Death in Paradise

Dark Memories - S7-E7

Other mistake: The victim is said to have died between 10 and 11 but the neighbour put his bins out at midnight and heard the fight.

Dark Memories - S7-E7

Continuity mistake: When Jack declares that the case is "Still firmly open", JP has his hand above the belt, but his hand is down past the hip in the next shot. In the rest of the scene his arm position keeps being inconsistent; he has them open to different heights and°. (00:12:10)

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Dark Memories - S7-E7

Continuity mistake: In his initial reconstruction of the struggle, Jack says."falls to the floor just here." JP has his hat in hand on the left side of his body. Then Jack continues "and then crawls forward", with no pause. In this new shot, JP's hat is on the right side and he in a totally different posture. (00:05:45)

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Dark Memories - S7-E7

Continuity mistake: Crouched by the victim, Florence points out of the most likely murder weapon. Between shots she changes position on the floor, as easily shown by the large tiles on the floor; sometimes she has both feet on the same one close to the statue, other times she does not. (00:05:15)

Sammo

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").

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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)

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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)

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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)

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Trivia: A bit of the episode has been cut for the streaming releases; at the end of the scene with Humphrey taking Martha's luggage, he would make a date with her for the next day, to cook dinner for her at 8. This has been eliminated probably because it created timing issues with 8 PM being too well lit (in contrast with the supposed timing of the murder) and the ending takes place at Catherine's for a cute drinking scene anyway. (00:22:50)

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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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