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Episode #1.4 - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: At the bar, Camille reminds Richard that he said that Megan must have been in shock. In foreground, she has her left fist in front of her mouth. Richard shrugs, and in the next shot, Camille lowers...her right fist. (00:18:30)

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Episode #1.4 - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: Richard fills a glass with water and walks to his puzzle. Camille adds something, and within a cut his arm goes from an ascending to a descending motion without any time for him to drink in between. (00:17:20)

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Episode #1.4 - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: The police crew is having beers to celebrate the alleged resolution of the case, but Richard is not convinced. During the scene, the beer bottles change position between shots - for instance when Fidel says "Maybe she was confused" he puts his hands on the bottle of Etensel, gone in the next shot with Camille piling on his objection - and in that shot even his hat on the table is facing the other way. In fact, throughout the scene his hat keeps rotating to different directions. (00:18:20)

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Episode #1.4 - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: Before he leaves with the suspect the house she is a guest in, Richard asks if they own a gun. Astrid answers "Of course we don't", both hands on her belly. Wider angle, and she has both arms relaxed down her sides. (00:12:15)

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Episode #1.4 - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: Megan grabs DI Richard Poole's hand sobbing "I'm scared." We're talking about her left hand, because in the right hand she's holding the handkerchief he gave her. When DS Camille Bordey butts in, she is clinging to his hand with her right, and holds the hankie in her left. It keeps happening even during the conversation. (00:03:55)

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Episode #1.4 - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: Richard asks the wife if it was unusual for the husband to get violent. She starts crying. Embarrassed, he hands her a handkerchief. When she is still seen from behind, notice her right arm; she lowers it, but in the next shot she is still sobbing in the theatrical pose she had before, hand on her forehead. (00:03:40)

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Episode #1.4 - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: Poole and Camille take the confessed murderer to the beach. She is fainting, and Richard tells her "It's OK, it's OK." Camille is supporting her with one hand behind her back, which becomes one hand on her forearm in the reverse shot. (00:01:30)

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Episode #1.4 - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the episode, Richard stirs his cup of tea with a spoon; in the close-up of the puzzle board the cup is still on the table, but in the frontal views he is reaching for it and putting the spoon in before the cut, and he has it in hand in the one after. (00:00:15)

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3rd Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

3rd Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Of Sound Mind - S3-E12

Revealing mistake: When the plane is blowing dust all over the lawyer and the money-conscious nephew, you can see the face of the extra piloting the plane instead of Donnelly Rhodes. (00:03:50)

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3rd Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Of Sound Mind - S3-E12

Visible crew/equipment: When in the opening credits the names of the special guest stars Donnelly Rhodes and Elaine Joyce appear, on the side of the Pitts Special you can see the reflection of the set lights. (00:03:50)

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3rd Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

3rd Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Of Sound Mind - S3-E12

Character mistake: The Grim Reaper is at the party to grab the paper copy of the will - however, after Magnum is incapacitated turtle-style, the guy never bothers to actually retrieve it from the mantle he put it on, nor Magnum checks out what the piece of paper is. (00:35:05)

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3rd Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Of Sound Mind - S3-E12

Continuity mistake: Magnum hears a noise at the bottom floor and starts walking downstairs. In the shot right before the close-up of his foot breaking the step, at the top of the stairs you can see some candles he was not carrying and are not consistent with the illumination of the scene - in fact you can see Magnum with candles only in a brief shot in the 'teaser' before the opening credits, in a scene that was left out of the episode. (00:28:40)

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3rd Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Of Sound Mind - S3-E12

Character mistake: Carlton's favourite gun is a Colt "Bisley Model", rare and produced starting 1894. When he introduced it to Magnum in the cabinet he called it a "Colt 45, vintage 1860" (or sixty-something, as Magnum started his line when he might have not finished). (00:16:50)

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3rd Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Of Sound Mind - S3-E12

Continuity mistake: When Wilson MacLeish is kneeling on the golf course, the light changes drastically between close-ups (shadows) and wider angles (strong sunlight on the chest). (00:45:10)

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3rd Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Of Sound Mind - S3-E12

Plot hole: The resolution of the episode hinges on the fact that a certain person was not mentioned in the will of the deceased. But they were, and even in a better position than everyone else (besides Magnum).

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3rd Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Magnum, P.I. mistake picture

Of Sound Mind - S3-E12

Continuity mistake: In the hilarious stretched out comedy scene with Magnum trying to chase the suspect in his armor, whenever he is shown charging at the door and eventually breaking in, he is wearing the sword that he never retrieved - and in the moments when it's Tom Selleck in the armor and not a stuntman, he is not wearing it. (00:37:00)

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3rd Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Of Sound Mind - S3-E12

Continuity mistake: In the epic clash between Canned Magnum and the Reaper, Magnum falls on his back and the sword falls back on his arm. When the Reaper walks past him, the sword is on the floor by his leg, but it goes back to the precarious position on his arm when he is flailing his arms crying for help. (00:35:35)

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3rd Apr 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Of Sound Mind - S3-E12

Continuity mistake: When the Grim Reaper closes the safe, in close-up his hooded head casts a shadow on the door. Cut to a wider shot, and the shadows changed. Likewise, in this wider shot he puts the painting back in place and the scythe casts a very oblique shadow, but in the shot when he reacts to Sir Thomas' arrival the shadow is vertical and his head casts a visible one too. (00:34:55)

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