A Death in the Family - S1-E10
Continuity mistake: Episode 1-10, "A Death in the Family": when Agent Sorensen offers Beckett a part of the sprinkled donut, the location of where he holds it changes between shots. (00:23:50)
Fool Me Once - S2-E4
Continuity mistake: Castle and Beckett corner the con woman in her car and she flashes her badge. The way she holds it differs between shots from outside the car and inside the car.
Fool Me Once - S2-E4
Continuity mistake: When Beckett goes to the bathroom to read Castle's book and Castle peers over the top of the cubical to tell her what page the sex scene is on, she is holding the book with her fingers between the pages dividing the book into 2 sections. These 2 sections switch to 3 and then back to 2 between shots.
Continuity mistake: In episode 2-5, "When the Bough Breaks," when Rick is talking to his mother regarding handing out her pamphlets at his book signing party, he opens his beer and throws the cap on the counter, when the shot changes you see him opening the beer again.
Continuity mistake: When Castle gets back from helping Alexis with her friend and thanks Beckett for taking care of Fagan (Alexis' egg), just after her line, "Yeah well, he was easy. He didn't even fuss when I put him to bed", Ryan and Esposito come in and Ryan is holding a missing persons poster of Elizabeth McGinty. As soon as they walk in, Ryan is holding the poster with the front facing the camera. But two shots later he is holding it with the back facing the camera.
Continuity mistake: In the opening scene, when the rider is knocked off his bike by the car, the bike ends up under the front wheel of the car. When the perpetrator drives off, the bike is some distance away from the car.
Continuity mistake: When Beckett, Castle and Capt. Montgomery are walking through the precinct, after Castle and Beckett checked on Alexis as she had been categorizing personal belongings, and Castle is talking about how he watched Alexis from the bushes the first day of preschool; Montgomery states he followed his son's bus all the way to the Adirondacks. In the final episode of season 3, Montgomery had his two daughters, and wife at his funeral. There was no son.
Continuity mistake: When Kyra introduces Greg to Castle, Greg takes Kyra away to greet the new arriving guests. He places his left hand on her right shoulder twice between shots.
Continuity mistake: When Beckett and Castle are talking about the failed sting on Rathborne, Beckett's hand jumps back and forth from gripping her coffee mug by the handle in the close ups to the bottom in the wide shots. (00:36:45)
Continuity mistake: When the Captain hands Beckett his flask, from behind she unscrews the cap and lifts it to her mouth. We then cut to a front-on shot of Beckett and she lifts it to her mouth a second time.
Continuity mistake: When Castle asks Trucho how he burned his hand, Trucho places the ice pack to his eye twice between shots.
Continuity mistake: After Special Agent Shaw tells Beckett to go home when they believe a murder took place in a multi-story car park, Beckett touches her hair with her right hand. She is wearing gloves on both of her hands when she does this. In the shot immediately afterwards however, her right hand is bare and she is holding the glove in her left hand.
Continuity mistake: When Castle is freezing stuff in his apartment and Martha starts talking to Alexis about her forthcoming exam, she is either holding an iPod or a glass of wine in her right hand between shots.
Continuity mistake: When Ryan crosses out the name "I. Seperich" on the "Dirty Dozen" list, the thickness of the line changes between shots, as he talks to Castle.
Continuity mistake: When Castle and Beckett go to question Jeffrey McGuigan, Beckett raises her badge twice: once while the camera is on Guy Wilson, and a second time when the shot cuts and the camera is on Stana Katic. (00:25:15)
Continuity mistake: The guy at the door says "I purchased a ton of crap at that place" and the door is partially open next to him. It cuts to a barely different angle as he says "come on in" and the door is instantly wide open. (00:25:25)
Continuity mistake: The paper dolls found at the crime scenes are mixed up. The 1st one found was from Wyatt's scene and called the "Persecution of Kings" which would lead them to King Street, the site of Wyatt's murder. This one should have been found by Sara Vazquez.
Continuity mistake: Jennifer Beals' blouse mysteriously changes from white to blue while they are in the CIA secret bunker prior to heading out for the final confrontation.
Answer: The networks are now having winter breaks. A mid season end of new episodes, when they come back after the new year, it picks up as if several months have gone by. Beckett suggested Valentine's Day as a "chick flick" to watch as she is moved in. Also some episodes are not scheduled to air in order.