The Sopranos

The Sopranos (1999)

48 mistakes in season 1 - chronological order

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Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: At the start, the woman opens one door and calls for Mr Soprano. The camera then shows the room she's come from and both doors are open. (00:02:10)

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Pilot - S1-E1

Revealing mistake: When Tony runs over the guy near the start, the damage to the car is inconsistent with a hit and a run, and the lights are hanging out but the bumper doesn't have a mark. (00:11:05)

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Pilot - S1-E1

Revealing mistake: When Tony collapses in his back garden, and the barbecue grill explodes, some coals (supposedly thrown into the air by the explosion) land next to Tony's body. Watch this moment closely however and you can see that the coals come into shot from left of the screen and not above from the air as they should. Obviously thrown in by a nearby crew member, just off-screen. (00:19:48)

Jack Vaughan

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Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: Carmela tries to persuade Meadow to go into NYC and go to the Ritz. When she does she has her arm hanging at her side with gloves visible. Camera changes and now her arm is in front of her and the gloves are no longer visible. (00:37:50)

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Pilot - S1-E1

Visible crew/equipment: As Alex, Salvatore and Hesh walk along the bridge, if you watch the right side of the screen you can see a crew member wearing a purple T-shirt and holding a piece of equipment high in the air. (00:39:39)

Jack Vaughan

46 Long - S1-E2

Continuity mistake: During the scene in the office of Bada Bing, Pauli, Christopher, Tony, Silvio and Pussy are all together and the TV is on. Pussy is reading something and Christopher is lifting weights. In between shots, the weights change from Chris's right arm to his left and back again. It could be argued that he changes arms when the camera is off him, but there is one instance where it definitely happens too quickly for this to be the case.

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46 Long - S1-E2

Continuity mistake: When Tony shows up at Livia's house with a bouquet of flowers, in the exterior shot note the transparency of the screen door's glass, the front door silver-color knob with its back plate, as well as the deadbolt cylinder. As Tony enters the doorway in the next interior shot, we cannot see out through the screen door's glass, the door knob is gold-color, and both the knob's back plate and the deadbolt cylinder have vanished.

Super Grover

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46 Long - S1-E2

Visible crew/equipment: Livia tells Tony that Junior was looking for him and that he sounded agitated. It then cuts to a long shot of Satriale's, and at the right side of the screen, we can see the reflection of the boom operator holding up the boom pole/mic.

Super Grover

46 Long - S1-E2

Visible crew/equipment: When the load of DVD players is brought to Bada Bing, just as the guys begin removing the boxes from the car's trunk, the reflections of the crew and the boom pole are visible on the car's surface.

Super Grover

Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr.: You know where I was yesterday when you called?.. I was outside a whorehouse, while a guy that works for me was inside beating the shit out of a guy that owes me money. Broke his arm. Put a bullet in his kneecap.
Dr Jennifer Melfi: How'd that make you feel?
Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr.: Wished it was me in there.
Dr Jennifer Melfi: Giving the beating or taking it?

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Trivia: In "Mr. & Mrs. Sacrimoni Request," Johnny Sack's daughter is played by Caitlin Van Zandt. While she shares the surname, she is not related to Steven and Maureen Van Zandt (Silvio and Gabby Dante).

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Season 1 generally

Question: During a restaurant scene Drea deMatteo plays a hostess. She seats the Sopranos, but does not seem to know them. Was she picked to play Adriana after this episode?

Answer: Yup, just like Nicholas Lea was chosen to play Alex Krycek on the X-files after showing up on 1 episode as a different character.

Grumpy Scot

Answer: No need to go that far for another example. There's also the famous Gino from the episode where Christopher shoots the seller in a bakery, which miraculously becomes Vito.

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