Episode #4.7 - S4-E7
Continuity mistake: Dwayne chickens out of the team-building exercise and the phone rings. Goodman puts momentarily his hands to his hips but leaves instantly the position letting the jacket loose - yet at the cut with everyone trying to storm back in saying "I'll get it", he has still his hands on the hips, keeping the jacket pulled back. (00:22:45)
Episode #4.7 - S4-E7
Continuity mistake: After the failed team-building exercise, news from the pathologist reopen the case. In the close-up of Danny John-Jules saying "Great...", he has his hands on his hips, but in the rest of the sequence his arms are along his sides. (00:23:20)
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)
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)
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)
Episode #4.7 - S4-E7
Continuity mistake: During the conversation when Humphrey refuses to declare the case closed, Kris Marshall's left arm points at different heights or is just under his chin, changing at every cut. (00:19:40)
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)
Episode #4.7 - S4-E7
Character mistake: Annette Burgess calls herself an "Inspirational entrepreneuress." That word just does not exist. It's 'female entrepreneur", or "entrepreneuse." (00:11:55)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Episode #4.6 - S4-E6
Continuity mistake: In the shot when Dwayne boasts about knowing most of the bookies on the island, DI Humphrey Goodman in the foreground has his hands on his waist, in contrast with the shot before and after - arms relaxed down his sides. (00:32:25)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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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