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The End Is the Beginning - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: In the last phase of her conversation with Picard, when she sends him away, Raffi changes position between shots, so her pigtail is on/off her knee. (00:15:30)

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The End Is the Beginning - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: Zhaban put in a bag some delicacies for Picard. When he mentions "Madame Arnaud's terrine d'oie" his hand is holding the jar in the first shot, during which you can see his hand turn to hold one of the bag's handles. But in the reverse shot he is still holding the jar, and puts it in the bag. (00:27:10)

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The Ties That Bind - S1-E9

Continuity mistake: When Amanda identifies the perp in the picture Sakamoto brings, Higgins holds her shoulders in a different way in each shot. (00:26:50)

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Murder from Above - S7-E1

Continuity mistake: After the chat with the hotel manager, Jack and Florence are in Stephen's room. The level of drink in Stephen Marston's cocktail glass changes between shots - it's half full when Jack is straining to sit down, and is back up right at the cut. (00:35:25)

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Continuity mistake: When Guido carjacks the Citroen, he pushes the driver off the seat in a spot entirely in the shadows. In the faraway view you can see he starts driving in a spot with the asphalt in direct sunlight. (00:10:50)

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Murder from Above - S7-E1

Continuity mistake: DI Jack Mooney is looking at the coroner report on the PC screen. He changes his stance and is initially hunched over and then straight, but the person in the foreground is keeping the exact same posture every time the camera cuts to Dwayne. (00:25:35)

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The Stakes Are High - S7-E2

Plot hole: There is simply no way that the cheating presented in the episode, with the player reaching in his pocket to mark the cards, consistently for over 5 years (!), and wearing the same obvious prop, could go unnoticed, especially in official tournaments with millionaire prizes, on camera even.

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The Stakes Are High - S7-E2

Continuity mistake: During the questioning of "professor" Eugene Sutton, his hand is flat on the table in front views, with the side down in the reverse angle. (00:34:00)

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The Stakes Are High - S7-E2

Continuity mistake: Office scene with the poison being revealed. Dwayne in his snazzy detective suit interjects that you have to know the right, or wrong people to get a hold of it. In the wider shot (whole room in frame) Danny John-Jules' left hand covers the cuff of his blue shirt, while in the closer angle the shirt is perfectly visible. (00:13:50)

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Mr. White Death - S3-E8

Continuity mistake: When Cora stands up saying "I don't have to listen to this", the blinds at the window Phil Lewis is standing close to are half open (that is, the top half open, the bottom half of the window obscured). In the rest of the scene the blinds are fully open. (00:37:55)

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The Stakes Are High - S7-E2

Continuity mistake: After mentioning the Dutch poker player, JP waves around the calling card of the taxi driver. He holds it vertically when seen from behind, horizontally in the front shot. (00:27:50)

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Continuity mistake: Sylvia comes home after Pablo asked her to be his partner at the contest. She has her shawl covering her right shoulder in the first shot, bare shoulder in the next. (00:37:00)

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Episode #1.1 - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: In the opening, two men (one turning out to be future longest serving original cast member, Danny John-Jules) are playing one-to-one basketball. A couple guys are mending nets just by the hoop...but are gone right away in the faraway shot. (00:00:15)

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Melodies of Murder - S7-E8

Continuity mistake: In the episode finale, Dwayne's beer switches hands two times off-camera for no reason and with no visible movement of the actor's arms.

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Show generally

Factual error: The fictional island of Saint Marie where the series takes place is a British territory - after all, the whole gig is about fish-out-of-water British cops in the tropics. Specifically the Commissioner explains the history of the island to DI Richard Poole driving him to the station the first time and says that it was a French territory but in the mid 70s they handed it back to the British. Despite that, throughout the whole series the police and almost every local drive (on the left) vehicles with French registration plates, specifically with the 971 code of Guadeloupe, where the series is shot. In the first seasons the British police also routinely sends evidence and other critical parts of the job to labs in Guadaloupe, effectively out of the country. Seems quite absurd that in 40 years the British wouldn't have established vital parts of administration and rely entirely on French neighbours.

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Continuity mistake: On Rita's doorstep, Rupert says that he wouldn't want to impose. You can see Robert De Niro folding the jacket over his bag, but in the rest of the scene he holds the folded jacket between the bag and his body. (00:21:10)

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The Eighth Part of the Village - S3-E3

Continuity mistake: When the girls come out of the crate, the lid of the crate rests on top of it, sticking out by quite a bit, and parallel. During the fight, when Selleck is replaced by a stunt double, the lid sticks out by a small corner. Earlier when he was trying to talk his way out of it and let the girl go, the shadow of the lid also varied in size depending on the camera angle. (00:10:20)

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Continuity mistake: When the boss somewhat under a certain influence from Karen calls Pablo to tell him that his request for sponsorship has been denied, his face is in a different spot of the blanket between shots (cheek and chin on the yellow stripe, then the red stripe). (00:43:30)

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Almost Home - S3-E10

Continuity mistake: In a remarkable coincidence, the Admiral Magnum needs to talk to happens to be chilling at his place about to get a mouthful of Higgins' buns. When he answers Magnum "Probably too much" after the vigorous shake, his left hand is behind the seat of the Ferrari, but it's on the car door in the shot that follows. (00:22:15)

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Mixed Doubles - S3-E9

Continuity mistake: During the car chase, Magnum is wearing a large wristband, which appears also in the close-ups of the gears being shifted. It's nowhere to be seen in the side views of Tom Selleck in the car, though. (00:21:40)

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