Pilot (a.k.a. The Nanny) - S1-E1
Continuity mistake: When Maxwell comes over to Fran's mom's apartment he sits on the couch. There is a orange pillow behind him and a yellow pillow next to Fran. Part way through the scene the yellow pillow is now behind Maxwell.
Continuity mistake: When Fran and Gracie are making cookies there is a spatula on the cookie pan that changes position a couple of times throughout the scene.
Smoke Gets in Your Lies - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: When Val comes over and sits on the couch she crosses her legs. The shot changes and she crosses then again.
Pilot (a.k.a. The Nanny) - S1-E1
Continuity mistake: After Niles walks into Maxwell's office, C.C. puts her hands on the chair Maxwell is sitting on. When Maxwell says "Yes Niles what is it?" the shot changes and C.C.'s hands are no longer on the chair.
I Don't Remember Mama - S1-E22
Continuity mistake: The tape reel case that Fran is writing on changes between shots.
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.
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.
Sunday in the Park with Fran - S1-E18
Continuity mistake: When Fran is sitting at the table with Grace when C.C. is on the phone, the coloring book in front of Grace is open. Fran goes to pick it up, the shot changes, and Fran has already picked it up.
Sunday in the Park with Fran - S1-E18
Continuity mistake: When C.C. is trying to get Grace to play with the son of the Broadway critic she is coloring with a green crayon. Near the end of the scene it is suddenly a red one, and the paper she is coloring on is all red with no green so she could not have changed colors.
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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