Continuity mistake: When the lieutenant notices the blood on the rug, there is a blurry stain along with several drops of bright red blood. In the close-up, the drops are gone, and the lighting shift makes the brown rug appear grey.
Continuity mistake: When Jessica tells the goon that the doctor went inside, the man is holding the car door. A shot later, he is no longer holding it. This swaps back and forth.
Continuity mistake: While driving Jessica home, the lieutenant's seat belt alternates between being buckled and unbuckled from shot to shot.
Continuity mistake: Salvatore spills wine on the table, but in the very next shot, the tablecloth is completely spotless.
Continuity mistake: When discussing her pregnancy, Denise's hand placement on her bosom changes in every single shot, shifting position from angle to angle.
Continuity mistake: When Nicole tells Vaclav that she's engaged, the position of his hands is inconsistent: in the close-ups, they are raised, while in the wide shots, they are lowered. This alternates back and forth.
Ballad for a Blue Lady - S7-E9
Continuity mistake: When Patti Sue is serving ice cream, Jessica's arm alternates between raised and lowered positions across instant cuts.
The Return of Preston Giles - S7-E7
Continuity mistake: When Preston is having lunch with Ross, he places his hands under the table. In the following shot, they are back on the table, and he is then shown putting them away again.
Continuity mistake: When Jessica greets Fred at the inn, the way her napkin is folded on the table changes between instant cuts.
Continuity mistake: When the sheriff grabs the bottle, his palm is facing upward to avoid leaving fingerprints on it. However, as he walks toward the exit, in the subsequent exterior shot he is holding the bottle with his palm facing downward. While there may have been a split second in which he could have changed his grip, the entire point of the scene is that he avoids touching the bottle altogether.
Continuity mistake: When Jessica arrives at the mortuary, she places her handbag over her left shoulder. Upon entering, she is holding it with her left hand.
Continuity mistake: The rosary wrapped around dead Hannigan's hand changes position between shots.
Deadly Misunderstanding - S7-E2
Continuity mistake: Throughout the episode, Jeff's hair appears very dark brown, almost black. In the rainy night sequence when he meets Melissa, his hair is dark black in the classroom—likely due to being wet—but shifts to a noticeably brighter light-brown tone once it dries. In subsequent scenes, it returns to its original dark brown colour. This variation cannot be attributed to lighting, as in multiple other interior scenes his hair remains consistently dark brown.
Deadly Misunderstanding - S7-E2
Continuity mistake: Floyd holds the gas canister with either one hand or both hands, depending on the shot.
Deadly Misunderstanding - S7-E2
Continuity mistake: When Melissa is reading a magazine at home with her husband, the page count jumps inconsistently between shots, shifting from page 3 to page 50 depending on the angle.
Answer: At the start, Edward told Jessica that he loved the changes she'd made to her new book. Later, as his mental condition declined, he said the book was terrible and he wouldn't publish it until she made improvements. Edward's later note to Jessica was to apologise for saying her novel was bad and that he had been right about it the first time.
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