Continuity mistake: At the start when Arthur is on about Al Gore, he has chicken in his hands, but when the camera cuts, he now has a fork and napkin. (00:01:35)
Continuity mistake: At the beginning Carrie is dishing out potatoes from a bowl with a large black spoon, and as the camera changes angles her arm has not moved and she is now holding a small fork getting chicken from a different bowl. (00:01:40)
Continuity mistake: At the beginning during dinner, Carrie hands Doug the salad bowl, then puts the spoon into the bowl and hands it to him again in the next shot. (00:02:25)
Continuity mistake: At the start Doug puts a drink down after taking the top off. Camera cuts and the lid is back on. (00:03:30)
Continuity mistake: Doug sits down near the start after getting a drink and proceeds to pour a drink. When it cuts he has instantly stopped pouring the drink. (00:03:40)
Continuity mistake: At the dinner table while talking about being obscure at work, Doug starts pouring his beer into a glass. But immediately in the next shot he is finished pouring and both bottle and glass are on the table. A moment later he picks up the beer and pours it into the glass a second time. (00:03:45)
Continuity mistake: At the start of the episode when Arthur is on about kissing ass, the way his napkin is positioned constantly changes. (00:03:45)
Continuity mistake: When Doug and Carrie are in the bedroom discussing the health benefits of Doug losing weight, Carrie's arm is constantly switching from in her lap to on her head. (00:06:50)
Continuity mistake: When talking in the bedroom, Carrie's legs are constantly alternating between on the floor and crossed on the bed. (00:07:20)
Continuity mistake: When talking in the bedroom, the magazines on the bed change from on the bed to on Carrie's ankles. (00:07:20)
Continuity mistake: When Carrie asks Arthur how a legless dummy will protect her on the subway, her arms are either on the table or off, depending on the shot. (00:10:30)
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)
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)
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)
Answer: Sara hasn't been mentioned in later episodes, and it suggested in later episodes that she never existed, and that Carrie is an only child. Kevin James stated that the producers couldn't think of an good plots to use with Sara, so they left her out.