Magnum P.I.

Death Is Only Temporary - S1-E6

Continuity mistake: Magnum asks his client about Lizzie's debt. As he says "it was such a long time ago", the man in foreground is rubbing his eyes, but lowers his hand before the cut. In the next shot, he's shown as if his problems just started to manifest. (00:16:55)

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Death Is Only Temporary - S1-E6

Continuity mistake: TC and Rick are having "breakfast" with the veteran. When he sarcastically answers "Couldn't be better", TC' s has both hands around the bottle, while he just had one on top in the first shot. Rick has both hands around the can, and in the next shot he's got just one, the other being behind it. It goes back and forth as the two different angles alternate in editing. (00:10:55)

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Death Is Only Temporary - S1-E6

Continuity mistake: Magnum's client puts on the small table the e-mail with the picture on top, in a close-up. New shot and the picture has shifted to the right, and in the one that follows, Magnum grabs the mail without anything on top of it. (00:10:00)

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Death Is Only Temporary - S1-E6

Continuity mistake: Thomas puts the first pancakes in the dish and asks the kids about his own job. The kid answers "Hella cool things", and the girl next to him has her arm raised. New shot, and her arm is lowered - Magnum also is holding the plate higher than earlier. (00:03:45)

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Sudden Death - S1-E5

Continuity mistake: At the end of the episode, Magnum's bruise extends below the eyebrow, while in the rest of the episode the part below the arc of hairs was not involved. (00:41:10)

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Sudden Death - S1-E5

Continuity mistake: After dodging a couple golf club swings, Magnum speaks to Daisy by the door. Tru Collins' hair is positioned over her right shoulder with wild inconsistency between shots. (00:33:00)

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Sudden Death - S1-E5

Continuity mistake: When Magnum walks in on Daisy being tied to the chair, the duct tape roll is on the outer side of the armrest in the first shot, on the inside in the reaction shot. (00:31:15)

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Sudden Death - S1-E5

Continuity mistake: A mysterious woman gets in the flat the doctor rented. From the moment she puts the pink cardigan on, the hair on her shoulders is inconsistently in front or behind, and while it's obviously well adjusted when she notices the missing tape and the balcony door, it's in disarray over her shoulder when she walks back from the window. (00:21:40)

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Sudden Death - S1-E5

Continuity mistake: During the chat with Steuben, TC is fighting in the ring. His shirt is already a sweaty mess after Magnum is barely 15 seconds into the conversation. (00:15:00)

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Sudden Death - S1-E5

Continuity mistake: Magnum approached Wade Steuben and he points TC in the ring to him. His hand is raised (since he is literally pointing, after all) but in the next shot he has his arms folded. (00:14:55)

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Sudden Death - S1-E5

Continuity mistake: When the kid walks off the pitch at the beginning of the episode, he's carrying his helmet in the left hand and sports bag in the right, but when TC explains the sad story of the dad, he has the helmet in his right and the bag in his left. (00:01:40)

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Six Paintings, One Frame - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: Magnum has just been released from the police station, and him and Higgy are walking down the stairs as she explains to him the superglue trick. A man suddenly appears on the stairs during a cut. (00:30:25)

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The Woman Who Never Died - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: When the culprit backs off from the door because of detective Katsumoto and drags Emily with him, she has her left shoulder covered with hair, a little hair, then no hair at all. Even more noticeably, when Higgins tells him that he does not have to do this etc, he is pulling her with him using his hand encumbered with the trinkets bag, but at the cut his hand is empty and directly on her bare shoulder. (00:36:20)

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The Woman Who Never Died - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: When Rick picks up Magnum's cheque, the envelope on the table is pointed with the right side closer to Magnum. When Magnum pics the envelope a moment later, it is the other way around, the closer side is the left one. (00:26:40)

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The Woman Who Never Died - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: Thomas gave the information about the comatose girl to his client. The client puts the phone down at an angle and relatively close. The next time we see the phone during conversation, it's aligned to the table and at greater distance, and when Rick arrives with the case file it's at an angle again. (00:24:15)

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The Woman Who Never Died - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: During the stop to commit a felony on the way home, Magnum picks the lock and opens the door. Higgins who was on lookout turns around, and in the new shot Magnum is still opening the door he already opened, and using the other arm. (00:20:45)

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The Day Danger Walked In - S3-E5

Factual error: Higgins, Thomas, TC and Rick are locked in a freezer. Their barber friend is tapping his horn in "a pattern" Higgins says is Morse code, and announces that he tapped "move back." Not really. I know Morse Code. All I got (along with a few undecipherable things) was TOERT NMU ETM CEA OFJ DER WK. No way that spells "Move Back."

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