The food on Tom's plate changes in quantity and placement of items on the plate from scene to scene. In the scene in which Tom Hanks meets Meg Ryan in the coffee shop when she's waiting for her e-mail friend, Tom Hanks takes of his overcoat and in the next scene he takes it off again. At the cocktail party, Hanks and Ryan are discussing why he and the children had visited Ryan's book store. Hanks explains that they wanted to buy a book and Ryan's store was the only place where a child's book could be purchased. At that point in the story, Fox Books is already open.
Hanks is already aboard - the father is the newcomer.
She wasn't sure. The whole premise of the show revolves around the notion that mom and pop shops are being replaced with national chains. Yet, Meg Ryan's character buys coffee at Starbucks instead of at a mom and pop coffee shop. In the scene described previously about the buffet table. Tom Hank's character is seen taking a large amount of caviar.