Continuity mistake: Gloria speaks Spanish to Manny and he seems to understand it. But later, when his brother Joe was born, a tutor had to be hired because Manny didn't speak or understand Spanish.
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Luke gets his new bike when Phil places the helmet on Luke's head the strap is not buckled up, but when the shot changes back and forth again it's buckled up and fastened. (00:05:05)
Continuity mistake: In the scene before Jay hits Phil in the face with the plane, the remote control's antenna (the one he is using to fly the plane) switches between the 'forward' and 'up' positions. (00:10:50)
Continuity mistake: Claire takes some cookies out of the oven and puts them on a cooling rack. When Manny asks her what the matter is with Claire, she holds still while she's about to put down the second cookie in the top row. When the camera cuts to a different angle there are suddenly three cookies in the row already. (00:12:05)
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Claire and Manny are discussing how they are brother and sister, Claire is placing cookies on a cooling rack from top to bottom. When the shot changes they are now placed left to right.
The Incident - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Mitchell goes outside to speak to his Dad in the pool, his Dad has a glass beside him. When the shot cuts back to his Dad it has disappeared. (00:13:00 - 00:14:00)
The Incident - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Dylan arrives at the Pritchett family dinner, and Phil notices that he brought his guitar, Dylan's gig bag switches shoulders between shots.
Continuity mistake: During the episode when Claire and Phil do their warm-up before racing each other, their children Alex and Luke arrive from school. They get down from the car, and the car takes off and goes away. But in the 2nd shot we can see that same car parked in front of them. (00:17:00)
Continuity mistake: When Javier is setting up the pool table and Jay is about to break, we see in the next shot that the balls have slightly changed position, and in another shot before the end of the scene the balls have changed position again, without any play made between either of them. (00:09:00 - 00:10:00)
Continuity mistake: When Cameron runs into Jay and his friends, Shorty initially has his hands in his pockets, but then his hands are out in front of him, holding a cup of coffee. (00:01:25)
Continuity mistake: When Claire comes in the kitchen a wine bottle with a blue/white label is standing up on the table. When Luke explains the effects of Jägermeister the same bottle is lying down on the table. In the next scene the bottle is standing upright again. (00:16:10)
Continuity mistake: When Haley, Claire, Phil and Jay are by the pool and Claire is talking to Phil. Claire's shirt (cover up) changes position several times. (00:02:00)
Continuity mistake: It is stated that Phil and Claire didn't have a wedding, and just went to the courthouse to get married, but in episode 1x08, Great Expectations, Phil says he's pretty sure he sang "If you leave" by O.M.D. at their wedding.
Continuity mistake: After the photographer asks Claire if they are still taking the picture Claire says no and puts mud on Gloria's belly. You see that its a round stain. In the shot after that the stain on Gloria's dress has become just a smear. This changes again in the shot after that. (00:20:05 - 00:20:40)
Continuity mistake: The scene in which the whole family were mud-fighting. Just after the camera man says "Excuse me, are we still doing this" look at Manny's shirt. It just has a small mud stain on the pocket, but as the scene continues the stain looks different with no reason and there is suddenly mud on Manny's face too.
Continuity mistake: When Phil tries to get his bike down he falls over. A lot of stuff falls from the shelves behind him, when Claire asks if he is okay and Phil answers "Yes I am" you see that the shelves behind him are a mess. But the next shot you see that all the stuff is cleaned up again. In the next few shots the background changes all the time. (00:01:00)
Continuity mistake: When Jay is talking with his brother and finds out about his brother's cancer, he is holding a glass of scotch with a tiny bit of ice. When his brother approaches him the glass now just has ice with no scotch. We don't see the glass for a short period before he is about to sit in his chair and spills the contents of the glass, which now has the scotch and ice again.
Phil on Wire - S3-E3
Continuity mistake: In 1-20 "Benched", Phil specifically states he knows how to walk a tightrope because he went to trapeze camp. But in this episode, he learns how to walk a tightrope.
Chosen answer: There was a plain wall at the foot of the stairs in the pilot episode. Thereafter, there is a room, but we have never been shown what's in the room.
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