Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special point out glaring continuity error
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Viewers spotted blunder during Smithy’s stag night. Gavin & Stacey viewers have noticed a glaring continuity error in the Christmas Special finale. The show returned for a final time on Christmas Day this year, with the much-anticipated episode finally answering the fate of Nessa and Smithy’s relationship, picking up from 2019’s cliffhanger that saw Nessa get down on one knee.
![[Mick giving a speech at Smithy’s stag night in ‘Gavin & Stacey’]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/12/27/13/Screenshot-2024-12-27-at-13.17.20.jpg)
Viewers were quick to spot a continuity mistake during Mick Shipman’s touching speech to Smithy on his stag night. The tear-jerking scene showed an emotional Mick describing Smithy as a second son, after he and his wife Pam struggled to conceive another child after having Gavin.
![[The ‘Gavin & Stacey’ cast]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/12/27/12/oo.jpg)
However, one fan pointed out on TikTok that during the scene, Mick’s pint appeared to go from full to half-full and back to full again. They captioned the post: “Who else noticed Mick’s pint?”. “I spotted it right away,” said one viewer, as another joked: “Mick showing he can still drink the younger blokes under the table.”.
![[James Corden, Mathew Horne, Joanne Page and Ruth Jones in ‘Gavin & Stacey’]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/12/27/12/498265.jpg)
A continuity error is a discrepancy in a scene or storyline that breaks the believability of the storyline. They can be subtle, like a character’s clothing being changed, or something disappearing from a table. In the lead-up to the special’s release, the show’s co-creator Ruth Jones admitted that she noticed a mistake in the plot of the 2019 episode, which involves a blunder over the amount of Christmas puddings that were misplaced at the pub.
