Plot hole: 3-7 "Trail to Nevermore": At the end, despite an earlier emphasis on the necessity of wearing one's hat in the desert, John rides out of town without his. Victoria, who wore John's hat when they crossed the desert, isn't wearing it either. And of course, the "lost" hat reappears on John's head in the next episode. Submitted by Jean G

Plot hole: 3-8 "Apache Trust": Somewhere in old Tucson, there must have been a merchant with dozens of identical hats to sell. Here, as in other episodes, Blue's hat is lost somewhere in the desert when he's captured by the Apaches. By the next episode, though, he has it (or one just like it) back again. Lost horses, sometimes even after being killed, had a similar habit of reappearing alive and well in the following week's episode. Submitted by Jean G

Continuity: 3-7 "Trail to Nevermore": When the bad guys arrive in Nevermore, they prejudicially assume that Victoria is Manolito's wife. No one disabuses them of this notion, yet John later tells one of them that he was right about Victoria being his wife. Submitted by Jean G

Plot hole: 3-7 "Trail to Nevermore": When Manolito and Victoria jump from the wagon, her hat flies off and falls to the ground. The bandits ride on by, chasing the wagon, after which Mano and Victoria get up and start walking. She later laments losing her hat when they leaped, which makes no sense. Since the bandits and therefore the urgency had passed, there was no reason not to retrieve her hat before they left the area. Submitted by Jean G

Revealing: 3-7 "Trail to Nevermore": During the cart-pulling scenes in the desert, the use of a stunt double becomes apparent when the usually reed-thin Victoria suddenly gains several pounds and some new muscles in the posterior region. Submitted by Jean G

Continuity: 3-6, "To Stand For Something More": Much fuss is made throughout this episode about Blue being left in charge of the High Chaparral "for the first time." But it isn't the first time. He was left in charge once before, in the previous season, and no one made a big deal of it in that episode at all. Submitted by Jean G

Continuity: 3-2, "A Time to Laugh, A Time to Cry": Manolito rushes into Don Sebastian's study, passing two large, open doors. When the shot cuts, he passes the same doors again. Submitted by Jean G

Continuity: 4-14 "The New Lion of Sonora, Pt. 1": When Buck tries to comfort a bereft Manolito, Mano is sobbing and leaning his forehead against a tree trunk. But when the shot reverses angles, he's abruptly standing upright a foot away from the tree. Submitted by Jean G

Audio problem: 4-16 "The New Lion of Sonora, Pt. 1": During Don Sebastian's funeral, the single church bell is tolling. But the ringing sound effect continues after the bell itself has stopped moving. Submitted by Jean G

Plot hole: 4-13 "The Badge": This episode comprises a flashback to the year 1866, but it sets up a chronology that completely contradicts the rest or the series. It contends that the Cannons moved west to Arizona in 1867. In the pilot and throughout the series, it was stated that they arrived in Arizona in the 1870s, at least ten years after the U.S. Civil War. Submitted by Jean G

Plot hole: 4-16 "Sangre": The scriptwriter here apparently never saw earlier episodes in which it was well-established that Manolito spoke fluent Apache. In a scene where he attempts to sneak past two braves while disguised as an Apache, he suddenly can't speak the language when they challenge him. Submitted by Jean G

Continuity: 4-18 "A Man to Match the Land": Red Eagle's war paint changes between takes. Sometimes it's red with blue striping. In other shots, the blue stripes disappear. Submitted by Jean G

Continuity: 4-16 "Sangre": The blood stain on Sangre's clothing disappears when Manolito borrows the outfit as a disguise. It reappears at the end just in time for Sangre to put the clothes back on again. Submitted by Jean G

Visible crew/equipment: 4-16 "Sangre": When Sangre attacks the soldier and the man's rifle falls during the fight, the shot cuts to a close-up of the gun - and we can see several white blocking marks chalked on the floor beside it. Submitted by Jean G

Plot hole: 4-3 "Only the Bad Come to Sonora": Manolito trades clothes with the poor peon he meets on the road. But at the end of the episode, he has the same clothes that he gave away earlier (his usual outfit) back on again. Submitted by Jean G

Audio problem: 4-2 "Spokes": When Buck orders the would-be killers out of the hotel room, his lips don't move in sync with the words he speaks. Submitted by Jean G

Revealing: 3-25 "Generation": Due to budget cuts in the 3rd season, an L.A. soundstage replica of the ranch house replaced the outdoor set, which was in Old Tuscon. The replacement was often painfully obvious. In this episode, a stock exterior shot of the real house, with its outside walls undecorated, contrasts with the mock-up, which has mounted cattle horns all over it. Submitted by Jean G

Revealing: 3-24 "Auld Lang Syne": When Buck comes across the first of two bodies in the desert, we see only the dead man's booted legs protruding from the bushes. When he finds the second body, the exact same shot of legs and boots (with the same bushes and rocks) is used over again with the film reversed. Submitted by Jean G

Factual error: 3-24 "Auld Lang Syne": The Apache spearhead Buck appropriates is very obviously made from machine-tooled steel. Indian tribes in 1870s Arizona made their weapons points from hand-knapped stone and on rare occasions, iron. They never developed steel-making technology. Submitted by Jean G

Continuity: 3-20 "The Lieutenant": A heavy black bag falls from the Simmons' wagon as they pull away from their house. A short time later, it has disappeared from the spot where it landed. Submitted by Jean G