Factual error: When Elizabeth asks Zeb how Vanessa can be happy, Zeb has his old catalog with a bunch of flower seed packets on his lap, and as they both hold up the packets, particularly Elizabeth, the modern Universal Product Codes are at the back of the packets. The UPC did not exist until many years later. (00:10:05)
Continuity mistake: When Zeb asks Olivia about dinner he takes a whole carrot, snaps it in half, and begins chomping as he walks toward the meeting in the living room, but when Esther takes the carrot away from Zeb it's quite a whole carrot, with only the tip gone. (00:05:00)
Continuity mistake: Elizabeth's hair length doesn't match while on The Ferris Wheel. The shot from the ground is very long hair 'draped' over the back of the seat. Yet, in the following close shot of her, it is from the chest up, so only the very bottom strands would be visible over the edge.
Continuity mistake: Or revealing mistake: Olivia's hair is suddenly long and braided in its "normal" length after her disastrous perm in the last episode 'The Rebellion'.
Visible crew/equipment: When Judge Thornbury fails to convince John-Boy to kill the story on his car accident, Thornbury heads over to talk to John at the mill, and just as Zeb says, "Hiya, Judge," the boom mic pops up into view at the bottom of the screen. (00:17:40)
Visible crew/equipment: When Zeb pulls Esther into the living room with everyone else, Zeb walks over to the small black tape mark on the rug and stands on his mark. Then, as Zeb begins to talk about Erin's entry into the contest, in this wide shot lighting equipment is visible at the right side of the screen. It's visible again when John hugs Erin in the last shot of the scene. (00:25:00)
Visible crew/equipment: After Miss Mamie tells Miss Emily her idea about changing the order for turning out of the lights, when Miss Mamie turns off the second lamp, as she walks back to the third lamp the two white T-marks are visible on the floor, at the bottom left side of the screen. (00:17:50)
Visible crew/equipment: While John-Boy is in The Chronicle office writing about Oldfield in his journal Glen walks in, and just as Glen tells John-Boy that he had nothing to do with the cancellation of the mill contract, the white chalk T-mark is visible on the floor near the door. (00:42:40)
Visible crew/equipment: When John-Boy and Jason drive away from Ike's it cuts to Jim-Bob searching for parts at the junkyard, and as Erin walks up behind him the plastic T-mark is visible on the ground where she stops. (00:07:55)
Visible crew/equipment: While Esther is on the porch pouring the lemonade for Ep, when John-Boy asks Ep for the interview we see a crew member, who's wearing shorts, at the right side of the screen. (00:03:55)
Visible crew/equipment: While talking about the tree and where to put it, when Olivia admits that half the fun is in the planning, the T-mark is visible on the floor near the stove. (00:08:05)
Continuity mistake: After the rock is thrown, when John-Boy is looking through the broken window while holding the rock he's wearing grey pleated trousers, but it cuts to a closeup of the rock in John-Boy's hands and now he's wearing what looks like blue jeans, plus the hands holding the rock look nothing like John-Boy's hands. (00:32:30)
Continuity mistake: When Erin balances a book on her head as she walks around the table, the title on The Book's spine is at Erin's right side, but it cuts to her closeup and between shots the spine is flipped over with the title at Erin's left side. (00:09:15)
Visible crew/equipment: When John stops on the road to pick up Corabeth while she's crying, the reflection of the boom pole/mic is visible on the truck's surface. (00:30:20)
Visible crew/equipment: When Judge Thornbury visits the "home of the Blue Ridge Chronicle" he walks to the middle of the room, then as Thornbury turns to face John-Boy the T-mark on the floor is visible near Thornbury's feet. (00:14:45)
Visible crew/equipment: After John-Boy tells Olivia that he's going to print the story John comforts Liv as they go for a walk, and when it cuts to Ben using the press the white T-mark on the floor is visible at his feet. (00:45:20)
Visible crew/equipment: After Chad proposes to Erin, when it cuts to them walking inside, the T-mark is visible on the rug beside the chair. (00:20:45)
Visible crew/equipment: When Mel knocks the folders from his desk onto the floor John helps pick them up, and just as Mel tells him that he's fallen behind a little, the shadow of the boom mic is moving across the picture hanging on the wall. (00:26:45)
Visible crew/equipment: When John is at the office he introduces himself to Mel Parsons, and we can see the T-mark on the floor near the window. (00:14:15)
Visible crew/equipment: While Ike explains to Jim-Bob about "traffic" in the grocery business he walks over to the register, and in the background a T-mark is visible on the floor in front of the counter where Ike placed the grocery order, then soon Ike will walk back over to that spot to place a box on the counter. (00:15:45)
