Death Al Dente: A Gourmet Detective Mystery

Continuity mistake: On their way to the spicy noodles joint, the two protagonists discuss their snogging; more passersby join their walk between shots. (01:22:20)

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Continuity mistake: The phone switches hands when Munro is listening to the big exposition the villain conveniently delivers on air. (01:18:40)

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Continuity mistake: Henry is inside the home of the likely culprit. He opens a drawer. He closes it, and a yellow envelop that was buried under other items is suddenly on top of everything when he closes without touching further its content. (01:11:35)

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Continuity mistake: Maggie and Henry are on her couch, looking at pictures. They are arranged differently in close-up and wider angle; Claudia's for instance, as shown by the different position of the post-it. (00:55:50)

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Continuity mistake: At the oriental restaurant, Nick is telling a story about a Costarican adventure. The chopsticks on his tray change position in every shot. (00:46:00)

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Continuity mistake: The detectives go to Claudia's place to ask more questions. Maggie tells her she saw her at the party arguing with Mateo; when the angle changes, so does the position of Maggie's hair (in front/behind the right shoulder). (00:40:05)

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Continuity mistake: When the victim dies at the hospital, the life monitor shows it's February 11, 2015. Later Maggie checks out of the phone of Leo's nephew, and the date jumped one year in the future, 26 February 2016. (00:22:50 - 00:32:40)

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Continuity mistake: Captain Forsyth is looking through the mirror at the interview with the chef. When she is in the foreground, her hand is at the same level as her chin, while in the reverse shot her hand is higher and she is closer to the wall. (00:31:15)

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Continuity mistake: When Maggie tells Nick "Call me", a cop with a beret walks behind her. Couple shots later when she is going up the stairs, same cop, same place, same movement. (00:27:00)

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Continuity mistake: Maggie starts talking about the suspects showing the photos to her ex who totally has something else on his mind. Touching Leo Triviano's picture, she drags it so that it touches the wife's, but in close-up the pictures are divergent. (00:19:15)

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Continuity mistake: Henry spills coffee and then goes to the two clumsy detectives' desk checking on their lack of progress with the shredded note. There's another police officer in the background, a heavy man with a white shirt, suspenders and a bald head. This man is, depending on the camera position, sitting at his desk on the phone, or standing talking with another officer. (00:18:00)

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Continuity mistake: Henry brings up a painting and its monetary value. A blonde detective is walking in the background. The same one walks in the next shot between Bailey and Munro, behind her original position. (00:14:50)

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Continuity mistake: Early morning. Maggie is getting the update about the incident from her two fellow detectives. They walk towards the scene. Maggie takes her hand off her pocket, but it's in her pocket after the cut. (00:11:25)

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Continuity mistake: The Gourmet Chef and his sour sidekick are having cake and champagne with the owner and his wife Claudia. When Leo mentions the intruder wearing a ski mask, his hand jumps between cuts on/off the champagne glass. (00:07:00)

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Continuity mistake: The two protagonists just got to the fancy restaurant. Maggie thanks him and says it's nice to get out of the house sometimes; notice an Asian woman in a grey dress with a handbag, engaged in conversation with a couple men. Next shot and they pass the same woman, this time entertaining two other ladies. (00:04:50)

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Continuity mistake: Maggie asks her mother about the book she just started; she replies in a reverse shot where Maggie is suddenly drinking a glass of wine. (00:04:10)

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Continuity mistake: The two protagonists just got to the fancy restaurant. Maggie thanks him and says it's nice to get out of the house sometimes; notice an Asian woman in a grey dress with a handbag, engaged in conversation with a couple men. Next shot and they pass the same woman, this time entertaining two other ladies. (00:04:50)

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