Sammo

15th Mar 2020

Death in Paradise (2011)

Episode #1.3 - S1-E3

Other mistake: Investigating the crime scene, Richard, facing away from Camille, asks what was the victim drinking. Camille is already going for the glass of rum before he asks the question. (00:03:00)

Sammo

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Suggested correction: This could be explained by a detective doing a good job.

Ssiscool

I hope that watching the scene it can be clear. Camille was busy taking some notes, and he is facing away from her. All of a sudden, he says "So, what was she drinking?" and while he is at "So" Camille is literally lunging to her side to go look at the glass. Neither had any possible way to get that kind of timing, and it's not played as a "Hey, we were both thinking the same thing! Jinx!" kind of gag.

Sammo

I'll watch the scene on Netflix shortly.

Ssiscool

15th Mar 2020

Death in Paradise (2011)

Episode #1.3 - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: Both before and after the credits, there are differences between the wider shot and the close-ups of the dead woman in the way she is lit. The hat and her nose cast shadows of different length and angle. (00:02:05 - 00:02:35)

Sammo

15th Mar 2020

Death in Paradise (2011)

Episode #1.2 - S1-E2

Continuity mistake: The two investigators meet with Adam Fairs poolside. In the establishing shots there's a hotel staffer closing by, carrying a pile of towels. When Camille poses her question, the man is nowhere to be seen. (00:28:05)

Sammo

15th Mar 2020

Death in Paradise (2011)

Episode #1.2 - S1-E2

Continuity mistake: Richard calls it a day on the investigation, but he's still chatting about it with Camille during a walk. When he says "One thing's always puzzled me about weddings", two women are crossing the street in front of him. Few seconds and a cut later, when he mentions the bouquet, here they are again, the same girls crossing the same street coming from the same direction as before. (00:23:20)

Sammo

15th Mar 2020

Death in Paradise (2011)

Episode #1.2 - S1-E2

Continuity mistake: Richard and Camille are questioning the maid, Margaret. She turns around after answering about the "Cleaning in progress" label, and her braid is down her back. In the rest of the scene, it is in front of her shoulder. (00:18:45)

Sammo

15th Mar 2020

Death in Paradise (2011)

Episode #1.1 - S1-E1

Stupidity: The case is made to be this incredibly complex locked room murder mystery, but it is so simply because nobody did a routine check of the phone records of the suspects / one of the victims (if not of the cell tower of the zone). The detectives would have instantly stumbled upon a major unexplained contradiction, since an incriminating call was made.

Sammo

15th Mar 2020

Death in Paradise (2011)

Episode #1.1 - S1-E1

Plot hole: The real culprit pinned the crime on DI Charlie Hulme, but since everything was improvised and acted on the spot, it doesn't explain how could they access Charlie's safety deposit box at the bank stuffing it with incriminating evidence. It is specified through Fidel and Dwayne's dialogue that the box is at the bank, where everyone is required to show identification to get a box and access it, not some anonymous private storage company or a random locker.

Sammo

15th Mar 2020

Death in Paradise (2011)

15th Mar 2020

Death in Paradise (2011)

Episode #1.1 - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: Sgt. Lily Thomson drives detective inspector Poole to the beach shack. In the opening wide shot she has her left hand on the steering wheel, but in the closer angles the hand at 12 o'clock is the right hand instead. (00:09:10)

Sammo

15th Mar 2020

Death in Paradise (2011)

15th Mar 2020

Death in Paradise (2011)

Melodies of Murder - S7-E8

Continuity mistake: Backstage, Commissioner Selwyn Patterson reveals to the band members about the message from the victim. The band member in purple has his hand clasped on the beret in noticeably different ways as the shot changes. (00:07:50)

Sammo

15th Mar 2020

Death in Paradise (2011)

Melodies of Murder - S7-E8

Continuity mistake: When Jack picks up the fork from the floor, it keeps turning around in the first couple of shots and in the last couple of shots (when Florence goes to talk to the others). (00:04:45)

Sammo

15th Mar 2020

Death in Paradise (2011)

Dark Memories - S7-E7

Plot hole: At the beginning of the episode it is established that Samuel Palmer "was putting out his rubbish just after midnight", but in the rest of the case (coroner report, case discussion at the station, question to the suspects) the time of death is 10 PM. The part of the dialogue at the beginning (Dwayne talking to Jack and Florence outside the house) is cut in home video releases, but still appears in Jack's case-solving flashback reel. Other references to the wrong midnight time appear in Cordell' statement as he turns himself in (says he entered from the window " Just before midnight.") and Jack's usual schtick with the suspects ("Shortly after midnight, Eugene's neighbour, Samuel, he heard arguing").

Sammo

15th Mar 2020

Death in Paradise (2011)

Dark Memories - S7-E7

Continuity mistake: Getting to celebrate at the end of the episode, Dwayne is chewing on some ribs, but in the reverse shot Darlene is reacting to him eating from a fork in the foreground. He puts down the same rib later when she has to get up to answer the door. (00:50:55)

Sammo

15th Mar 2020

Death in Paradise (2011)

15th Mar 2020

Death in Paradise (2011)

Dark Memories - S7-E7

Continuity mistake: When Jack says "I am so sorry, Dwayne" telling him to go to the birthday dinner, he repeats in the two separate shots the same gesture, hand starting from a different spot at each cut. (00:31:55)

Sammo

15th Mar 2020

Death in Paradise (2011)

Dark Memories - S7-E7

Continuity mistake: Florence at the beginning of the episode dismounts from the police Defender putting her right hand on the inside handle of the door, but she has her fingers at the top of the open window in the next shot. (00:03:40)

Sammo

15th Mar 2020

Death in Paradise (2011)

Meditated in Murder - S7-E6

Continuity mistake: When Jack speaks to Florence about his ambiguous intention to spend some quality time with the Commissioner, he changes position in between shots, with his excited fist raised while his left hand disappears from sight. (00:15:10)

Sammo

15th Mar 2020

Death in Paradise (2011)

Murder on the Day of the Dead - S7-E5

Continuity mistake: Uncharacteristically, Commissioner Selwyn Patterson joins the police investigation, at least at the very beginning. He takes his jacket off, and his tie reaches slightly below the belt of his pants. When he finds the body, the tie is a couple inches above the belt. Technically he is off-screen for what amounts of few minutes of plot, but it'd be ridiculous to picture him undoing his tie and making a tighter knot while he's in the middle of a search in the woods - he'd have just removed the tie and pocketed it entirely if it was being a nuisance. (00:07:05)

Sammo

15th Mar 2020

Death in Paradise (2011)

Murder on the Day of the Dead - S7-E5

Other mistake: Something happened to Daisy Anderson, so everyone starts looking for her car. JP says it is locked, but in the close-up of Jack looking inside from the window, you can see the knob of the lock is pulled up. That car is unlocked. (00:06:50)

Sammo

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