Desperate Housewives

Every Day a Little Death - S1-E12

Continuity mistake: When Edie throws the urn of ashes at Susan after she discovered Susan burned her house down, you can see that there is nothing on Edie's left shoulder, but when the camera angle changes to behind Edie in the next shot, her shoulder is now covered by her cardigan.

Suspicious Minds - S1-E9

Continuity mistake: When Lynette introduces herself to Claire at the park, the strap on her handbag is on her shoulder. When the camera angle changes to behind Lynette in the next shot, the strap has gone, and in the shot after that, it is back again.

Suspicious Minds - S1-E9

Continuity mistake: When Zach is in Julie's bedroom, he says to her, "And they buried her, to protect me" and you can see that Zach has his hand on his cheek. When the camera angle changes to behind Zach in the next shot, he no longer does.

Suspicious Minds - S1-E9

Continuity mistake: Before the fight between Helen and Susan at the fashion show, Susan has a flower in her hair. There is no sign of the flower when Helen tears off part of her wedding dress, but when Susan says "What?", the flower is back again.

Fear No More - S1-E20

Continuity mistake: At the start of the episode, Zach picks up some gravel from beneath the lamppost and throws it at Julie's window. But when he leaves Susan the flowers, you can see that the gravel has disappeared.

Children Will Listen - S1-E18

Continuity mistake: When Bree is preparing a care package to ship to Andrew's camp, she sneaks some lemon bars into the package, and quickly closes the two side flaps of the cardboard box, leaving the end flaps out. In the next shot, she is immediately taping the box with all flaps down.

Children Will Listen - S1-E18

Continuity mistake: Parker is tearing the flowers apart until there are none. In the next shot, there are some flowers left, and when he jumps off the chair, the flowers have gone again.

Every Day a Little Death - S1-E12

Continuity mistake: When Lynette signs the clipboard at yoga, a close-up shows her signing it with her right hand, but in the next shot she is holding Penny with her right hand and signing her name with her left.

Who's that Woman? - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: When Lynette is at the school, the teacher is waiting outside eating. If you look at her hands, you can see that she has a white napkin. The napkin changes from one hand to the other between shots, and in one shot it is small and the other it is not.

Suspicious Minds - S1-E9

Continuity mistake: When John is speaking to Susan about his relationship with Gabrielle, Susan puts her hand on John's cheek, but in the next shot, when John's mother is looking out of her car, Susan can be seen with her hand on John's shoulder.

Pretty Little Picture - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: When Bree steals Mary Alice's tape in Dr Goldstein's room, she takes it with her right hand and grabs it to her waist while she raises her left hand to her hair. In the next shot when the doctor enters the room, you can see her right hand is up, and when the camera comes on her the next shot, her left hand is up again.

Suspicious Minds - S1-E9

Continuity mistake: In the scene where Bree and Lynette are talking about nannies, Lynette is in the back seat strapping her baby daughter into the car seat. In the shot facing Bree, Lynette takes a baby toy lying on the back seat and hands it to her daughter, but in the next shot facing Bree, the toy is back on top of the seat where again Lynette hands it to her baby.

Sunday in the Park with George - S1-E21

Continuity mistake: When Bree is out for dinner with George, the scene starts with a close up of her eating with her fork in her right hand. It then cuts to a wide shot of her suddenly holding her fork in her left hand, and then she switches it to her right hand.

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Come Back to Me - S1-E10

Continuity mistake: When Bree is talking to Mike in hospital, the position of her roll neck jumper on her right shoulder changes constantly throughout the scene. In some shots it's rolled down, in some it is rolled up.

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Who's that Woman? - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: At one point in episode 1.2 ("Ah, But Underneath"), Susan looks at the note used to blackmail Mary Alice and we can see that it has been folded twice and become somewhat crumpled. Two episodes later in "Who's That Woman?" (1.4) when the girls show the note to Paul, it is almost perfectly smooth with a single horizontal crease.

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Plot hole: When Zach Young's grandfather died, Zach was said to be the sole heir of the fortune. However, Noah Taylor (the grandfather) had a daughter that appeared several times while Mike Delfino was looking for Deirdre. Where was Kendra Taylor while Zachary Young was spending Noah's fortune on dresses for Gabrielle Solis? Why didn't she claim her share? She simply disappeared.

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Season 8 generally

Question: If Ramon Sanchez (Gabby's stepfather) lived in Oklahoma City and was reported missing by his wife who also lived in Oklahoma City, why would Chuck, who lives a plane ride away in Fairview, be investigating the case?

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Answer: He was investigating the lead not the case.

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