Other mistake: Carrie says that Deacon doesn't drink or smoke. Many episodes have shown Deacon drinking a beer or a margarita.
Other mistake: During the picnic softball scene, there are mountains in the distance. There are no mountains in or near Queens New York. (00:05:40)
Visible crew/equipment: When Carrie walks in and sees Hollie for the first time in the episode, a boom mic can be seen following Carrie across the kitchen. (00:07:00)
Visible crew/equipment: When Carrie goes into the kitchen and Doug is seen through the window getting burnt, the boom's shadow can be seen moving along the wall by the window. (00:14:45)
Character mistake: In the opening scene, Doug call Carrie "Kel" which is Deacon's wife. He calls her that when he's saying they should just get a new grill.
Thanks Man - S6-E9
Other mistake: When Deacon's youngest son says "is that man going to freeze, daddy" you can see the older son mouthing the lines. (00:06:16)
Continuity mistake: While Arthur tries to convince Spence about the card, when Spence bites into the fake cookie he's holding it in his left hand and holding the plate in his right hand, but in the next shot facing Arthur the items have switched hands. (00:16:30)
Continuity mistake: In this flashback episode, when Doug is shaving his mustache and talking to Deacon by his locker at IPS, Danny Heffernan's name can be seen on a locker. At this time, Danny was not working at IPS.
Cheap Saks - S6-E15
Continuity mistake: At the art gallery, the way Doug is holding the program instantly changes a couple times; arms crossed/uncrossed, program folded/unfolded. (00:02:20)
Cheap Saks - S6-E15
Visible crew/equipment: While Doug reaches for the phone when Trish is calling you can see where the kitchen wall is ending on the set. (00:11:53)
Cheap Saks - S6-E15
Continuity mistake: Near the end of this episode, after Trish Flintoff leaves, Doug is telling Carrie and Holly that she's a nice person. Doug is looking at Carrie, then the shot changes and he is immediately looking down and reaching towards his back pocket. It also looks like he's trying not to laugh. (00:19:35)
Visible crew/equipment: When Deacon comes to get his camera, after he walks toward the back of the house, you can already see the shadow of the mailman in the doorway.
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Doug's father is shutting off the alarm, he does not enter 2965. We know this is the proper code, because it is Doug's birthday, and it worked when he entered it. It looks like he maybe enters 1459.
Character mistake: Doug claims to be a Pisces, however during this episode when entering his birthday into the alarm system to disarm it he calls out 2-9-69 which shows he would be an Aquarius.
Continuity mistake: Carrie says that she "didn't go" to college because Arthur felt that she would be abandoning him. He points out that her mother had just died. According to the episode "Class Struggle" (Season Two), Carrie actually went to college and then her mother died, causing her to drop out. In that episode, she wants to "go back" to college.
Tank Heaven - S6-E21
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Danny has just taken the "nucleus" nacho chip, after Carrie walks in, the chip in Danny's hand keeps changing between shots, then disappears altogether almost instantly and his arms are folded when he begins his next line. (00:02:30 - 00:03:25)
Tank Heaven - S6-E21
Visible crew/equipment: When Doug and Carrie close the door after saying bye to the first couple, you can see camera lights and a boom mic moving in and out reflected in the window behind them. (00:06:10)
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.