Continuity mistake: Ray offers to rub Debra's feet instead of doing another chore. He takes her black socks off and throws them on the floor, under the table. The socks can be seen for a few shots, in the same spot, after Robert comes in. At one point, however, one of Debra's black socks can be seen on the couch in the middle, and in the next shot, the sock has been removed.
The Finale - S9-E16
Continuity mistake: When the entire family is sitting around the table, Marie places syrup on the table twice.
Continuity mistake: When Marie backs The Car into Ray and Deborah's house, the debris on The Car changes from shot to shot.
Continuity mistake: At the end of the episode when everyone is arguing in the kitchen, the potholders next to the lasagna on the table keep changing position between shots.
Continuity mistake: Flashing back to when Frank is first showing Ray and Debra their home, a dishwasher appears in the kitchen. The dishwasher is absent in the initial episodes, however, remaining so as late as episode 9.
Continuity mistake: Ray says "This has to be woman's work" at the start and is holding the papers in his right hand. Camera cuts and now he's holding them in 2 hands and they are neater. (00:02:30)
Continuity mistake: Ray places a donut that Debra throws at him on the third step and then stands up. Later the donut appears on the second step when Frank comes down the stairs. (00:19:15 - 00:20:45)
Continuity mistake: Because she cried, during Ray and Debra's entire fight her mascara is ruined. However, when Ally comes down the stairs to show them her present, Debra's make-up is fine.
Continuity mistake: The exterior of Ray's house does not fit with the interior, even before Marie drives through the front of the house with The Car. The windows are in the wrong places and the door placement is off.
Meant to Be - S5-E4
Continuity mistake: When Robert stops Marie from calling Amy, he removes the phone from her hand and places it on the table where it rolls out of place. In the next scene, the phone is placed back where Robert put it before.
I Love You - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: When Frank hits The Shower three tiles fall out, seconds later only one is out. (00:10:55)
Continuity mistake: In this episode, while Ray is telling Marie her faults, he has an almost empty glass. In the next shot, his glass has been topped-up slightly without him or anyone else doing so.
Continuity mistake: In the episode "Traffic School," Robert notes that when he was young during a family trip he was left at a gas station in New Mexico. But in "Ray's Journal," he says that he was left at a gas station in Arizona.
Continuity mistake: During the scene with Ray and Frank playing Ping Pong, in shots showing Frank's face, his hair is pointing out, but shots from behind him show his hair is back down.
Continuity mistake: In the last scene where everybody is in Ray's living room, the strap on Georgia Engel's purse keeps changing positions from hanging from her left shoulder to across her chest. Finally, when both her hands are occupied trying to light a match, her purse slips from her shoulder to her bent elbow. In the next shot, her hands are still not free, but the purse strap is on her shoulder again.
Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the ceremony, Kevin is seen between Robert and Bernie and is all spiffy but when Debra is walking up the aisle with Warren, you see Kevin looking normal with a tux behind Lois and, then, a moment later, he is all spiffy again between Robert and Bernie.
Continuity mistake: During his discipline fiasco Ray sends the twins, Michael and Geoffrey, to their beds at noon. Depending on the camera angle, one twin (who lies closest to the camera) has his head atop his pillow at the middle of the bed, and in other shots that pillow is much further back near the headboard and the boy's head lies on the blanket.
Continuity mistake: Ray puts the snacks in a blue bag. But when they get to the field, the snacks are in a different bag.
Continuity mistake: During the scene when Ray and Frank are playing Ping Pong, you can see that the balls are on the floor, but in a few shots, they're not.
Continuity mistake: When Debra opens the door for Robert, she's holding one of the twins upright. But in the very next shot, she is holding him differently. (00:15:40)
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