The Waltons

The Waltons (1972)

39 mistakes in season 7 - chronological order

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Day of Infamy - S7-E10

Visible crew/equipment: When John and Olivia get back from the mountain they see everyone gathered in the front yard, and John wonders if there's a party. In the next wideshot as he drives closer, the rolling base of set equipment is visible at the right side of the screen, and the reflection of the reflector screen appears on the windshield. (00:16:25)

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Day of Infamy - S7-E10

Visible crew/equipment: After everyone listens to FDR's address to Congress on the radio, when Verdie knocks on the door Olivia walks over, and just as Olivia opens the door the shadow of the boom mic moves up the wall by the couch. (00:38:20)

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The Boosters - S7-E12

Visible crew/equipment: While Ben tries to convince John about the autocourt he tells him it's a sure thing, and when John tells Ben to run along because he has paperwork, the shadow of the moving boom mic is visible on the wall behind Ben. (00:07:10)

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The Conscience - S7-E13

Visible crew/equipment: After Jim-Bob leaves the recruiting office, when he walks past the barber shop the reflections of the crew's equipment and a director's chair are on the store's glass windows. Then when Jim-Bob approaches the busy tattoo artist, the chalk T-mark is visible on the wood floor where he stops to watch. (00:06:40)

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The Obstacle - S7-E14

Visible crew/equipment: After J.D. refuses to hire Mike even though he's right for the available job, in the following shots when Mike and John are on the porch, the chalk T-mark is visible on the floor beside the wheelchair. (00:34:25)

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The Parting - S7-E15

Visible crew/equipment: After Elizabeth shares with Olivia some details of learning to cook with Esther, Olivia tells her daughter that she has come down from her treehouse (a poignant compliment). In the next shot, when John drives up to the home, crew reflections are visible on the vehicle's windows. (00:08:55)

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The Parting - S7-E15

Continuity mistake: When John gets back from the business trip, in the exterior shot he carries one suitcase up the steps then enters the home, but in the interior shot as he walks inside it's a different suitcase. (00:09:05)

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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 Attack - S7-E18

Visible crew/equipment: Despite Elizabeth's objections Jim-Bob sells old Blue to Clarence, and in the next shot as Erin and Jason walk to the vehicle, the moving boom mic is reflected on the chrome surface. Then as Jason drives away, the reflection of location lighting is visible on the vehicle's rear window. (00:09:55)

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The Attack - S7-E18

Factual error: When Ike is in the hospital and is talking to John, he is wearing a plastic ID wrist bracelet for patients. They didn't start using them until much later.

The Torch - S7-E21

Visible crew/equipment: After Callie compliments Elizabeth and leaves the store, Corabeth asks, "Who is that female," and when Ike answers the question he walks around to the back of the counter, and the shadow of the boom mic is visible on the mail room wall, at the right side of the screen. (00:14:30)

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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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