Death in Paradise

Episode #3.5 - S3-E5

Continuity mistake: After checking the phone records, the detectives go talk to Drew. Throughout the scene he has his left arm perched on the back of the seat, or just down his side casually. (00:23:00)

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Episode #3.5 - S3-E5

Continuity mistake: There is a cut when Humphrey says "if you caught your dad having an affair..." Camille's bottle of fictional beer is then facing a different direction. (00:19:25)

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Episode #3.5 - S3-E5

Continuity mistake: When Camille tells her mom about Marlon being on the island, she turns around theatrically asking back "Your father?" Throughout the scene, Elizabeth Bourgine's arm position and stance appears subtly inconsistent between shots, and Camille goes from having one hand at the hip to the arm flat against her side at the cut following "It's just bad luck." (00:14:10)

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Episode #3.5 - S3-E5

Continuity mistake: Camille tells Humph that Marlon Croft they just spoke to is "probably" her father. He reaches them outside; during the scene the passersby walk at relaxed pace yet the street crowd behind Marlon completely changes after the brief cut on Humph and Camille. (00:13:30)

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Episode #3.5 - S3-E5

Continuity mistake: The two detectives plus the Commissioner have broken to the family the news of the case being a murder investigation. They walk down some stairs discussing the case; Dwayne' scooter is visible in the background, shadows in its vicinity. When Patterson bids his farewell, Camille and Humph get called by Dwayne; the shadows by the bike now extend through a larger space all of a sudden. (00:09:05)

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Episode #3.5 - S3-E5

Continuity mistake: Inspecting the study where the victim supposedly killed himself, DI Humphrey Goodman at one point rattles the window handle and then at the cut stands side by side with Commissioner Selwyn Patterson. In the shot from that particular angle, which repeats itself a few seconds later when he says it's "one of those things" after he made an exaggerated shooting gesture, his right hand does not appear gloved (and he tucks it both times rather quickly under the other arm), while he wears latex gloves in the rest of the scene. (00:05:20)

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Episode #3.4 - S3-E4

Continuity mistake: Simone's reaction shot to Helen saying "I wasn't even here!" is flipped, as the position of her hair makes obvious (she wears the hair combed on the opposite side throughout the whole episode). (00:47:05)

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Episode #3.4 - S3-E4

Continuity mistake: In the final part of the enquiry, Goodman pulls out of the evidence bag with the bottle of poison; the bag is turned differently between shots (check out of the small ribbed part in the corner, the bottle's cork). (00:45:40)

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Episode #3.4 - S3-E4

Continuity mistake: When Goodman crawls to get the poison vial, it contains just a bit of liquid left at the bottom. Later when he checks it out at the station in greater detail and many close-ups, it's over half full. (00:40:40)

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Episode #3.4 - S3-E4

Continuity mistake: Dwayne is reading the local newspaper when Camille and Humph get back from the hotel. The paper folds in opposite directions in the two separate shots. (00:36:40)

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Episode #3.4 - S3-E4

Continuity mistake: When Humphrey foolishly lets Catherine pick the dish for dinner, he lifts the menu and only the menu off the table, but in the following shot he has one of the blue paper towels underneath it. (00:27:30)

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Episode #3.4 - S3-E4

Continuity mistake: Summing up the lack of progress in the case in front of the whiteboard, Humphrey points at Bevans' picture with his right hand at first in the overhead shot, which becomes the left hand at the cut. (00:25:30)

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Episode #3.4 - S3-E4

Continuity mistake: Camille tests how hard it is to reach the room keys (answer; it is very easy). In close-up the key to 276 is unperturbed and with the actual key to the right of the rock, but in the wide shot the key is to the opposite side of the stone fob. (00:07:55)

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Episode #3.4 - S3-E4

Continuity mistake: At the concierge during the first interview, the phone rings. Simone asks "May I?" pointing with her left hand, which becomes the right hand after the cut. (00:09:00)

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Episode #3.4 - S3-E4

Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the episode, when Natasha Thiebert walks away from the table, she walks past the colleague in a loud blue and red shirt (Max). In the close-up when she looks back at the table though, Max passes her by again. (00:00:50)

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Episode #3.3 - S3-E3

Continuity mistake: A very disappointed Commissioner Selwyn Patterson walks away from the station' stairs and its resident goats. Dwayne then shows the firearm register's entry, but he does it with his left hand, right hand with a really odd flourish, and left again between shots. (00:35:00)

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Episode #3.3 - S3-E3

Continuity mistake: When Goodman and Bordey return to the police station after interviewing the Dragon Lady, the Defender's hood is fully in the sun as the Commissioner greets them, half in the shadow when they parked. (00:34:10)

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Dark Memories - S7-E7

Trivia: Spoiler; In this episode, for the first time the suspect (and eventual culprit) is not present for the ending confrontation, with a chance he'd get away with murder. The actor playing Samuel Palmer, Larrington Walker, died before the finale could be filmed.

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Question: Why did the cord on the wall phone in the police station change from straight in the early episodes to coiled later?

Answer: There's probably no particular reason. Sets and props on long-running TV shows often change as needed and for various reasons throughout a series run.

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