Continuity mistake: When Doug first enters the gym, you can see a price tag hanging off of the front of his weight belt. In the shots following this, the price tag is gone. (00:11:10)
Continuity mistake: When we first see Doug at the gym, the sweat stains on his shirt keep changing size. (00:11:30)
Visible crew/equipment: When Doug says about Carrie's laugh he sits down on the sofa. As he does, part of the set lights are visible above him. (00:15:20)
Visible crew/equipment: When the dummy is on the sofa with Arthur, the stage lights are reflected in its sunglasses. (00:16:00)
Continuity mistake: After throwing the dummy out the door, Doug kicks his bag out the door too, only for it to reappear a few minutes later. (00:18:20)
Continuity mistake: Doug throws the dummy out the front door and in doing so, knocks a green Jets jacket to the floor. In the next shot the jacket is back on the stand. (00:18:40)
Visible crew/equipment: When Doug is talking on the phone, the shadow of a boom mic moves on the wall behind him. (00:00:20)
Continuity mistake: When Carrie is having lunch with the lawyers from her office, she is holding a cup and then instantly holding a napkin in the next shot. The cup and napkin switch again depending on the shot. (00:03:10)
Continuity mistake: When Doug and Carrie are arguing about not having gone out for pizza, Carrie has her pen in her hand, but when it cuts it's now on the desk. (00:10:30)
Continuity mistake: When Carrie is sitting at the table talking to Doug about not finishing school, her hand is beside the text book and then instantly holding it from underneath in the next shot. (00:10:35)
Continuity mistake: When Doug says to Carrie that he doesn't even know her anymore, Carrie's laptop and books are open over the desk. However when the camera cuts to her standing up, she has got the laptop folded up and her books in her arms instantly. (00:10:35)
Visible crew/equipment: When Doug is lying on the floor with the phone on him, the camera zooms in and you can see a boom arm reflected in the phone. (00:19:35)
Revealing mistake: When Doug runs into the phone when trying to deliver Carrie's package, it's very clear he doesn't touch the phone with his head.
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Carrie and Doug are in the kitchen and Carrie is explaining why she wants to quit school, she fills a glass of water to the top of the glass. A few shots later, she sets the glass down on the counter without taking a drink and it is less than half full.
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Other mistake: The salesman calls Doug by his name without Doug telling him his name. His Work ID as shown in other episodes states D. Heffernan. (00:07:20)
Strike One - S3-E5
Visible crew/equipment: When Doug is listing all the extras for the truck, you can see tape markers on the floor behind them. Specifically, one in between the feet of an extra that is standing behind them. (00:08:50)
Strike One - S3-E5
Visible crew/equipment: When we see the car in the garage for the first time we see the camera start to move. As it does, so a boom shadow can be seen to move over the car. (00:09:20)
Strike One - S3-E5
Visible crew/equipment: When it cuts from Doug singing with the barbershop quartet, to Doug and Carrie standing in the garage with the new vehicle, the end of the garage set wall is visible on the left side of the screen. (00:09:35)
Strike One - S3-E5
Continuity mistake: When in the garage, the way Carrie's arms are crossed changes instantly. (00:09:50)
Strike One - S3-E5
Visible crew/equipment: When Carrie is trying to return the truck, there are tape markers visible on the floor. They are little white dots. (00:11:35)
Chosen answer: That is most likely the case.
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