The King of Queens

The King of Queens (1998)

81 continuity mistakes in season 1 - chronological order

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Pilot - S1-E1

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)

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Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When Doug opens his beer just before finding out about Arthur burning his house down, he puts the bottle top on the table. It then moves around on the table between shots. (00:11:05)

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Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When Carrie is on the phone to Doug about Arthur moving in, Doug pulls up in traffic with a car to the right of the truck. Camera cuts and you can see the car has vanished. (00:18:10)

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Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When Doug pulls up in traffic while on the phone to Carrie, we see the truck stop in traffic from a long shot. Then it cuts to a shot from inside the truck and in this shot we see Doug is still driving. (00:18:15)

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Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: In the pilot episode, we see out of Doug's bedroom window and there is a very sizable gap from their window to the next house. However in later episodes, it's only a couple of feet to the next house.

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Pilot - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: The piano in the living room is ebony in the beginning of the episode. At the end of the episode the piano is brown.

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Fat City - S1-E2

Continuity mistake: When Doug is telling Carrie to listen when she's in her wedding dress and lay on the sofa, her arm changes position instantly. From being down by her chest to in front of the cushion she's got her head on. (00:20:00)

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Two Thirty - S4-E24

Plot hole: In this episode Arthur scams Deacon and several other parents for phony piano lessons because he doesn't actually know how to play the piano. However, earlier in the series (Art House episode, S1 - E24) we learn that Arthur can play the piano when he temporarily moves out and after his house warming party Doug says to Carrie, "Who knew Arthur could play the piano like that?"

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Trivia: In many episodes when Doug is hurt, startled, angry etc., he will yell "Yuspa." Cathy Yuspa is one of the two writers on the show.

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Question: Has Carrie's sister, Sara, ever been mentioned again after the first few episodes, and why was she taken off?

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.

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