Continuity mistake: While sitting with Glen watching cartoons on the sofa, Betty has a red straw in her Coca-Cola bottle. When Carla and the children come home and Betty stands up to talk to them, the straw is gone. After much of the conversation is over, the straw is back. It's gone again after Betty enters the kitchen and picks up the phone.
Continuity mistake: Betty and Henry are in the cafe/bakery talking. Betty lights a cigarette but it changes position from shot to shot. She holds it in her hand leaning on the table, to smoking, back to the table.
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword - S4-E5
Continuity mistake: While Dr. Miller speaks with Don in the kitchen, halfway through the conversation, you can see that her right arm is holding a cup high near her breast. However, in the shot from the back, you can see alternatively that the arm is held with a 90 degree bent, towards the kitchen counter. (00:34:45)
Continuity mistake: Don's toothache: That morning, he packs the right side of his mouth with a cotton swab. That night, he puts ice on the left side.
Revealing mistake: Bobby jumps on the bed and breaks it, and of course Betty makes sure he knows it: "Great. You broke it." But the bed buckles and breaks when Bobby is at the high point of his jumping, not as he lands.
Factual error: At one point Henry mentions that he is from "Mount Salem" in Westchester County. There is no Mt. Salem. There's a North Salem and a Mt Kisco, but no Mt. Salem.
The Phantom - S5-E13
Visible crew/equipment: When Don is in bed in his "penthouse" you see a head come by in the mirror below which comes from outside. (00:21:10)
Continuity mistake: Sally runs down the office hallway, trips and falls. Megan is there to hug her and we see Sally's right arm completely over Megan's left shoulder and Sally's left hand on Megan's right shoulder. From another angle, Sally has both her hands under Megan's arms with her hands on Megan's back. They go back and forth between these camera angles. (00:40:05)
Chosen answer: At that time, call girls did not command the same amount of money as they do today. By that standard, the $25 would be considered a high rate. Today's upper-level prostitutes can demand far more for their services.
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