Chicago Hope - S5-E9
Visible crew/equipment: At the beginning episode 5.9, "Chicago Hope", the camera and several studio lights reflect on the glass door behind Tim as he sits at the dining room table.
Revealing mistake: At the beginning during the Binford commercial, Tim falls off the ladder that they just set up and it's possible to see it's connected to the wall (so it will flip, but not fall over).
Tanks For The Memories - S5-E15
Continuity mistake: The boys had different haircuts in the previous episode. Randy had just gotten a haircut, and in this episode, the kids are younger and have their longer hair right back. (00:05:50)
Tanks For The Memories - S5-E15
Factual error: Tim accidentally fires an M2 .50 machine gun while on a tank. Ricochets are shown sparking all over other tanks while people dive for cover. A) Bullets don't spark when they ricochet, and B) the M2 had a blank firing adapter installed; it couldn't have been firing bullets.
Continuity mistake: When Tim and Jill are out to dinner and Tim spots Mr. Leonard, he gets up and lays his napkin down flat on the table. When he returns to the table the napkin is bunched up in a ball.
Future Shock - S6-E2
Other mistake: Al's tricycle catches on fire but when the fire is put out the tricycle is much more scorched and mangled in a way that would have been impossible with the short time the fire was lit and the area it actually burned.
I Was A Teenage Taylor - S6-E7
Visible crew/equipment: When Tim sticks his head in the microwave you can see the darkened soundstage area in the upper left hand corner of the screen. (00:04:23)
I Was A Teenage Taylor - S6-E7
Visible crew/equipment: Towards the end when Brad and Randy are talking to Larry about being shorted money, right when Brad says 'We will go get it,' you can see the shadow of a boom mic on the wall behind Larry.
I Was A Teenage Taylor - S6-E7
Visible crew/equipment: When Tim is looking at the fake severed head in the microwave, the camera that is mounted inside the microwave is visible before it switches to that camera's point of view.
The Wood, The Bad And The Hungry - S6-E10
Visible crew/equipment: At the end when Tim is about to open the door to walk back inside after talking to Benny, you can see a shadow of a boom mic on the left corner of the house just left of the door.
The Karate Kid Returns - S6-E14
Other mistake: When Tim and Wilson are talking about The Beach Boys song lyrics, Wilson says he wrote a book called 'The Psycho-Physiological Indices of Amorous Connections Among Termites of the Southwest' that sold four copies. In an earlier episode called Wilson's Girlfriend, the woman Wilson dates also says she wrote the same book with the same number of copies sold.
The Karate Kid Returns - S6-E14
Revealing mistake: When the box falls on the kid's head, Randy and Mark run out of the store. When they run out, the mall stores in the background wave or move revealing that it's not an actual mall set but just a backdrop.
Visible crew/equipment: When Tim is using the metal detector looking for the gift, when Wilson says 'using the metal detector in winter, ' you can see a boom mic quickly drop into view to the left of him.
Plot hole: Tim has the mike in his hand and steps repeatedly forwards to talk to Jill, the cord being long enough to allow him to do so. However once Jill leaves and he wants to go after her the mike knocks over the jar of mosquitoes. Up until then, there was no indication that the mike had been changed or moved but he never at the risk of knocking over the jar until then.
Character mistake: Jill mentions that her parents were married for 50 years, and her mother corrects her and says it was 51 years and 7 months. However, the season 6 episode Jill And Her Sisters was about the aforementioned ladies planning their parents' 50th wedding anniversary, and the penultimate episode of the season, Taps, saw Jill's father die a few months after the former episode. Since only a few months had passed, there's no way Jill's parents could have been married for 51 years and 7 months.
Continuity mistake: This episode establishes that Tim is three years older than Jill. However, in the episode "Ex Marks The Spot" (Season 2), Tim said that he broke up with Stacy after high school, then met Jill at college. And Jill wouldn't date him unless he promised that everything was over with Stacy. If Jill is three years younger, she would have been only fifteen when Tim broke up with Stacy, not at college.
What a Drag - S7-E16
Other mistake: When Tim and Jill are staking out in Wilson's backyard to see which of their sons hid the marijuana, Jill mentions that it's only 10° outside. However, their breath is never visible throughout the scene.
Revealing mistake: At the beginning when Tim goes to throw the debris out of the window of the house they are remodeling, it's obvious that Tim is replaced with a stunt double.
Continuity mistake: Near the end, Jill is serving sausage to Tim. She places three links on his plate, but in the wide shot, Tim's plate is shown with only two.
Deliberate mistake: Tim babysits his 4-year-old niece in the season 7 episode Say Goodnight, Gracie, but in season 8, which takes place the following year, Gracie and her twin sister Claire have been aged up to around 8 years old.
Answer: Tim's other brothers are named Rick and Steve. They never appeared on the show, and were only mentioned in passing.
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