Miami Vice

Miami Vice (1984)

91 mistakes in season 1 - chronological order

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Give a Little, Take a Little - S1-E10

Continuity mistake: When Crockett is arresting Rickert, he is wearing his badge around his neck. The badge is positioned in the centre of his chest when he is grabbing onto Rickert's chest, but when the shot cuts, the badge is over the right-hand side of his chest. Then in the next shot, the badge is over the centre of his chest again. (00:11:03)

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Little Prince - S1-E11

Continuity mistake: When the dealer runs into the bathroom after getting shot, there is a fish tank next to the door with a red ball shown in the left-hand corner. A few seconds later, when Trudy asks Crockett, "What took you so long?", the red ball is suddenly floating towards the middle of the tank and a green ball has appeared next to it. Then, a few seconds after that, when Crockett runs into the bathroom, the balls are closer to the left-hand side of the tank. (00:04:52)

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Little Prince - S1-E11

Visible crew/equipment: When Mark Senior is on the phone with a client, in the shot where he asks the client, "Why don't we take a hundred thousand shares next month?", a reflector screen can be seen reflected in his glasses. (00:18:18)

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Little Prince - S1-E11

Visible crew/equipment: Just before Tubbs sees the Miami Rescue Mission building, the scene opens with a car driving past the camera while Crockett and Tubbs are locking a door. When the car drives past, the camera crew can be seen reflected on it. (00:25:50)

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Little Prince - S1-E11

Continuity mistake: When Crockett and Tubbs are speaking with Mark Junior while the police are loading Mary's body into the van, Mark has his hands on top of the police car. His hands move closer to one another between shots. (00:40:10)

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The Milk Run - S1-E12

Visible crew/equipment: When Crockett and Tubbs are driving, just as Tubbs notices Louis going into the Senator Hotel, the van driving alongside the car that is used to film the scene can be seen reflected on the side of the car. (00:23:32)

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The Milk Run - S1-E12

Continuity mistake: When Louis Martinez sees the gunman about to shoot Eddie, he straightens up and yells his name. In the wide shot, however, he is back in his previous position, silent, and then starts to straighten up again. The fact that the scene is being played in slo-mo makes it more noticeable.

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Golden Triangle (1) (a.k.a. Score) - S1-E13

Continuity mistake: When the drugged-up man is grabbing hold of his wife, in the shot where he starts talking about pancakes to one of the hotel doors, the man has his right hand over the wife's left arm and the wife has her right hand on the man's right wrist. But in the next shot, the man's right hand is pulling on her hair and the wife has her right arm around. (00:01:02)

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Golden Triangle (1) (a.k.a. Score) - S1-E13

Continuity mistake: When the wife of the drugged-up man pushes him out of the elevator, there is a couple standing outside the elevator who get pushed to the floor. The man is lying on the left, while the woman is lying on the right. When the shot cuts, the woman is on the left and the man is on the right. (00:02:48)

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Golden Triangle (2) - S1-E14

Continuity mistake: When Castillo first sees May's son, she says, "He's my son, I'm married now," while rubbing her hand on his shoulder. When she finishes the line, her hand is over the front and back of his shoulder. When the shot cuts, her hand is only over the front side of his shoulder. (00:18:20)

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Golden Triangle (2) - S1-E14

Continuity mistake: When Dale gets out of the helicopter after arriving at Lao Li's house, he is wearing a light grey blazer with dark trousers and is holding a beige briefcase. A few seconds later, when he is speaking with Li, the blazer he is wearing is a darker shade of grey, the trousers are the same colour as his blazer, and the beige briefcase is now a black portfolio case. (00:23:20)

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Golden Triangle (2) - S1-E14

Continuity mistake: When Crockett and Tubbs confront Dale in his home, he puts on a robe after getting out of the bed. In the shot where Dale says, "What's that got to do with me? Get the hell out of here," his chest is covered by the robe. The shot cuts to Crockett, but when it cuts back to Dale, his chest is exposed. His chest remains exposed for some time, but when Crockett says, "You can kiss all of this goodbye," his chest is covered again, before being exposed when the shot cuts. (00:37:35 - 00:38:10)

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Sonny Crockett: Do you think this makes us even?
Laurence Thurmond: No, not at all. Is was just the best I had to offer.
Sonny Crockett: Aw, the hell with it. You want to be dead? Bang, you're dead.

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Trivia: Michael Mann was originally against casting Don Johnson. Prior to this TV series, Johnson had starred in four failed TV pilots.

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