The Waltons

The Empty Nest - S7-E1

Continuity mistake: After John meets with all the other mills he and Ben head home, and right before the closeup of Ben sleeping there's an exterior shot of the truck, with the front license plate number T-84905, but in other shots it's T6-807. (00:22:35)

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The Obsession - S7-E4

Continuity mistake: When Olivia goes to check on Mary Ellen to see if she needs help with John Curtis, Olivia enters the bedroom, shuts the door, then picks up the baby and walks to the bed with the door still shut behind her, but in the next shot that door is now open behind Olivia. (00:27:40)

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The Illusion - S7-E8

Continuity mistake: When Verdie and Olivia are at Godsey's with their grandchildren, in Verdie's closeup as she asks Ike to move Jody's name to its proper place on the honor roll board, the grocery bag top is folded toward her, but in the wideshots the bag top is folded away from her. Additionally, while Verdie and Olivia are in the store, Harriet has a blue lollipop and John Curtis is licking a red lollipop, but when Verdie and Olivia leave the store in the exterior shot, Harriet is holding a red lollipop and John Curtis is holding a blue one. (00:45:15)

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The Beau - S7-E9

Continuity mistake: When Mary Ellen tells Olivia that Esther changed her mind about going out, Olivia has a dark ponytail holder in her hair when she walks into Esther's bedroom with the hatbox, but in the next shot as Olivia talks to Esther the ponytail holder is now white. (00:25:10)

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The Parting - S7-E15

Continuity mistake: When John gets back from the business trip, in the exterior shot he carries one suitcase up the steps then enters the home, but in the interior shot as he walks inside it's a different suitcase. (00:09:05)

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The Heartbreaker - S5-E21

Factual error: When Elizabeth asks Zeb how Vanessa can be happy, Zeb has his old catalog with a bunch of flower seed packets on his lap, and as they both hold up the packets, particularly Elizabeth, the modern Universal Product Codes are at the back of the packets. The UPC did not exist until many years later. (00:10:05)

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The Reunion - S1-E14

Ike: How's it feel to be a working man?
John-Boy: Ike, Mama would skin me alive! Everyone knows those two ladies make bootleg whiskey.
Ike: But they don't know what they're doing. They're just following their papa's Recipe.
John-Boy: But sometimes they sell it!
Ike: Yeah, but they're just like two little girls by a roadside selling lemonade.

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The Outrage: Part 1 - S9-E1

Trivia: While everyone is at the table eating supper and talking, little John Curtis taps on John's shoulder, then John turns and asks "What?" John Curtis points to his pants and excitedly says, "I got new pants," and John says, "I see that. Who got you those? Your mommy?" Then John Curtis looks offscreen, away from the other actors on set, and replies, "No, from Pat," (no characters named Pat are on the show) and without missing a beat, John responds, "From Pat? Where does she live? On the next farm?" And John Curtis answers, "Yeah," amidst all the giggles we can hear, so John answers with a smirk, "Okay, good!" This is such a hilariously precious unscripted moment, and great they decided to leave it in the episode. (00:26:15)

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