying on the couch. Doug then says something to the effect of having to scrape Spence's lunch off the fence, indicating that he threw up. But the allergic reaction took place before they got to the lunch.

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Suggested correction: Spence could have easily eaten something hours before the BBQ and simply brought that back up. Doug says "lunch" as a polite way of saying vomit.

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Dog Days - S1-E14

Continuity mistake: When Doug is talking to Tim about the dog for the second time, Tim turns to shout at the dog. When he does this his arms go from facing Doug to down by his side. (00:14:20)

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Court Date - S1-E17

Continuity mistake: When Doug, Carrie and Ritchie are talking about the cop having not called her yet, Doug's hands are either on or off the bottle of beer, and the level of beer/foam changes between shots too. (00:16:30)

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White Collar - S1-E18

Continuity mistake: Deacon states on a few occasions in this episode that him and Doug started at around the same time at IPS. However, in later episodes it's revealed Deacon is senior to Doug by quite a bit in flashbacks to how Doug got his job. (00:10:00)

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Two Thirty - S4-E24

Plot hole: In this episode Arthur scams Deacon and several other parents for phony piano lessons because he doesn't actually know how to play the piano. However, earlier in the series (Art House episode, S1 - E24) we learn that Arthur can play the piano when he temporarily moves out and after his house warming party Doug says to Carrie, "Who knew Arthur could play the piano like that?"

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Trivia: Kevin James, who plays lead character Doug, and Gary Valentine, who plays his cousin Danny, are in fact real life brothers, with Gary being over 4 yrs older.

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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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