Continuity mistake: In the beginning, Carly gets a bowl and fills it with popcorn up to about 2/3 full. The camera cuts to Sam, then back to Carly, and the bowl is barely full. The camera goes back to Sam then to Carly again, and the bowl is 2/3 full again. Freddie walks in, and the bowl is barely full again, which Carly now fills with popcorn.
Continuity mistake: When the gang is at their apartment watching the news over how they think Carly pushed Shelby's grandmother down, there is a ladder outside their door that appears and disappears from shot to shot.
Answer: Their father is in the military and is on a submarine and the mother is never mentioned.
Shannon Jackson