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)
Visible crew/equipment: After Corabeth sees Daisy stop for gas and comments about John-Boy, when it cuts to the mill we can see two chalk T-marks on the floor, near Boone and Jim-Bob. (00:09:05)
Visible crew/equipment: When Marcus arrives in his car the first time and walks toward the home, the plastic T-mark is visible on the ground in front of the steps, and there's a chalk T-mark on the porch where Elizabeth stands. (00:06:50)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Visible crew/equipment: When Olivia is on the porch with Jim-Bob, Ben, and Jason, the shadow of the boom mic is moving at the left side of the screen, just as the young men start walking away to do some chores. (00:22:10)
The Parting - S7-E15
Visible crew/equipment: When Corabeth and Ike check on the Walton kids, as Corabeth gives them the stew, the black T-mark is visible on the floor near Corabeth's feet. (00:26:55)
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)
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)
The Pin-Up - S7-E17
Visible crew/equipment: When John overhears Erin practicing her speech for the soldiers, as he walks into the bedroom the shadow of the boom mic is visible at the top, right corner of the screen. (00:36:45)
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)
Visible crew/equipment: After Callie throws the glass mug at John, when it cuts to John talking to Olivia on the telephone, a corner of the lighting equipment is visible at the top, right side of the screen. (00:16:40)
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)
Visible crew/equipment: While Elizabeth and Cindy are at Ike's getting decorations for the canteen, when Ike gets reacquainted with Callie and they're talking, two black tape marks on the floor where Elizabeth and Cindy are standing. (00:13:35)
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)
Visible crew/equipment: After John says grace at supper, in all the wideshots facing the entire family, a crew member is visible just sitting on one of the armchairs in the living room, at the left side of the screen. (00:26:45)
Character mistake: When Rev. Andy visits Elizabeth at the bridge to talk, the buttons of his shirt are too far down, revealing his chest hairs, which would be most inappropriate for a minister.
