Continuity mistake: When Doug, Carrie, Deacon and Kelly are looking at the damage caused by the accident, the same kid in the black and red hat checking his watch walks by twice. (00:05:10)
Continuity mistake: When Doug, Carrie, Deacon and Kelly are at Coopers, the man in the blue shirt who is talking to the women sitting at the table behind them appears, disappears, walks off and then reappears again during this scene. (00:08:20 - 00:10:40)
Continuity mistake: At the accident scene when Deacon asks to have a picture taken with him and Doug, the same couple walks by three times. (00:05:30)
Continuity mistake: When Spence and Kirby are talking about why Spence can't make him a PB&J sandwich, the way Kirby holds the red action figure keeps changing. (00:06:15 - 00:06:55)
Continuity mistake: When Deacon is asking Doug if "Chain of causation" is a legal term, him arm goes from straight to bent between shots. (00:17:20)
Continuity mistake: When Doug, Carrie, Deacon and Kelly are at Coopers talking about the auto-repair bill, Carrie's menu instantly switches from on the table to in her lap and then continues to switch depending on the shot. (00:08:30 - 00:09:10)
Continuity mistake: The way Carrie is standing and holding the banana and pop-tart changes as Doug admits that he was trying to look into the strip club, not reaching for a Fig Newton. (00:15:15)
Continuity mistake: After Spence and Kirby's arm wrestle, the way Spence holds the action figure keeps changing between shots. (00:51:10 - 00:51:55)
Continuity mistake: When Kirby says that Spence is scared of peanuts and calls him "The Scaredinator", his hands are empty and his arms are folded - then in the next shot he is instantly holding the red action figure again. (00:51:40)
Continuity mistake: When looking at the quote for the repair bill, its position on the table in relation to Kelly's menu is constantly changing. (00:08:40)
Continuity mistake: When Doug says he was reaching for a fig newton, the way Carrie is stood changes between shots. Note her right arm. (00:04:50)
Answer: Sara hasn't been mentioned in later episodes, and it suggested in later episodes that she never existed, and that Carrie is an only child. Kevin James stated that the producers couldn't think of an good plots to use with Sara, so they left her out.