Continuity mistake: When Lynette gives her husband his photo, the position of the photo changes in between shots. (00:13:05)
Continuity mistake: When Gabrielle and Carlos are saying hello to Ashley, the position of her hands change on the ball, from the front to the side to the front again. (00:14:40)
Continuity mistake: When Karl is speaking to Susan whilst she's in the towel, we see in one shot his chin is resting on his palm, then when the shot changes he tilts his head and then moves his fingers to his chin then when the shot changes his chin is resting on his palm again. (00:25:00)
Continuity mistake: When Bree steals Mary Alice's tape in Dr Goldstein's room, she takes it with her right hand and grabs it to her waist while she raises her left hand to her hair. In the next shot when the doctor enters the room, you can see her right hand is up, and when the camera comes on her the next shot, her left hand is up again.
Continuity mistake: When Susan and Mrs.Huber are together in the Supermarket the position of the egg box keeps changing in between shots on the conveyor belt. (00:18:00)
Continuity mistake: When Lynette and Gabrielle are talking to Paul, the boxes Gabrielle are holding change position between shots under her arms. (00:34:30)
Continuity mistake: When Andrew is talking to his mum, Bree, on his bed, we see him put the magazine down, yet in a later shot it is no longer there. (00:38:10)
Continuity mistake: When Lynette is at the school, the teacher is waiting outside eating. If you look at her hands, you can see that she has a white napkin. The napkin changes from one hand to the other between shots, and in one shot it is small and the other it is not.
Continuity mistake: At one point in episode 1.2 ("Ah, But Underneath"), Susan looks at the note used to blackmail Mary Alice and we can see that it has been folded twice and become somewhat crumpled. Two episodes later in "Who's That Woman?" (1.4) when the girls show the note to Paul, it is almost perfectly smooth with a single horizontal crease.
Continuity mistake: When Bree goes to see Zak, in one shot her hands are intercrossed, then in the next her arms are crossed. (00:17:55)
Running to Stand Still - S1-E6
Continuity mistake: In one shot during the poker scene the baby moniter changes position to the other side of Lynette then back again. (00:13:30)
Running to Stand Still - S1-E6
Continuity mistake: When Lynette is talking to Jordana the items on the table keep changing position in between shots. (00:29:30)
Running to Stand Still - S1-E6
Continuity mistake: When Bree goes over to talk to Dr. Goldfine in the restaurant, she puts her napkin on top of her plate, but when she sits back down, she takes it off of her chair.
Continuity mistake: When Bree sees the presents that Rex has bought for the children, she walks up to the car. As she stops walking you can see her hair particularly on her left side is being blown gently by the wind and continues to be blown through most of the shot. In the following shot her hair is now sitting perfectly without any wind blowing it.
Continuity mistake: When Bree, Susan and Lynette are scrubbing the road, a red sports car zooms past them. Lynette stands, hurls abuse and throws her scrubbing brush at the car which can be seen bouncing off the car and down the road. She then kneels down and continues to scrub with the brush.
Continuity mistake: As Susan tries to get the dog to help the second time you can see the towel Susan tried to use to get the dog to help her. The shot then shows Susan and the towel has disappeared. After a quick shot of the dog it cuts back to Susan and the towel has reappeared.
Continuity mistake: When Bree gets out of the golf cart to see Rex on the field, she is carrying a pot of urine in her left hand, but in the next shot, of her upper torso and face, her left hand is clutching the strap of her handbag and the pot is now in her right hand.
Continuity mistake: When Lynette is sitting on the bench chatting to Claire in the park, you can see that Lynette has her hand on the pram, but when the camera angle is behind Lynette in other shots, she no longer does.
Continuity mistake: When Lynette sits down next to Claire on the bench at the park, Claire is wiping her hands with a tissue. Claire is not wiping her hands in the next shot, but in the shot after that, she is.
Continuity mistake: When Lynette introduces herself to Claire at the park, the strap on her handbag is on her shoulder. When the camera angle changes to behind Lynette in the next shot, the strap has gone, and in the shot after that, it is back again.
Chosen answer: Poker. They have been playing that this whole time, once a week with everyone who was invited that lived on the Lane.