Continuity mistake: When Magnum looks at the client Rick is forcing upon him, the man at the table behind her changes position at the cut, and and people on the beach just disappear. (00:16:20)
Sammo
19th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
19th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum is telling Kendall while she is torturing some ballet shoes "You have to stick by me." Between shots, she's holding the ballerina turned in the opposite direction. (00:12:55)
19th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
The Taking of Dick McWilliams - S2-E9
Continuity mistake: Magnum and TC found the shack and are getting inside. In the interior shot, the curtains that kept flapping in the wind in the exterior shot are practically still, and the sublinds are absent/pulled up from the side wall. (00:39:00)
19th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
The Taking of Dick McWilliams - S2-E9
Continuity mistake: Magnum asks Gloria about her car mentioning it's a "1974 blue Sedan, AFF 444." The license plate was different (BBR 877) and a different model - it's blue, that's just about it.
19th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
The Taking of Dick McWilliams - S2-E9
Continuity mistake: Magnum asks Kaholo who knew about the island. At the cut, the hand with the money changes position, considerably higher. (00:42:15)
19th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
The Taking of Dick McWilliams - S2-E9
Continuity mistake: TC has Kaholo pinned against the building after his attempt to escape. His hand is above or under the window frame depending on the camera angle. (00:41:45)
19th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
The Taking of Dick McWilliams - S2-E9
Continuity mistake: Magnum and TC are doing recon on the thirteen islands; the chopper has flotation pads on the skids when it flies over the ocean and approaches the islands in panoramic views, but the normal slim skids when they finally find the hideout and land by it. (00:39:30)
19th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
The Taking of Dick McWilliams - S2-E9
Continuity mistake: Rick is on the phone with "Shakey" while TC, who spotted his black eye, is pestering him about it. Rick's hand with the piece of paper changes height between shots. (00:22:10)
19th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
The Taking of Dick McWilliams - S2-E9
Continuity mistake: When the chopper follows the group of cars, their number changes between shots (5 in the widest aerial shot, 7 from the camera car). (00:19:00)
19th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
The Taking of Dick McWilliams - S2-E9
Continuity mistake: In the tunnel scene, the shadows at the end do not match -at all - between the different angles - in fact, the whole road is different, it's now more of a mountain road, the other parallel street disappeared. (00:18:00)
19th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
The Taking of Dick McWilliams - S2-E9
Continuity mistake: In the wedding night flashback, Mitsu puts her hand on Dick's chest, with the fingers that either poke above the undone tie, or don't, depending on the angle. (00:13:30)
19th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
The Taking of Dick McWilliams - S2-E9
Continuity mistake: In the hotel suite, Dick says "I bet you that the bed is round" etc. Mitsu puts her right hand on top of the left looking at him and listening. Close-up, and it's the other way around, it's the left on top. (00:12:10)
19th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
The Taking of Dick McWilliams - S2-E9
Continuity mistake: Magnum is busy doing his taxes with TC on the couch when Higgins arrives. Throughout the scene, the position of Magnum's calculator on the table changes between shots. (00:05:30)
18th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum is pouring sweat at the beginning of the episode, with a huge sweatstain at the front of his tanktop. He's wearing the same one when he talks to his client, but it's all dry. (00:03:00)
18th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: In the barroom brawl, Rick foolishly attacks the huge dude. He backhands him into oblivion, sending him falling back-first off frame. Rick crashes on the stools belly-first though, and the stools were at very short distance, not exactly room for him to turn another time and fall as shown. (00:22:55)
18th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum stares wide eyed at Buck and his target practice in the bathtub. In the shot of the room, you can see in the head area of the target already a soot mark where the extra hole will open later - and there is no trace of it in the opening close-up. (00:14:55)
18th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Higgins and Agatha fall down in the longshot facing the same direction, but when Mad Buck sits up and puffs, they are facing each other instead. (00:07:30)
18th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Wave Goodbye - S2-E7
Continuity mistake: TC elbows Rick protesting for the choice of cover-up name. Between them, the big boned waitress smiles and turns around with her tray. The bartender is on the phone with the dealer, and it cuts briefly to the duo waiting at the counter. The waitress is still there, turning and smiling. (00:20:10)
18th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Wave Goodbye - S2-E7
Continuity mistake: During the scene at the Kamehameha Club when Magnum enlists Rick and TC's help, the same woman with a navy and white swimsuit with a white belt walks by the surf first, then behind Rick, with a different guy each time in the span of a few seconds. (00:17:10 - 00:18:00)
18th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Wave Goodbye - S2-E7
Continuity mistake: Gary Something enters his own home on the beach and Magnum is on all fours with the two cops pointing the guns. The older one is holding the gun with just his right hand, but he is handling it with both in the next shot. (00:13:50)
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