Miami Vice

Miami Vice (1984)

91 mistakes in season 1

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The Great McCarthy - S1-E8

Audio problem: When Tubbs meets up with Crockett on his boat after meeting with McCarthy and Gifford, the two have a small exchange before the scene ends. The dialogue appears to have been dubbed over as their mouths don't match the audio heard. (00:08:53)

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The Great McCarthy - S1-E8

Visible crew/equipment: When Crockett and Tubbs are chasing after the suspect in the bank centre, just after they run up the escalator, they continue running across the office floor. When this happens, the camera crew can be seen reflected in the window that they run past. (00:00:55)

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No Exit (a.k.a. Three-Eyed Turtle) - S1-E7

Deliberate mistake: Before breaking into Amato's house, Lester tells Crockett and Tubbs that they will have thirty seconds to shut off the alarm after opening the door. However, it takes the trio much longer than thirty seconds to find the alarm and disable it. The alarm is disabled much closer to fifty seconds after they open the door. (00:08:56 - 00:10:00)

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No Exit (a.k.a. Three-Eyed Turtle) - S1-E7

Continuity mistake: When Castillo is speaking with Crockett and Tubbs in his office, he picks up a small object from his desk. When Crockett and Tubbs leave the office, he is holding it with two hands and then removes his left hand from it. But in the next shot, he is holding it with two hands again. (00:07:30)

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One-Eyed Jack - S1-E6

Continuity mistake: When Crockett throws the bag of food to Elvis, Elvis is lying down. Then, in the shot of Elvis grabbing the bag with his teeth, he is sitting up. Then, in the shot after that, he is lying down again. (00:13:58)

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One-Eyed Jack - S1-E6

Continuity mistake: While trying to apprehend Elvis, one of the animal control women says, "He's gonna be tagged and released in the Everglades," to Crockett. When she says this, Crockett is holding the complaint paper with one hand. But in the next shot, he is holding the paper with two hands. (00:12:48)

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One-Eyed Jack - S1-E6

Continuity mistake: When Crockett and Tubbs are sitting on the boat while watching the apartment through the binoculars, Tubbs' jacket has raindrops on it that disappear from his jacket midway through the scene. (00:01:10 - 00:01:33)

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One-Eyed Jack - S1-E6

Audio problem: At the start of the episode, a bookie hangs up a call. The phone then starts ringing again, prompting him to answer the call. The sound of the phone ringing can be heard shortly before he hangs up the first call. (00:00:12)

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Calderone's Demise (2) - S1-E5

Continuity mistake: While Calderone is talking with Crockett at his home, he walks over to the back door while continuing to talk to him. He puts his right hand on the door frame while holding a wine glass in his left hand. When the shot cuts, the wine glass is in his right hand. (00:41:23)

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Calderone's Demise (2) - S1-E5

Visible crew/equipment: When Tubbs is driving to Angelina's house, there is a wide shot of Tubbs' car driving through the neighbourhood. During the shot, the shadow of the helicopter filming the scene can be seen cast on the beach towards the bottom right of the shot. (00:30:05)

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Calderone's Demise (2) - S1-E5

Continuity mistake: When Angelina is packing up her painting gear, just as Tubbs asks her if it is her boyfriend who is on the yacht, she is holding a wooden briefcase that is aligned with her stomach. When the shot cuts, the briefcase is aligned with her chest. (00:13:57)

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Calderone's Demise (2) - S1-E5

Continuity mistake: While talking with the chief in his office, in the shot where Crockett says, "No sign of Calderone at all, huh," he picks up a wooden stamp from the table. But in the next shot, the wooden stamp is back on the table. (00:11:25)

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Calderone's Demise (2) - S1-E5

Continuity mistake: When Tubbs asks the bartender if there is any way they can find Angelina, the bartender says, "Like I say, man, it's a small island." When he says this, Crockett raises his hand to his mouth so that he can smoke a cigarette. When the shot cuts, Crockett's hand is away from his face and then raises his hand to his face again. (00:10:50)

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Calderone's Demise (2) - S1-E5

Continuity mistake: When Tubbs hands the bartender a photo, Crockett removes a cigarette from his mouth and begins to put it out using the ash tray. The shot then cuts to focus on the bartender, and Crockett's hand is suddenly near his mouth again before lowering it. (00:10:15)

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The Hit List (1) - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: When Crockett is speaking with Lou on the boat, he is putting on a shirt. The shirt is shown to cover more than half of his abdomen in the first shot of him, but when he is shown from the perspective of Ludovici's sniper rifle, the shirt covers only his upper chest. (00:22:16)

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Cool Runnin' - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: When the Jamaicans are firing at the van that Crockett and Tubbs are in, there is one shot where the machine gun is held at a tilted angle. When the shot cuts, the machine gun is upright. (00:03:15)

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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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