Continuity mistake: In the first gym scene, The Gym Teacher has a blue gym bag in her hands when she talks to Fran's face. When the shot changes and The Gym Teacher walks away the bag is suddenly over her shoulder.
Continuity mistake: After all the actors have left Fran and Maxwell start to leave the room Fran is holding a clipboard by the side, in the middle. When they go into the hallway she is now holding it by the bottom.
Continuity mistake: In the kitchen at the beginning when they are sitting at the table Fran says "Gracie when do you come up with these things." There is a note pad with a pencil on it in front of Grace. The shot changes and Fran is holding the pencil - the next shot Grace is now holding it.
Continuity mistake: In the scene in the kitchen with Val, Fran takes two green cups and places them on the bench. She takes two teabags and places them in the cups. In the next scene the two cups are on the table with Val, and Fran carries the teabags over to them and puts them in. (00:01:55)
Continuity mistake: After Fran has hold the kids she is getting married C.C. is holding a glass with one hand - the shot changes and she is now holding it by two.
Continuity mistake: In the bridal shop when Danny proposes to her there is a mannequin in the background for most of the scene. A wig is in its hands but for a couple of shots the wig is on the head.
I Don't Remember Mama - S1-E22
Continuity mistake: The tape reel case that Fran is writing on changes between shots.
Continuity mistake: As Fran, Val and Maxwell are preparing to go out on the town, Maxwell's arms are hanging at his side. When the shot changes and he says "Excuse me", his hands are suddenly in his pockets.
Continuity mistake: When Maxwell comes home from his date the the amount the closet door is open changes a couple of times.
Continuity mistake: When Fran is talking to Brighton in his room, Brighton puts his baseball glove on his bed near the edge. Later it is seen in the middle, then when he goes and lies on his bed it is back near the edge.
Continuity mistake: Fran puts the magazine on the chair and sits down on part of it. The next time we can see the magazine she is no longer sitting on it, and it is now facing the opposite direction.
Everybody Needs a Bubby - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: When Fran and Maxwell are in the office, Max sits down at the desk and rests his hands on the desk in front of him. When the shot changes, he is resting on his arm and writing with his other hand.
Everybody Needs a Bubby - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: When Maxwell says "I'm not in the mood" in the lounge, Fran's hands are at her side. In the next shot her hands are on her hips.
Continuity mistake: In the kitchen, when Fran and Maxwell are tidying up, Maxwell picks up the bottle of chocolate sauce from the table. When he walks to the sink, the bottle is suddenly back on the table, and a few shots later Fran picks it up again.
Continuity mistake: While Fran and Maxwell are changing the baby in the kitchen, the jar of baby food moves from next to the baby's head to next to his feet between shots.
Continuity mistake: When Fran is picking up the living room she is putting things in a basket. She throws something at Maxwell and when the shot changes the stuff in the basket changes.
Continuity mistake: When CC and Maxwell are hiding in CC's closet, the coat CC is hiding behind changes between shots. Some shots she is hiding behind Charles Haste's grey coat and other shots Fran's gold one.
Continuity mistake: In the final scene in the lounge, there is a plaster bust on the hall table that appears and re-appears between shots.
Continuity mistake: When Fran and Sylvia are in Sylvia's kitchen, Sylvia raises her right hand when she says "Its reform". When the shot changes she has her left hand raised and her right hand is on her hip.
Franny and the Professor - S3-E2
Continuity mistake: At the end of this episode Fran is on the phone with the people from Jeopardy saying she only got 5 boxes of the rice-a-roni but when they show her again talking to Maxwell, Fran now has 6 boxes of rice-a-roni.
Answer: Children's brains and language skills are still developing at that age and they adapt to the environment they live in. My former boss was born in England and moved to the US at about eight years old. She completely lost her British accent by her teens, even though her parents still spoke as typical English citizens. A Japanese co-worker and his wife, also Japanese, spoke English as their second language. Their two children learned both English and Japanese simultaneously while growing up and spoke each language with the appropriate accent.
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