The Waltons

The Waltons (1972)

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The Hostage - S9-E21

Continuity mistake: After the explosion in the Recipe room, when Octavia opens the hidden door there is no molding at the top of the door in the shot from the foyer, but in the next shot from inside the "secret" room, as Octavia enters the room, there is molding along the top of that door. (00:20:45)

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The Parting - S7-E15

Visible crew/equipment: After Olivia lays down on the beach while John continues to fish, when it cuts to Ike and Corabeth on the motorcycle and sidecar, a director's chair (beside the normal Walton lawn chair) is visible at the left side of the screen, just as they turn toward the home. (00:25:50)

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The Home Front: Part 2 - S8-E2

Visible crew/equipment: After Calvin makes more threatening remarks to John in front of Godsey's store, when Ike asks John if Calvin threatened him again, Ike turns to watch John walk away, and the tip of the hidden microphone is visible inside Ike's shirt, under his bow tie.

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The Home Front: Part 2 - S8-E2

Visible crew/equipment: When Ike removes the gas pump from John's truck he turns to put it away, and the black wire as well as the bulging outline of the mic transmitter are visible at the back of his waist. Then after John pays Ike for the gas, Calvin pulls alongside John just as he reaches up to wipe his truck's windshield, and we can see the bulging outline of the mic transmitter and its wire on John's back.

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The Innocents - S8-E5

Visible crew/equipment: After Olivia nearly hits the boys who ran in front of the vehicle, she gives the children a lift back to Pickett, and as Olivia and Cindy drive away from Godsey's, the reflections of a few crew members are visible on the vehicle's windows. (00:05:10)

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The Innocents - S8-E5

Revealing mistake: When Anna Mae appears at the bedroom doorway John sees the cute quiet girl, then as John walks toward her he passes the dresser's mirror, and we can see in the reflection the end of the set wall behind him. (00:14:30)

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The Innocents - S8-E5

Continuity mistake: When Olivia tells Erin that she will handle J.D., in the exterior shot Olivia walks into Pickett's Tavern empty handed, but in the next interior shot Olivia suddenly has a black purse in her hand as she walks in. (00:34:50)

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The Starlet - S8-E6

Visible crew/equipment: While the Hollywood camera crew are at the Pickett plant filming their heavy box scene, when Larry, their cameraman, is walking backwards the bulge of the hidden mic transmitter is visible at the right side of the actor's waist, along with its wire running up his back to his shoulder. (00:06:35)

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The Journal - S8-E7

Visible crew/equipment: When Ben parks the truck in front of The House Jeffrey rushes over, and as Ben lifts Reckless from the truck's flatbed we can see the T-mark drawn onto the dirt ground, which is precisely where Mary Ellen stands while they talk about Reckless. (00:25:45)

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The Violated - S8-E9

Visible crew/equipment: At the Thatcher farm, when Mary Ellen introduces her mother to Darcy the tip of the microphone is visible under Olivia's blouse, near the collar. Then when Darcy opens her door, that mic is visible again as Mary Ellen asks if she and Olivia could come in. (00:12:05)

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The Violated - S8-E9

Visible crew/equipment: When Corabeth makes the comment about customers listening to "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B" in the store, Ike tells her she has to go along with the times, and in the exterior shot as Ike walks into his store the bulging outline of the mic transmitter is visible on his back, then it's gone once he's inside. (00:38:45)

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The Violated - S8-E9

Visible crew/equipment: After Son Slater makes threatening remarks to Olivia, when Olivia hands Erin the broom and rushes into the home, the outline of the mic transmitter is visible at the back of Erin's sweater, as she follows Olivia into the home. (00:35:30)

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The Violated - S8-E9

Continuity mistake: After Ike tells Corabeth his idea of having Elizabeth take Corabeth's place at the store, both Ike and Corabeth walk into the store, and during this scene we see the military honor roll board on the wall. In some shots the nameplate with "John Walton Jr" is at the bottom, but in other shots that nameplate is second from the top, under the "Jason Walton" nameplate. (00:38:55)

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The Reunion - S1-E14

Ike: How's it feel to be a working man?
John-Boy: Ike, Mama would skin me alive! Everyone knows those two ladies make bootleg whiskey.
Ike: But they don't know what they're doing. They're just following their papa's Recipe.
John-Boy: But sometimes they sell it!
Ike: Yeah, but they're just like two little girls by a roadside selling lemonade.

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The Journey - S2-E1

Trivia: While Maggie MacKenzie and John-Boy are at the Mermaid Restaurant, when they both dance together Maggie envisions her long deceased husband, Michael MacKenzie, dancing with her instead of John-Boy. It is Earl Hamner Jr. who portrays Michael MacKenzie in this uncredited onscreen cameo during the scene (note teeth and facial features are identical).

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