Magnum P.I.

Die He Said - S1-E8

Continuity mistake: After discovering the body in the trunk, Magnum sets a meeting up with the bad guys. When they get out of the car, in the longshot the car and all the ground around it are in the sun; in the closer view the car casts a large shadow. (00:29:10)

Sammo

Die He Said - S1-E8

Continuity mistake: When Bobby asks Magnum to see the message from his brother William Malua, Magnum holds the phone with 2 fingers on top in the close-up, 3 fingers on top in the other shot. (00:33:30)

Sammo

Die He Said - S1-E8

Continuity mistake: In the hospital waiting room, Rick and Magnum answer in unison "Brooks" to TC. TC in that same shot lowers his hands, but they are up (so he can lower them) in the next close-up. (00:36:15)

Sammo

The Ties That Bind - S1-E9

Continuity mistake: Magnum goes upstairs with Amanda's mom and dad and finds her on the bed browsing the family album. Pay special attention in close-up; the leftmost is a brightly lit portrait-style picture. Makes rather noticeable that Amanda is turning the same page over and over in the different separate shots. (00:03:25)

Sammo

The Ties That Bind - S1-E9

Continuity mistake: During the yoga training, Higgins asks Amanda "You think I do this to stay in shape?" Amanda's braids are both in front of her shoulders, but when she gives her a quizzical look the right braid is behind the matching shoulder. (00:08:55)

Sammo

The Ties That Bind - S1-E9

Continuity mistake: Detective Gordon Katsumoto passes his phone to Magnum so he can check out of the ziplock wounds. Magnum holds it with his left hand, in close-up too. New shot, and he's holding it in his right hand. (00:10:20)

Sammo

The Ties That Bind - S1-E9

Continuity mistake: During the yoga training, Amanda falls forward during a toestand. Higgins in the wider shot is touching her back, while her hand was lower in the first shot; also she falls with her hand within the platform, but as Apollo hops over to lick her face, her arm is off the platform. (00:11:00)

Sammo

The Ties That Bind - S1-E9

Continuity mistake: After Amanda Sako botches a pose and talks with Higgins, she asks her "What makes you such an expert" while Perdita Weeks is leaning forward, taking the arm away from the knee to move the hand over the other leg on mat. At the response about age, she is in the same pose she began the previous shot in, with the arm over her raised knee. (00:11:35)

Sammo

The Ties That Bind - S1-E9

Continuity mistake: Amy Hill holds the book with the picture of the uhiuhi plant with her hand on top of the junction between pages in close-up. Nowhere near there in the previous and following shot. (00:14:50)

Sammo

The Ties That Bind - S1-E9

Continuity mistake: TC rings Magnum with a lead about the quad bikes rented out. Magnum instantly leaves to pursue that - however, in the first shot of him riding into the sunset with the Ferrari he is wearing a different (light blue) shirt and is alone in the car, while he arrives to his destination wearing the navy henley he had on all along, and with Higgins at his side. (00:23:55)

Sammo

The Ties That Bind - S1-E9

Continuity mistake: Magnum and Higgins are checking out of the fourth address TC gave them; they walk around a palm tree in the first shot, and the street and asphalt are in the shadows. Reverse shot when they talk about 'mansplaining' and that part of the road is all nice and sunny. (00:24:30)

Sammo

The Ties That Bind - S1-E9

Continuity mistake: Higgins sees from the live security cameras that Alan Sako arrived on the 22nd floor, elevator doors -just - starting to close. Then some humorous bickering ensues between Magnum and her; you'd think the two would have better things to do in a highly time sensitive life-or-death situation than go for gags for the audience, but no worries; when she looks back at the monitor 15 seconds later, Sako is still there with the elevator doors that are still closing behind him. (00:33:25)

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Bad Day to Be a Hero - S1-E10

Continuity mistake: During the conversation with Icepick, his hand has perfect consistency as far as the pose goes, with one finger stretched along the receiver. What changes is the position of the hand, though; you can tell that between shots the tip of his forefinger is lower or higher up on the intercom phone, sometimes so high to be off the top of it. (00:07:00)

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Bad Day to Be a Hero - S1-E10

Continuity mistake: Rick gets to Robin's Nest after the unsuccessful chat with Icepick. TC and Magnu mare browsing "FlicPhoto." Magnum pushes a button, one photo loads, but in close-up it's a different one. (00:09:15)

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Bad Day to Be a Hero - S1-E10

Continuity mistake: Higgins and Thomas are walking in the hotel arm in arm. In the establishing shot there are two women talking almost in front of the sliding doors, but one is gone at the cut. Similarly, the distances between the other people in the hall are not consistent. (00:10:45)

Sammo

Dark Skies - S5-E8

Character mistake: Higgins and TC are investigating a drug smuggler camp in Maui. TC sees a box of cigarettes and says the people in the camp must be Latino because the cigarette box is in Spanish. Wrong. The box says Cigarillos, which are small, short cigars. If the box was in Spanish it would say Cigarrillos, which is cigarettes in Spanish.

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