Revealing mistake: When Laura picks up Baby Rose from Thomas Stark, the blanket is flipped up and you can see a plastic doll's leg, then when she goes into the bedroom, she has the real baby.
The Night of the Bubbling Death - S3-E1
Revealing mistake: As West drags the body of a bad guy out of the scene, the supposedly unconscious man is holding his head up so as not to have his head dragged through the dirt. A truly unconscious person's head would flop back on to the ground.
Gold Is Where You Leave It - S1-E19
Revealing mistake: Buck lights the fuse and tosses the dynamite-filled barrel at the bad guys. We see the explosion. Unfortunately, after that, we can also see the intact barrel still rolling away in the dirt.
Revealing mistake: Early in the episode the dead body in the barn ever so briefly flutters his eyelids.
Revealing mistake: Jack Albertson's character is taking pictures of The Cartwrights and ranch hands. The video camera moves across the front of the prop camera as Albertson pushes and holds the button to take a picture. The shutter on the camera never opens and isn't open until he releases the button. In those days the shutter had to stay open an elongated time to enable the light to infiltrate the negative. People had to stay still during this time.
The Rex Montana Story - S1-E35
Revealing mistake: When Flint follows the Indians, there's a strong wind blowing. But the two puffy clouds in the backdrop sky never move.
Revealing mistake: Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) spends a night in North Fork while the wheel of a stagecoach he is riding in is being repaired. Clemens is fishing at a lake and Mark McCain says, "You've caught a fish " Clemens tells the boy to reel in the fish. The boy jerks the rod and pulls the fish out of the water. The fish is obviously a fake which a stagehand had attached to the hook. The fish is motionless and is not even wet.
Revealing mistake: The stick of dynamite Brisco throws lands to the right of where the pyrotechnic for the dynamite explodes.
Six Strangers at Apache Springs - S2-E7
Revealing mistake: During the saloon brawl, recycled footage causes Curry to change into his first season hat for a few shots. After the fight, he has his second season hat back on. (00:28:00)
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman - S1-E1
Revealing mistake: While Dr. Mike is riding in the wagon with Charlotte and her children, when Charlotte says, "I'd like to ring Sully's neck," a vehicle is visible behind Charlotte's head driving toward the left side of the screen. (00:20:05)
The Return of Roy Carter - S2-E32
Revealing mistake: When Maggie the saloon girl starts gathering the money from the floor, an equipment shadow intrudes at the left of the screen. (00:04:30)
Revealing mistake: When Stemple and Jason argue on the porch, an electric light bulb is very apparent in the lantern beside the door. (00:41:00)
Revealing mistake: The waterfront set always features a blue, cloud-dotted sky, even when the streets are wet from supposed rain. And the clouds are static, never moving or changing, betraying the fact that they're part of a backdrop.
The Resurrection of Joe November - S3-E24
Revealing mistake: Stock footage used for the Mardi Gras scenes shows a crowd dressed in 20th Century clothing.
The Thanksgiving Story - S2-E10
Revealing mistake: The close ups of Daniel and Jericho on the wagon show a pale blue background but the long shots show them on a heavily wooded trail crowded with large green trees behind them.
Revealing mistake: David Carradine's stunt double is obvious (different face, darker hair) in the fight scene between Caine and Shelby Cross.
Revealing mistake: About 20 minutes in, the cops have a newspaper with the headline about the two guys they killed. They turn to page two which has a story about the next guy they are planning to kill. If you look at the picture, it is glued onto the story page. The left side is lifted. The actor must have been hired after the printing.
Revealing mistake: As Pat Buttram enters the office of the Bugle newspaper, he casts a shadow on the painted backdrop of the buildings across the street. (00:19:30)