Continuity mistake: Humphrey tries to sneak away without waking Martha up, but being Humphrey he fails. In the shot when he stands back up after the hilarious bawl, the bed is sunlit, contradicting what is shown before and after. (00:10:10)
Continuity mistake: Linda Taylor brings to the inspector the keys as instructed. Goodman holds the keys and the packet of smokes at the same height, but when she is about to go away throwing a last look at the covered corpse, all of a sudden the key hand is much lower than the other. (00:09:50)
Continuity mistake: Humphrey shows the outside of the murder scene to his girlfriend; when he casts the torchlight on the balcony, before the cut you can spot his right arm holding the torch at the left of the frame. He is holding the torch with his left hand before and after. (00:07:25)
Continuity mistake: Martha and Humphrey are toasting. Watch out at the moment of the long scream; both Kris Marshall and Sally Bretton hold wine glasses but those keep changing position between shots. She puts hers down, it is up again a moment, and down at the next cut, while he puts down his, releases his fingers from it, and in the next shot the fingers are still squeezing it only to release the glass again in a repetition of the gesture later. (00:03:45)
Continuity mistake: DI Humprey Goodman and Martha Lloyd get on a boat at the beginning of the episode. Humph is to Martha's right when they begin, but midway through Martha is sitting to Humphrey's right, with her bag also switching place with Humphrey's accordingly. (00:00:35)
The Secret of the Flame Tree - S6-E2
Continuity mistake: Before the series' opening, the camera scrolls towards the body. Esther is lying on the rocks, her feet apart. When Goodman and Florence check the body, the feet moved closer. (00:04:00 - 00:06:20)
The Secret of the Flame Tree - S6-E2
Plot hole: For the murder to happen as described, the victim must have set an appointment at the cliff with a mentally ill, barely coherent person who spends her life holed up in a bungalow and is afraid of everyone, trusting her to remember and be on time - instead of knocking at her door and walk her to the location, that is very close. It's a complete absurdity.
The Secret of the Flame Tree - S6-E2
Continuity mistake: After the interview unveiling the secret of the writer and her assistant, Humphrey is at the police station recapping the case. He says "Either one of them could have done it", leaning into the board, hand on his hips. Dwayne says "Maybe they were in it together?", and Humphrey's position is entirely different. (00:36:50)
The Secret of the Flame Tree - S6-E2
Character mistake: Florence says that the verses Esther was researching were 'halfway through' the book, but Humphrey opens a page in the last 1/4 of the book. (00:29:40)
The Secret of the Flame Tree - S6-E2
Continuity mistake: JP Identified the woman in the bungalow. Humphrey says "So Sylvie's sister, is living on her estate", with his hand on the spine of the book, and at the cut he's holding it by the bottom side. (00:26:10)
The Secret of the Flame Tree - S6-E2
Revealing mistake: Florence shows to her boss a copy of the birth certificate of Lizzie Baptiste. It is signed "Overseas British Territory of Saint Marie", dates back to 1954 with a photostatic copy of the original typewritten entry, and her school certificate is also written in English. Saint Marie though, according to its fictional history, was part of France at the time, having been a British territory only for 30 years before Season 1 (set in 2011). (00:25:40)
The Secret of the Flame Tree - S6-E2
Continuity mistake: When Florence hands Goodman the framed picture she got from the bar the night before, her hand position changes between shots. (00:25:30)
The Secret of the Flame Tree - S6-E2
Revealing mistake: The sepia-toned memento that Florence spies on the wall of Chez Lulu is supposedly from 1969, certainly a photoshop horror from 2017, with the faces of the two siblings ghastly superimposed. (00:24:25)
The Secret of the Flame Tree - S6-E2
Continuity mistake: When Catherine yeeeuchs at the name of the new candidate for mayor, pay attention to the bottle in Dwayne's hand; he holds it with his right hand only, turning into both hands, and it changes tilt between shots when he takes a sip from it. (00:22:35)
The Secret of the Flame Tree - S6-E2
Revealing mistake: At Catherine's, Dwayne is reading a copy of The Saint Marie Times, announcing the new candidate for Mayor. The text used in the prop though, is obviously the same used in the prop for the first episode of the season - the article is all about Commissioner Patterson. (00:26:20)
The Secret of the Flame Tree - S6-E2
Continuity mistake: Professor Patricia Lawrence pretends not to know about the harassment charges. Florence then pretends to call the University, and the professor begins to talk. Florence goes between shots from holding the phone to her chest, to have it below the belt. It's not just a little jump ahead in the scene, because the continuity is wrong also with the professor's hair; she has a wisp to the right side of her neck, or not, depending on the angle. (00:19:50)
The Secret of the Flame Tree - S6-E2
Continuity mistake: Dwayne and JP found a woman living in the cabin, and Dwayne just asked her about the events occurring supposedly at 1:25. When she responds "Sorry, no", she puts her hand on the frame, but it's back to her cheek in the reverse shot. (00:15:05)
The Secret of the Flame Tree - S6-E2
Continuity mistake: Inside Esther Monroe 's room, Florence asks "Anything from her phone?" She had her hands crossed in front of her belly but put them down to her hips; cut, and the motion repeats itself. (00:14:00)
The Secret of the Flame Tree - S6-E2
Continuity mistake: DI Humphrey Goodman reads the suspicious suicide note. In the reverse shot, the envelope is higher than in close-up, and the wind blows harder, with the loose rubber glove flapping all over the place. (00:08:05)
The Secret of the Flame Tree - S6-E2
Continuity mistake: The spot on the ground where Florence and JP are standing as Esther's belongings are shown, differs between shots. (00:07:50)
Answer: There's probably no particular reason. Sets and props on long-running TV shows often change as needed and for various reasons throughout a series run.
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