Magnum, P.I.
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Billy Joe Bob - S2-E1

Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the episode, the titular character makes his way towards the club. He glances at the Ferrari parked there, its nose towards the club. A couple minutes later, Magnum drags him out of the club (no valets involved), and the Ferrari now is parked facing the opposite direction and with a total change of natural lights. (00:03:10 - 00:05:20)

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Billy Joe Bob - S2-E1

Other mistake: When Magnum sprints to the ocean at the end of the episode, his bare feet are remarkably clean for someone who has just run through a lawn freshly fertilized, with Higgins just shoveling it in his path. (00:47:40)

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Billy Joe Bob - S2-E1

Audio problem: Billy Joe manages to get through the not quite solid defenses of Ito. He shoos the geisha inside Ito's chambers and tels her "Go for a little while", with the actor's lips not moving at all except for "go." (00:43:35)

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Billy Joe Bob - S2-E1

Continuity mistake: When the three henchman are knocked out by Billy on the chopper, they land in distinct positions (the two rightmost ones are facing right), that change when Billy gets out of the helicopter. (00:42:40)

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Billy Joe Bob - S2-E1

Revealing mistake: When Billy Joe Bob downs the 3 Japanese goons hitting them with the skid of the chopper, only two (at most) are hit and on the chest, the other (again, at most) gets the impact of the other two knocked against him, and all of them land on soft grass. Yet of course they are unconscious and KTFO for good. (00:43:30)

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Billy Joe Bob - S2-E1

Character mistake: Magnum and Billy Joe Bob face one of Ito's goons. The guy is supposed to be competent with nunchakus, but he simply waves it around with no skill and in the close-up of his warrior yell, he strikes a pose with it but you can see at the bottom of the frame he misses the catch and does not grab the other stick. Obviously the extra was hired simply because of the looks and ethnicity but had never used this goon's supposed weapon of choice before. (00:24:55)

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Billy Joe Bob - S2-E1

Audio problem: Billy Joe Bob's "He got in my way" response to Rick who tells him to leave the club after busting Harland's jaw is noticeably inserted in post, rather poorly dubbed in with a change of levels and discontinuity in background sound. (00:04:50)

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Billy Joe Bob - S2-E1

Continuity mistake: In pure movie fashion, a runner is chased by a big Sedan and she keeps on the road instead of swerving to the side and hide behind the many trees and posts. She does change lane at one point, though; when she does that, notice that in the closer view she is passing by a tree that is not next to a lamp post like in the wider angle. (00:02:15)

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Billy Joe Bob - S2-E1

Continuity mistake: In the POV shot, when the car rams the jogger it sends a trash bin flying across, which is completely absent during the side view of the stuntwoman being tossed in the water. (00:02:20)

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Beauty Knows No Pain - S1-E18

Revealing mistake: When the guy tricked by Magnum gets out of the car, check out of the very right side of the frame. You can actually see the hand of one crew member releasing the garage jack's lock, so that, when the car is kicked, the relatively light impact is enough to release the hydraulic lift and make the car comically bounce back on the ground. (00:15:25)

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Beauty Knows No Pain - S1-E18

Revealing mistake: Magnum manages to shake off the 'government guy' by putting his car on a jack while Babs provides a distraction. But if you check the moment when the guy gets on the car, the back wheels are in frame and not at all off the ground as the clever ruse needs them to be. (00:14:40)

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