Death in Paradise

Episode #4.7 - S4-E7

Continuity mistake: Impervious to hangovers as usual, DI Goodman is back at work in the morning. During the scene, DS Florence Cassell's hair is messy when the camera is to her right staring at Dwayne, way more neat in the shots of the room with the camera to her left. (00:21:50)

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Episode #4.7 - S4-E7

Continuity mistake: A drunk Izzy Cartwright puts her hands all over DI Goodman's face. She sobs with Goodman's head between her hands, index and middle finger in front of the ear - next shot and she is holding that pose but now in the preauricular position we have only the index. (00:21:15)

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Episode #4.7 - S4-E7

Continuity mistake: At Catherine's, Goodman witnesses the sister of the victim being drunk and disorderly. He leans with his arm on the back of the chair to get a better view, but blatantly in the reverse shot he also raises his hand to rest his chin on it - all gone when we get back to the original angle. (00:20:50)

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Episode #4.7 - S4-E7

Continuity mistake: JP arrives at the station holding the evidence bag with the gun. When he gives it to Florence, the action is repeated in two shots, and the gun lies in the evidence bag in a position that mirrors the initial one. (00:15:25)

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Episode #4.7 - S4-E7

Continuity mistake: Humphrey pulls out of the padded envelope a roll of "sticky tape." In the reverse shot, the slip of paper he scribbles on sticks out considerably more than before. (00:06:55)

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Episode #4.7 - S4-E7

Continuity mistake: Florence states unequivocally that she does not want the plant next to her; she says it with a hand on her hip, which becomes a hand in mid-air in the next shot. (00:04:55)

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Episode #4.7 - S4-E7

Continuity mistake: When the host of the conch game says "One condition; it must include..." he has his hand open, left one off the conch, and in the next shot both are on the item. (00:01:10)

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Episode #4.6 - S4-E6

Continuity mistake: At the end of the episode, in a stellar endorsement of Catherine's hospitality JP says that it's better than the prison cell. During the sequence Tobi Bakare's hands are on/off the bottle repeatedly. (00:50:25)

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Episode #4.6 - S4-E6

Continuity mistake: Maz Shipley confesses to the bribe and says it was "For Mum." Her teammate looks away from her, but in the next shot she is still looking at her and turns her head only after. (00:33:55)

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Episode #4.6 - S4-E6

Continuity mistake: Rewatching the footage of the previous games, Humphrey says that there's another match where the opponents dropped the ball. He is in foreground with his hand on his cheek, but in the close-up of Florence that asks to rewind, Kris Marshall's face is clear. (00:31:35)

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Episode #4.6 - S4-E6

Continuity mistake: When Florence says Humphrey's usual line about needing a break after a long day, Joséphine Jobert puts her hand on her forearm, but it's in the air in the reverse shot. (00:27:50)

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Episode #4.6 - S4-E6

Continuity mistake: In the interview with the Saint Marie team, about the complaint the victim was about to make before the disciplinary committee, Alison Turner has the hands on and off the water bottle as the different camera angles alternate. (00:25:20)

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Episode #1.8 - S1-E8

Continuity mistake: Camille picks up the laptop from the victim's desk, and Jon Taylor tries to stop her. The laptop is positioned differently in her arms between shots. (00:14:40)

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Episode #4.6 - S4-E6

Continuity mistake: Goodman asks the suspects if anyone saw Shelley earlier that morning. Alison Turner has her fingertips against her temple, but it's a closed fist in the next shot. (00:14:40)

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Episode #4.6 - S4-E6

Continuity mistake: Inspecting the hotel room, Florence pulls the money out of the wallet holding it at a certain distance in the first shot, much closer/partially still inserted in the reverse. (00:11:30)

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Episode #4.6 - S4-E6

Continuity mistake: Florence tells Humphrey poolside that the victim was "stabbed in heart. Death would have been instant." Goodman in this wide shot listens with his hand a bit lowered, placing it just below his chin, but it's in front of his belly in the next shot. (00:09:25)

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Episode #4.6 - S4-E6

Continuity mistake: Humphrey and Florence are at the resort, and she just laid down the preliminary forensics reports. Dwayne calls their attention; Florence leans against the railing with right hand and puts the left one on her hip. Except, the next shot she is leaning on the railing with both. (00:10:00)

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Episode #4.6 - S4-E6

Continuity mistake: The police is at the crime scene for the first time; the victim has her phone lying horizontally on her arm, but in close-up the hand dropped lower and the phone now is at 45°. (00:06:40)

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Man Overboard: Part 2 - S6-E6

DI Jack Mooney: My grandfather told me a story once, about these two wolves fighting inside all of us. And one of them is anger, envy, self-pity, regret. The other one is love, truth, faith, hope, that sort of thing.
And I asked him "which one of the wolves would win?" And do you know what he said?
"The one you feed."
(00:18:15)

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In the Footsteps of a Killer - S6-E7

Trivia: In the close-up of the diary of Julie Matlock, you can read in the column to the right of the page with the mysterious number 19871 a name; Agnes Dahan. It's the name of the production buyer of the episode, and long time staff member of the show in production and art department. (00:20:20)

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Question: When Richard reminisces about England, he talks about going to the pub and having a pint. Yet the whole time he's in Saint Marie, he is never seen to drink alcohol with the rest of the team; only cups of tea. Why?

Answer: Most likely they had only tropical exotic drinks, he wanted an old fashioned English beer.

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