Continuity: At the beginning of every show we see Carrie walking down the street and she gets splashed by the bus. First the bus has people on it, then in the next shot they all disappear.
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Justin Theroux, who plays Carrie's date/boyfriend Vaughn in this episode, also stars in a previous episode. In that episode, "The Monogamists" from series 1, his name is Jared and he's a novelist just like Vaughn is in the "Shortcomings" episode. See more...
Sex and the City (1998) - 78 mistakes in entire show
starring Cynthia Nixon, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Sarah Jessica Parker (add more)
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Continuity: In the opening credits, when Carrie gets splashed by the bus, her pink tanktop changes from slightly wet to soaked in half a second.
Continuity: When Carrie is telling Samantha about her bad experince in bed with Berger in season 6, Samantha suggests she heat things up and suggests shoes with fake fur on them. Carrie refuses, saying she wouldn't wear furry shoes, yet in a season 1 episode, Carrie buys herself furry shoes.
sex and the city (season 1, episode 1)
Revealing: When Carrie bumps into Mr. Big and her purse falls, watch the people in the background carefully. Many of them are watching the couple talk and interact with each other. On a busy New York street nobody is going to pay attention to two people having a conversation. Apparently all these people were watching the shooting of the scene.
valley of the twenty-something guys (season 1, episode 4)
Continuity: In season 1 "Valley of the 20-Something Guys," Carrie receives a phone call from Samantha and her voice over says she needs her morning Marlboro Light, however, when she picks up her pack of cigarettes, you can see that it is a pack of Merits.
the power of female sex (season 1, episode 5)
Continuity: After Amelita buys Carrie the shoes and Carrie turns to walk out, Amelita is standing right behind her still talking yet when the shot changes to Carrie walking out the door, although we can still hear Amelita chattering, she's no longer standing there or anywhere in sight.
secret sex (season 1, episode 6)
Continuity: In the episode "Secret Sex," Samantha and Carrie are hanging Carrie's poster in her apartment. In one shot, the whole poster is pinned to the wall and in the next shot, the bottom left part of the poster is curling up. After another shot of Samantha, the poster is pinned perfectly to the wall again.
oh come, all ye faithful (season 1, episode 12)
Visible crew/equipment: In the scene where Charlotte visits the psychic who tells her that she doesn't see marriage, some sort of equipment, possibly a boom mic, is visible in the top middle of the screen, when the psychic is in shot.
take me out to the ballgame (season 2, episode 1)
Other: When Samantha sees Carrie's picture in the paper, she says 'honey, that dress just paid for itself.' The picture is tiny, black and white and shows Carrie from the shoulders up; all you can see in it are the dress straps and just barely.
the cheating curve (season 2, episode 6)
Visible crew/equipment: After Carrie lies to Miranda about getting her teeth cleaned, she turns around and you can see the shape of a square microphone pack through her coat.
the chicken dance (season 2, episode 7)
Continuity: When sitting at the bar, Samantha points to Charlotte and her date, who are heading up the stairs arm in arm carrying nothing. Yet in the next scene when they arrive at the honeymoon suite, they suddenly have their arms full with a large bag and a basket.
old dogs, new dicks (season 2, episode 9)
Other: When Steve comes to Miranda's and she's prepared a seduction, she mentions that it's 2am. Several minutes pass and they fight, after which he leaves. A whole bunch of other stuff happens with the other characters, then the scene goes back to Miranda's apartment, where she's supposedly been trying to sleep for a while; and it's still 2am.
the caste system (season 2, episode 10)
Visible crew/equipment: When Charlotte approaches Wyle in front of the fire hydrant, the boom mic is visible at the top of the screen.
evolution (season 2, episode 11)
Continuity: When the girls are at the diner, Carrie pulls the money out of her money clip twice.
la douleur exquise! (season 2, episode 12)
Continuity: In the episode "Big Returns from Paris," Carrie meets him at his apartment with a beret and 2 McDonalds bags. She says she got a Big Mac and a Filet O'Fish. She asks him which one he wants, holding the Big Mac in her left hand and the Filet O'Fish in her right. Instantly the sandwiches switch hands in the next shot as Big walks to the right.
games people play (season 2, episode 13)
Visible crew/equipment: When Carrie is sitting at the table writing on her laptop after her trip with the girls to the sports bar, the camera comes round and you can see her TV. You can see a boom mic reflecting on the TV screen, and another camera.
Visible crew/equipment: When Carrie is writing her column in the background there is a TV set and in the reflection you can see a ladder, a microphone, and a crew member.
twenty-something girls vs. thirty-something women (season 2, episode 17)
Continuity: While talking to her protege, Carrie stubs out her cigarette twice, right before she runs into Big and Natasha.
Continuity: When Samantha is talking to Carrie on the beach, Carrie lifts her arm up and places her hand on her head. The reflection on Samantha's glasses show Carrie lowering her arm, but the shot changes back to Carrie and the movement she is doing is not downwards but backwards, leading hear hand to the nape.
Deliberate "mistake": In the scene at the beach party, when Carrie brings everyone beers, Miranda says "There's so much foam, I could ski on the head," but the cups are tipped toward camera and you can see there's no foam at all.
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