Visible crew/equipment: After Carrie admits the whole thing was her idea, next we hear the voiceover welcoming everyone to the tennis tournament, and when it cuts to Magnum shouting, "No way," as he walks through the doorway with TC, 9-bank lighting equipment and director's chairs are visible right outside the door. (00:33:35)
Visible crew/equipment: When Higgins enters the guest house he walks down the stairs, and just as he comments about Rick's glass jaw, the actor's black T-mark is visible on the rug beside the couch. (00:33:45)
The Eighth Part of the Village - S3-E3
Visible crew/equipment: When Sato's car starts driving away he passes Magnum driving with Asani in the back seat, and as the Audi pulls up to the house, the reflections of two plastic T-marks (which are on the ground out of view) are visible on the surface of the car. (00:45:40)
The Eighth Part of the Village - S3-E3
Revealing mistake: When Sato arrives at the estate he exits the car then walks with his two guards towards Higgins, and in the wide shot as Higgins and Sato face each other for the first time, note all the small branches strategically placed on the grass to mark the four actors' proper positions for blocking the shot. (00:41:20)
Visible crew/equipment: When Rick and AJ return to Harold's hotel suite they join Harold on the balcony, and when Harold keels over onto the floor, the reflections of crew and location set lighting are visible on the glass door. (00:36:45)
Visible crew/equipment: When Magnum returns to the estate he gets out of the Ferrari and runs, then promptly falls when he leaps over the wall, and while Magnum's on the ground the black T-mark is visible on the grass. (00:41:20)
Deliberate mistake: When the Simon brothers are parked across the street from the entrance to Robin's Nest, with Harold Sands in the back seat, Rick uses binoculars to have a closer look at the estate. In the POV shot from within the binoculars, the estate's entrance gate with a sign on the bricks is backwards, revealing it as a flipped shot. (00:12:40)
Did You See the Sun Rise? - S3-E1
Deliberate mistake: When Greene, Magnum and Rick are flying in the chopper going after TC, their first few closeups are all flipped, note their seated positions, backwards shirt buttons, cap lettering, etc. In later closeups their seating positions are in the proper place. (00:35:05)
Did You See the Sun Rise? - S3-E1
Deliberate mistake: When TC is flying the stolen Loach toward the Japanese delegation, there are multiple exterior flipped shots showing the stolen helicopter backwards. There are also flipped closeups of TC while flying, note position of his helmet mic, etc. (00:34:35)
Did You See the Sun Rise? - S3-E1
Continuity mistake: When Greene shows Magnum the photograph of Nuzo, in this closeup Nuzo is wearing a black shirt and a black band around his forehead, but when Greene places the photo on the desk it's completely different, with the subject wearing white and no headband.
Did You See the Sun Rise? - S3-E1
Visible crew/equipment: When Colonel Greene is told that Mac is in Trauma, he walks into the room alone and in a moment Magnum joins him. There's a ceiling mounted domed light above Mac, and it shows the upside-down reflection of a crew member wearing a short sleeved red shirt. (00:37:15)
Two Birds of a Feather - S3-E19
Revealing mistake: Sam takes off from Van Nuys on his Super Stearman. We'll see him in Waco do all sort of acrobatics...but when he is first shown in the air right after talking with Richard Roundtree, you get a glimpse of another cockpit where the real pilot is, strapped with the safety belt that pokes in frame. (00:20:30)
Character mistake: Higgins at the bar orders "Glencadam on the rocks", but it's been established since the pilot episode that he loathes ice in his drink of choice. (00:23:55)
Revealing mistake: In the classic ending of the episode, there's an obvious use of a dummy who falls in unnatural, stiff motion. (00:45:35)
Continuity mistake: Magnum and TC are looking closely at Magnum's client punching the lights out of his sparring partner. After a brief cut to the boxer finishing the guy off, TC suddenly has a baseball hat on. (00:33:40)
Continuity mistake: After the introductory scene in Ulster, Father Paddy McGuinness flies to Hawaii. The United airlines plane shown approaching the islands though is two different planes; the colors are different. In flight it has a horizontal gradient red and blue stripe, the second plane, shot during its landing, has a blue horizontal stripe with a red wave-like strip underneath. (00:06:45)
Continuity mistake: During the farewell to Brigadier Faulkes and Father McGuinness, the people in the background never transition from one shot to the reverse, effectively disappearing. (00:42:00)
Continuity mistake: The rosary in Father Paddy's hand changes position - look at the metal tag - before and after Higgins' exits his room. (00:32:00)
Continuity mistake: Right after the scene at the rooftop bar is a wrap, there's a shot of TC's helicopter that features a different serial number from the normal one, and padded skids. Next shot and the skids slimmed down. They go back to the padding for other shots after Magnum photographs the cetacea. (00:27:00)
Continuity mistake: When Higgins raises his glass for a doomed to fail toast to the Queen, the level of so called scotch in his plastic cup changes between shots. (00:25:35)
