The Minister

G'Night, Stalker - S8-E9

Revealing mistake: In the kitchen, Deacon asks Doug, "Are we gunna play basketball or what?" while leaning against the counter. In this shot you can see the kitchen wall is on an angle slanting away from the camera. This makes the kitchen look bigger and cuts down on the empty stage space on the wall where the cameras are. (00:07:00)

The Minister

Deconstructing Carrie - S7-E15

Continuity mistake: In the kitchen when Arthur says he was a terrible father and gets up, Holly looks over at him with her hand on the edge of the table. She says, "Oh no", but then she's smiling. When the shot changes angle, her arms are crossed. Then Holly says, "Better than my dad, who was too busy chasing the almighty bottle of glue", her hand is instantly on the box of photos again. (00:11:35 - 00:12:05)

The Minister

G'Night, Stalker - S8-E9

Plot hole: Spence comes in with a pizza and says, "Let's hit this pizza hard and get out of here." But then later we find out there's a laptop in the pizza box. What if the guys actually wanted a slice? Also, after the guys leave for the movies, Carrie or Arthur would've seen the laptop in the pizza box. (00:05:35 - 00:06:55)

The Minister

Mama Cast - S9-E1

Continuity mistake: Carrie enters and says "Bad news", to which Doug replies, "Ya, if it's about being out of mini donuts, I'm aware and I'm not happy". However, in S7 E7 "Offtrack...Bedding" at the start of the episode Doug says he doesn't like mini donuts. (00:00:30)

The Minister

Female Problems - S2-E2

Revealing mistake: During the scene when Doug is "out with the boys" driving in Spence's car, you can tell they are actually in a studio using a green-screen because the stage lights reflecting off the car don't move. (00:36:00 - 00:36:35)

The Minister

Female Problems - S2-E2

Other mistake: When Doug and Carrie go to visit the new neighbour, Jessica, Carrie tells her that they live at #8013; however many other episodes we see the numbers 3121 on the Heffernan's door and later learn that the Heffernan's live at 3121 Aberdeen Street in Rego Park. (00:28:35 - 00:29:35)

The Minister

Cheap Saks - S6-E15

Continuity mistake: Near the end of this episode, after Trish Flintoff leaves, Doug is telling Carrie and Holly that she's a nice person. Doug is looking at Carrie, then the shot changes and he is immediately looking down and reaching towards his back pocket. It also looks like he's trying not to laugh. (00:19:35)

The Minister

Taste Buds - S5-E24

Other mistake: When Doug sits down to eat and Arthur touches his food, Doug says, "That's what my sandwich was missing, a finger with a loose bandaid on it," and pushes Arthur's hand away. When he does this you can see Arthur isn't wearing any bandaids on his hands. (00:00:05 - 00:01:00)

The Minister

Show generally

Continuity mistake: The Heffernans' house is one of a row of identical brick houses. However from inside the Heffernans' living room, you can see out the side windows that the neighbour's house is beige with horizontal paneling.

The Minister

Show generally

Continuity mistake: From outside shots of Coopers, there are no garbage bins or newspaper boxes in front of the pub. From inside shots, several bins can be seen just outside the glass doors.

The Minister

Window Pain - S5-E2

Continuity mistake: When Doug and Carrie are arguing outside the neighbour's house, Doug takes a big swig from the Scotch bottle and then puts it on the ground. After the police pull up, the shot cuts back to Doug and Carrie. Doug picks up the bottle from the neighbour's porch railing. (00:42:45)

The Minister

Kirbid Enthusiasm - S5-E4

Continuity mistake: In the middle of the night when Carrie finds Doug rolling the ham-n-swiss doobie in the kitchen, he dips it in the mayo, and when the shot changes, there's no mayo on it and he dips it again, then takes a bite. (01:25:00)

The Minister

28th May 2011

The Green Hornet (2011)

Revealing mistake: When Kato is driving home after the argument with Britt about making coffee at the office, Kato is jerking the steering wheel randomly like a child pretending to drive despite it seeming they are just driving straight down the road. (00:56:30)

The Minister

Window Pain - S5-E2

Visible crew/equipment: When Doug gets into their Jeep after meeting the new neighbours, a man and the backstage can be seen in the passenger side mirror. When the shot cuts back to Doug again it's darker but when he backs up, the reverse lights of the Jeep reveal the man and stage again. (00:26:55)

The Minister

Bun Dummy - S4-E21

Trivia: The picture that Doug brings to the high school reunion is a picture of Leah Remini from the magazine Stuff in real life. You can see it when Doug shows the picture to his friend at the reunion. Carrie Heffernan is hot, but was probably not on the cover of Stuff magazine.

The Minister

Shrink Wrap - S4-E25

Continuity mistake: In the scene when the therapist asks Arthur to recall a specific incident about not being heard from his childhood, he is playing with his pen cap. The shot cuts and he is instantly holding his note pad with both hands. (01:35:40)

The Minister

Hero Worship - S4-E18

Continuity mistake: When Doug is talking to Carrie in the kitchen about his ideas for the sandwich shop, lights reflecting in the living room windows behind Doug turn off and then back on when the shot changes between Doug and Carrie. (00:11:00 - 00:11:35)

The Minister

Hero Worship - S4-E18

Continuity mistake: When Carrie finds Doug in the kitchen in the middle of the night, her arms are crossed with her hands tucked into the sleeves. After she asks him about his pay check from IPS, the shot changes and her hands are now on her hips. (00:10:50)

The Minister

The King of Queens mistake picture

Friender Bender - S4-E4

Continuity mistake: When Doug, Carrie, Deacon and Kelly are at Coopers talking about the auto-repair bill, Carrie's menu instantly switches from on the table to in her lap and then continues to switch depending on the shot. (00:08:30 - 00:09:10)

The Minister

Friender Bender - S4-E4

Continuity mistake: When Doug, Carrie, Deacon and Kelly are at Coopers, the man in the blue shirt who is talking to the women sitting at the table behind them appears, disappears, walks off and then reappears again during this scene. (00:08:20 - 00:10:40)

The Minister

Missing Links - S4-E17

Continuity mistake: In the establishing shot of the gold course, it's a bright and sunny day. A few moments later when they are all teeing off it's drizzling rain and you can see Doug's breath. (00:09:35 - 00:11:30)

The Minister

The King of Queens mistake picture

Walk, Man - S4-E1

Visible crew/equipment: Near the beginning when Doug comes into the kitchen and smashes the cake with the watermelon, you can see a stage light reflecting in the door window 3 times as it swings open. (00:00:10)

The Minister

Two Thirty - S4-E24

Plot hole: In this episode Arthur scams Deacon and several other parents for phony piano lessons because he doesn't actually know how to play the piano. However, earlier in the series (Art House episode, S1 - E24) we learn that Arthur can play the piano when he temporarily moves out and after his house warming party Doug says to Carrie, "Who knew Arthur could play the piano like that?"

The Minister

Friender Bender - S4-E4

Trivia: When Spence is describing why he can't eat peanuts ("My body doesn't like this and my throat gets real small") Kirby's hands are mimicking the lines along with Spence because he already knows what Spence is going to say. (00:51:40)

The Minister

Hi Def-Jam - S3-E13

Visible crew/equipment: When Mr. Purzan finds out that Stephanie doesn't want to date him and runs off like a little nancy-boy, we see his reflection pass through the picture in the hall. A moment later we can see the reflection of two people pass in the opposite direction but no one walks back into the room. (00:20:30)

The Minister

Sight Gag - S4-E2

Revealing mistake: When Doug and Carrie are waiting in line at the DMV, a man (casting extra) can be seen just outside the doorway waiting to enter the scene. When the shot changes and Doug and Carrie approach the counter, the man casually enters the set. (00:03:30 - 00:04:00)

The Minister

Sight Gag - S4-E2

Visible crew/equipment: Throughout this episode you can see stage lights reflecting off Carrie's glasses - most notably in the bedroom when Doug finally convinces her to join the party. She looks toward the camera and a series of stage lights are reflected very evidently. (00:16:25)

The Minister

Sight Gag - S4-E2

Revealing mistake: During both opening and closing driving scenes, a light on the back and top of Doug and Carrie's heads slowly flickers on and off but never moves - revealing a stage light simulating driving past street lights. (00:00:20)

The Minister

Big Dougie - S2-E21

Revealing mistake: When Doug is jogging in the marathon he is casting three shadows in different directions. Also, the female jogger behind him appears to be in good shape but is still jogging as dramatically slow as Doug. (00:19:20)

The Minister

Friender Bender - S4-E4

Continuity mistake: When Kirby says that Spence is scared of peanuts and calls him "The Scaredinator", his hands are empty and his arms are folded - then in the next shot he is instantly holding the red action figure again. (00:51:40)

The Minister

Surprise Artie - S2-E19

Continuity mistake: When Arthur's friend Mr. Glassman comes into the Heffernan house, a large tree can be seen on the front lawn, which we know from many other episodes there is not a large tree in front of the Heffernan house. (00:09:30)

The Minister

Strike Out - S3-E7

Continuity mistake: After Doug says "Let's hit the streets", Doug, Arthur, Deacon and Kirby go on a mini crime-spree. During this montage each characters outfit completely changes several times. They are also dressed very lightly for late October/early November in New York. (00:13:00 - 00:14:00)

The Minister

Roast Chicken - S3-E2

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)

The Minister

Surprise Artie - S2-E19

Visible crew/equipment: When Doug and Arthur are eating in the buffet restaurant, stage lights are seen reflecting in the cup. Also, each time the camera goes from angle to angle, the cup has moved from one side of the table to the other, sometimes have a saucer, sometimes not. (00:06:35 - 00:08:20)

The Minister

Party Favor - S2-E13

Visible crew/equipment: When Doug and Carrie are arguing about Danny coming over, you can see a stage light (not on) through the door window. We can also the neighbours garage, which we know from many outside shots of the Heffernan's backyard, is not that close to the house. (00:01:50)

The Minister

Mama Cast - S9-E1

Continuity mistake: When Doug jumps out of the porta-potty before the rival ice-cream truck smashes through it, the door is open and Doug immediately lands on the ground; but when the shot changes, the porta-potty door is closed and we can't see Doug rolling onto the ground. Also, when the truck smashes into the porta-potty, liquid splashes everywhere; but when we see Doug in the next shot he is dry and no liquid on the ground around him. (00:12:55)

The Minister

Affair Trade - S9-E2

Continuity mistake: When Doug and Jessica run into Carrie in the parking lot at the Dr. Heffernan office, there is a man walking up from behind them with grey hair. In the next shot he instantly appears beside them unrealistically fast. (00:19:20)

The Minister

Mama Cast - S9-E1

Continuity mistake: When Doug is in the porta-potty you can see a tree outside the window to the left; however when Doug looks out the window we can see their are cars parked on the side where the tree was. (00:12:40)

The Minister

Upvote valid corrections to help move entries into the corrections section.

Suggested correction: Not really, the shot where the tree can be seen is viewed from the front so the tree is actually behind the porta-potty to the left. The view to the cars is directly looking left.

Move Doubt - S8-E8

Continuity mistake: Near the end of the episode when Doug and Carrie are at Deacon and Kelly's apartment, you can see a picture on the wall in the hallway behind them. Then when Doug and Carrie leave, the wall is much further back and there's a window and plant instead of the picture on the wall. (00:19:40 - 00:20:45)

The Minister

Roamin' Holiday - S2-E10

Continuity mistake: When Doug and Richie are waiting for Spence at the pub, there is a pepper shaker in front of Doug's beer that disappears and reappears. This happens again again after Spence arrives and Rickie is making fun of him. (00:04:15)

The Minister

Party Favor - S2-E13

Visible crew/equipment: When Doug goes back to the house after unsuccessfully scraping the frost off the car, a stage light is reflected in the window to the right of the front door. As Doug approaches the door his own shadow passes over this reflection. (00:01:30)

The Minister

Frozen Pop - S2-E15

Revealing mistake: When Doug goes out to scrape frost off the car, we can see he casts 2 shadows from different stage lights as he comes down the steps as well as on the hood of the car. (00:01:00)

The Minister

Party Favor - S2-E13

Continuity mistake: At the beginning when Doug is putting his jacket on to go outside to scrape frost off the car, the lamp in the corner of the living room is off. In the next shot from outside the lamp is instantly on and when can see Carrie did not turn it on. (00:00:50)

The Minister

Doug Out - S2-E6

Continuity mistake: At the ball game right before Carrie gets to the front of the concession line, there is a woman right behind here followed by a man. When she gets to the front of the line, the extras behind her have switched.

The Minister

Doug Out - S2-E6

Continuity mistake: In the exterior shot of Coopers there is a car parked, no bins, no people. However, in the immediate interior shot, you can see a garbage bin, newspaper box and people walking by in either direction. (00:13:15)

The Minister

Show generally

Continuity mistake: Outside shots of Coopers, upper half of each door has 9 windows. 3 sets of 10 windows on either side of doors. Inside Coopers, main doors are all glass and no windows on either side.

The Minister

Queasy Rider - S2-E1

Audio problem: When Doug enters the kitchen wearing his leather jacket and tells Carrie he just got in from riding the bike, you can see the bike parked just outside the kitchen window in the backyard. If that was true it would have been heard from inside the kitchen, as motorcycles are quite loud. (00:11:35 - 00:12:15)

The Minister

Assaulted Nuts - S2-E3

Other mistake: When Doug is drawing a picture to explain to the nurse why he is there, a man purchases a beverage from the "Hot Drinks" machine behind Doug. The drink is ready unrealistically fast and the man immediately takes a sip from an obviously empty cup. Those machines produce notoriously hot beverages, so if the machine actually worked the man would have scalded himself.

The Minister

Educating Doug - S1-E8

Continuity mistake: During both driving scenes, the street lights in the background do not fade away in the distance to indicate they are actually driving forward. When Doug, Carrie and Arthur are pulled over waiting for Spence (and again when waiting for Arthur at Dairy Queen), lights scroll over the car and the sound of a passing vehicle can be heard but no car is seen to pass by or drive away in the distance. (00:07:45)

The Minister

Silent Mite - S7-E7

Continuity mistake: In the final scene where Arthur raises his ornament on the Christmas tree, the kitchen door is closed behind him. In the next shot looking out from the kitchen, the door is already open as Arthur walks forward and through it. (00:21:15)

The Minister

Doug Out - S2-E6

Continuity mistake: When Ritchi and Spence are at the cafe, Spence pours the remainder of the pitcher into his cup. The shot goes back to him, and it appears he took a large sip because his cup is near empty. When Doug and Deacon come in, Spence's glass is almost full again.

The Minister

Icky Shuffle - S6-E23

Continuity mistake: During the first shuffleboard scene, the characters are brightly lit and cast by long dark shadows (indicating early morning or late afternoon), but when you see shots of the shuffle pucks flying into the bleachers, the bleachers' and extras' shadows are cast straight down (indicating noon hour).

The Minister

Assaulted Nuts - S2-E3

Continuity mistake: When Doug has just shot himself and Carrie calls him at work, he looks back to Deacon before answering the phone. On the platform behind Deacon, a woman IPS employee appears instantly. Also, the IPS staff walking behind them do not match between shots.

The Minister

Art House - S1-E24

Revealing mistake: Carrie comes into the kitchen, visibly hot and sweaty, and says, "Could it be any hotter?" Doug also has a sweat stain on his back and they stick their heads in the freezer. Suddenly Arthur walks in and says, "Do I have the word pushover on my forehead?" Arthur is wearing a thick shirt tucked into long pants and yet is not sweaty. At his age he would be more visibly drained from the heat than both Carrie and Doug. This happens again later in the episode in the garage.

The Minister

Upvote valid corrections to help move entries into the corrections section.

Suggested correction: And yet in summer, some retirement homes have heating on still as they feel the slightest bit of cold. That could simply be the case here.

Ssiscool

Show generally

Question: Were audience members not allowed cameras in the studio? Because there are hardly any pics of the King of Queen's set online. Thanks.

The Minister

Chosen answer: That is most likely the case.

Ssiscool

Tank Heaven - S6-E21

Continuity mistake: In the scene where Danny has just taken the "nucleus" nacho chip, after Carrie walks in, the chip in Danny's hand keeps changing between shots, then disappears altogether almost instantly and his arms are folded when he begins his next line. (00:02:30 - 00:03:25)

The Minister

Silent Mite - S7-E7

Continuity mistake: In the final scene where Arthur takes his ornament from near the bottom of the tree and puts it closer to the top, the door to the kitchen is closed. Then in the next shot from inside the kitchen, the door is already open as Arthur walks towards camera. (00:21:15)

The Minister

Join the mailing list

Separate from membership, this is to get updates about mistakes in recent releases. Addresses are not passed on to any third party, and are used solely for direct communication from this site. You can unsubscribe at any time.

Check out the mistake & trivia books, on Kindle and in paperback.