Continuity mistake: When Perry, the undercover busboy, has the pipe in him, you can see the rice in the opening (after it stopped pouring out). When he says Bao's daughter is the beneficiary, the rice is gone. It's back in the next shot.
Pushing Daisies (2007)
1 mistake in Dim Sum Lose Some
Starring: Chi McBride, Jim Dale, Anna Friel, Lee Pace
Narrator: The Pie Maker had grown accustomed to the feeling his heart made when it looked out his eyes and saw her sleeping in the next bed.
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