Desperate Housewives

Bargaining - S5-E21

Continuity mistake: During the breakfast scene with Mike, Katherine and MJ at the start of the episode, the spoon in MJ's bowl of oatmeal changes position between shots.

What More Do I Need? - S5-E7

Continuity mistake: When Lynette gets up from the PTA meeting to go to the washroom, she has a purse on her shoulder. After her confrontation with Anne Schilling, Lynette storms out of the washroom but she is no longer carrying her purse.

Fear No More - S1-E20

Continuity mistake: At the start of the episode, Zach picks up some gravel from beneath the lamppost and throws it at Julie's window. But when he leaves Susan the flowers, you can see that the gravel has disappeared.

Children Will Listen - S1-E18

Continuity mistake: When Bree is preparing a care package to ship to Andrew's camp, she sneaks some lemon bars into the package, and quickly closes the two side flaps of the cardboard box, leaving the end flaps out. In the next shot, she is immediately taping the box with all flaps down.

Children Will Listen - S1-E18

Continuity mistake: Parker is tearing the flowers apart until there are none. In the next shot, there are some flowers left, and when he jumps off the chair, the flowers have gone again.

Children Will Listen - S1-E18

Audio problem: When Lynette tells her sons to clean their teeth in the bathroom, the boys turn around and in the mirror you can see Lynette saying the same thing with no sound.

Every Day a Little Death - S1-E12

Continuity mistake: When Lynette signs the clipboard at yoga, a close-up shows her signing it with her right hand, but in the next shot she is holding Penny with her right hand and signing her name with her left.

Who's that Woman? - S1-E4

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.

Next - S2-E1

Continuity mistake: When Lynette throws the dirty diaper, it hits the glass wall and falls next to the trash can, but when the camera turns to Nina, in the background, the diaper is no longer there.

Suspicious Minds - S1-E9

Continuity mistake: When John is speaking to Susan about his relationship with Gabrielle, Susan puts her hand on John's cheek, but in the next shot, when John's mother is looking out of her car, Susan can be seen with her hand on John's shoulder.

Pretty Little Picture - S1-E3

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.

Gossip - S3-E20

Continuity mistake: When the boy paints "witch" on Mrs. McCluskey's front door, he holds the container in his left hand and the brush in his right. But when Karen gets out and he runs away with the other kids, the two items switch positions.

Silly People - S2-E14

Carlos: You know who you are, Gaby? You're the kind of person who would have turned away Mary and Joseph from the inn.
Gabrielle: Well, they should have called ahead.

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