The Waltons

The Waltons (1972)

39 mistakes in season 7 - chronological order

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The Empty Nest - S7-E1

Continuity mistake: After John meets with all the other mills he and Ben head home, and right before the closeup of Ben sleeping there's an exterior shot of the truck, with the front license plate number T-84905, but in other shots it's T6-807. (00:22:35)

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The Empty Nest - S7-E1

Revealing mistake: During the drive up the mountain for Zeb's birthday, while John and Olivia talk about the co-op offer, the edge of the rear-projection screen is visible over the vehicle's roof, at the left side of the screen. (01:26:15)

Super Grover

The Calling - S7-E2

Revealing mistake: While Mary Frances and Jim-Bob are flying the Cody kite with Sister Scolastica there's an overhead shot from behind the kite, and the lower string goes off toward the right even though the teens are to the left, and the kite is also being held up by a wire at the top which leads off screen. (00:36:05)

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The Obsession - S7-E4

Continuity mistake: When Olivia goes to check on Mary Ellen to see if she needs help with John Curtis, Olivia enters the bedroom, shuts the door, then picks up the baby and walks to the bed with the door still shut behind her, but in the next shot that door is now open behind Olivia. (00:27:40)

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The Obsession - S7-E4

Visible crew/equipment: When Elizabeth tells Yancy and Sissy about desertion being a loophole, the camera turns to the right just as Sissy walks over to the bed where Tiger is lying, and the arm of a crew member is visible in the mirror's reflection at the right side of the screen. (00:42:15)

Super Grover

The Portrait - S7-E6

Visible crew/equipment: When Erin walks out of Godsey's store Derek follows her and they stand alone on the road talking, then Jason drives up and the reflection of at least two crew members are visible on the vehicle window. (00:25:45)

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The Portrait - S7-E6

Visible crew/equipment: After John and Mary Ellen show up at the Pembroke house, when Derek tells John he has a friend who is a doctor John helps him up then it cuts to a wideshot, and as they all approach the door the reflection of crew movement is visible on the glass at the right (with the lace). (00:45:40)

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The Illusion - S7-E8

Visible crew/equipment: When Erin and Esther Grant drive up to the deserted Pickett plant, as the vehicle stops the reflection of a crew member standing nearby is on the rear window. Then in the interior shot, just as Erin and Esther enter, the pole of set equipment is visible at the left side of the screen. Additionally, tape and chalk marks are visible on the scuffed up floor, and note that J.D. even looks down to make certain his feet are positioned at his two small white marks. (00:41:05)

Super Grover

The Illusion - S7-E8

Continuity mistake: When Verdie and Olivia are at Godsey's with their grandchildren, in Verdie's closeup as she asks Ike to move Jody's name to its proper place on the honor roll board, the grocery bag top is folded toward her, but in the wideshots the bag top is folded away from her. Additionally, while Verdie and Olivia are in the store, Harriet has a blue lollipop and John Curtis is licking a red lollipop, but when Verdie and Olivia leave the store in the exterior shot, Harriet is holding a red lollipop and John Curtis is holding a blue one. (00:45:15)

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The Beau - S7-E9

Continuity mistake: When Mary Ellen tells Olivia that Esther changed her mind about going out, Olivia has a dark ponytail holder in her hair when she walks into Esther's bedroom with the hatbox, but in the next shot as Olivia talks to Esther the ponytail holder is now white. (00:25:10)

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The Beau - S7-E9

Visible crew/equipment: After Jim-Bob finishes siphoning the gas out of John's car, when John walks over to the vehicle Jim-Bob tells him he has a surprise for him, and the distinctive shadow of one of the location's large carbon arc lights is visible on the ground behind John. It's seen again after John's comment about mechanics and Jim-Bob's car. (00:33:10)

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Day of Infamy - S7-E10

Visible crew/equipment: After the shots of Olivia and John singing in the truck, when Mary Ellen wishes her parents were home, in the tracking shot as the camera moves past the vehicle, we can see reflections of equipment and the camera operator wearing a hat. Also, the T-mark (plastic type) is visible on the ground where Mary Ellen stops, before she sees Verdie. (00:14:50)

Super Grover

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.

Super Grover

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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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