Continuity mistake: Right at the start, the salad cutlery keeps crossing and uncrossing itself. (00:01:05)
Continuity mistake: While at Doug's high school reunion, he and Carrie are dancing. Carrie has her purse on her shoulder. When they go for a beverage, the purse is gone. She was able to put her bun back without having a purse swinging in her face.
Continuity mistake: In this episode, Doug looks out his bedroom window and sees his parents and Arthur standing on the porch by the front door, but in season one, the episode when Richie sleeps with their neighbor, Carrie and Doug's bedroom window faces the Sacksi bedroom window.
Suggested correction: The window in this episode is the one looking out the front (same wall as headboard), but the one referenced in the episode with Richie is the side window, so a different view.
Continuity mistake: When Stephanie arrives and Doug says about killing his parents, Stephanie has her hands apart, but when the camera angle changes to a different view, her hands are clasped together. (00:14:40)
Continuity mistake: In the first shot inside Arthur's house, Carrie and Doug are standing together when Carrie mentions how tough it must be for Arthur. It then cuts to Arthur sitting at the table, with Doug right there sitting beside Arthur. Next shot Doug is still standing with Carrie as she urges Doug to spend some time with Arthur, so this is when Doug walks over to his father-in-law. (00:07:00)
Continuity mistake: Carrie says that Deacon does not "drink or smoke." Previous episodes have shown him drinking beer with the guys. Also, in the episode "Friender Bender", it was mentioned that he drank a margarita during dinner at a restaurant.
Continuity mistake: Doug goes to Deacon's to tell him about Kelly wanting to get back together. Deacon is putting on his shoes and in different shots, sometimes his shoe is almost on and then other shots it shows him holding it in his hand about to put it on again.
Continuity mistake: When Doug asks Carrie to take a photo of him on the bed, there is nothing on the bed. After she says "stop", 2 items have appeared on the bed that were not in the previous shot. (00:08:45)
Continuity mistake: The leaflet in Carrie's hand at the start vanishes instantly. (00:03:10)
Continuity mistake: When Carrie is on about having never spent that much on a vacation, she has a leaflet in her hand that is open. Camera cuts and now it is partially closed. (00:03:10)
Continuity mistake: After throwing the dummy out the door, Doug kicks his bag out the door too, only for it to reappear a few minutes later. (00:18:20)
Continuity mistake: Doug throws the dummy out the front door and in doing so, knocks a green Jets jacket to the floor. In the next shot the jacket is back on the stand. (00:18:40)
Soft Touch - S2-E22
Continuity mistake: Near the end when Carrie sits on the couch with Doug asking him about the water-filter business, her hand moves instantly from down by her side to on Doug's arm. (00:20:10)
Silent Mite - S7-E7
Continuity mistake: In the final scene where Arthur takes his ornament from near the bottom of the tree and puts it closer to the top, the door to the kitchen is closed. Then in the next shot from inside the kitchen, the door is already open as Arthur walks towards camera. (00:21:15)
Soft Touch - S2-E22
Continuity mistake: When Doug is desperately trying to sell filters at IPS, he drops four boxes. When he picks them up, the position of one box in his right hand is constantly changing. Blue picture is facing the camera, but when the camera cuts, now Writting is facing where the camera was. Doug has not moved in this time. (00:17:55)
Continuity mistake: At the buffet, the cup that is on the table is either on or off a saucer depending on the shot. (00:06:55)
Continuity mistake: When Doug and Arthur sit down to eat, the cup that is on the table is either by Arthur or by Doug depending on the shot. (00:06:35)
