Episode #1.2 - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: The survivors are brainstorming. When Miss Brent says "I can imagine crossing paths with a doctor", the teacup is on the plate on her lap. Next shot and both are up mid-chest. (00:25:30)
4th Jun 2020
Episode #1.2 - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: The survivors are brainstorming. When Miss Brent says "I can imagine crossing paths with a doctor", the teacup is on the plate on her lap. Next shot and both are up mid-chest. (00:25:30)
4th Jun 2020
Episode #1.2 - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: The carpet drapes over General John MacArthur's face from left to right in close-up, from the right in the wider shot. (00:22:55)
4th Jun 2020
Episode #1.2 - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: When the men carry inside the corpse of the General, Emily Brent has her hands in front of her tummy or at her chest depending on the camera angle, and the Judge is fiddling with the pocket watch chain in close-ups, but not in the wider angles. (00:22:50)
4th Jun 2020
Episode #1.2 - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: When Miss Brent asks for a tea with "Lemon, not milk", her fingers are entwined. Next shot and her hands are pointed up, back to palm. (00:20:00)
4th Jun 2020
Episode #1.2 - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: During the chat between Emily Brent and Vera, Emily is spooling the wool moving her hand clock or counterclockwise, with the changes happening always between cuts, never when the view holds. (00:17:00)
4th Jun 2020
Episode #1.2 - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: Blore smells that the doctor has been drinking and tells him it's early to be "on the sauce." The doctor in his reaction puts his fingers under his chin in close-up, but in the shot before and after his fingers are on the cheek. (00:15:30)
4th Jun 2020
Episode #1.2 - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: Vera sits down with the General as he is looking out. An end of her scarf flips over her shoulder, and is or isn't there for the rest of the scene. (00:13:25)
4th Jun 2020
Episode #1.2 - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: By the sinister pit in the middle of the island, Lombard asks Blore; "Ever had a feeling you've been hunted?" Blore with the camera at a certain distance listens with his hand on the hip, in close-up he has both arms loose along his sides. (00:12:00)
4th Jun 2020
Episode #1.2 - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: When the doctor during breakfast has to defend himself from Vera's inquiries, Charles Dance has both hands on the table when filmed from his left, just the right hand when filmed from his right. (00:04:10)
4th Jun 2020
Episode #1.2 - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: During breakfast, Vera asks Armstrong "Was it you, doctor?" The Judge next to her is buttering the toast, which is an action he stopped doing, putting the knife down, in the previous shot. (00:02:00)
4th Jun 2020
Episode #1.1 - S1-E1
Continuity mistake: Inside Marston's room, Lombard opens the cocaine box picking the lid with the right hand, which turns into the left in close-up. (00:45:20)
4th Jun 2020
Episode #1.1 - S1-E1
Continuity mistake: Marston vomits blood which goes on Vera's cheek - it appears suddenly from one shot to the next, though. (00:44:20)
4th Jun 2020
Episode #1.1 - S1-E1
Continuity mistake: Miss Brent excuses Rogers saying "We'll ring if we require anything further." She says the phrase between two shots, during which the doctor is drinking at first, then he isn't. A similar event happens seconds later when the General speaks; Armstrong brings the arm up to drink, already brings it down at the cut. (00:39:30)
4th Jun 2020
Episode #1.1 - S1-E1
Continuity mistake: The doctor offers a glass containing a mild narcotic to Mrs. Rogers. She looks at her husband, who nods to indicate that she may take it. Without anyone near, the bottle of sleeping powder changed spot on the drawer. (00:37:20)
4th Jun 2020
Episode #1.1 - S1-E1
Continuity mistake: The fateful "Swan song" record begins to play, and the doctor is the first to be called out. He is smoking with the cigarette in his left hand, but when he bolts up, the cigarette in foreground is held by a right hand. (00:34:00)
4th Jun 2020
Episode #1.1 - S1-E1
Continuity mistake: Vera and Emily are having coffee after dinner. When Miss Blake tells Vera that her school must not be a particularly good one, Vera is picking up or putting down the cup depending on the shot. (00:33:30)
4th Jun 2020
Episode #1.1 - S1-E1
Continuity mistake: Marston asks the General which battles has seen his involvement. Lombard's cigarette loses an inch in the space of a cut. (00:32:15)
4th Jun 2020
Episode #1.1 - S1-E1
Continuity mistake: During the seething confrontation between Armstrong and Marston, several small continuity issues happen; Marston is looking or not looking towards Sam Neil, and when he mockingly extends his hand over the table, Toby Stephens' is on or off the table. (00:31:00)
4th Jun 2020
Episode #1.1 - S1-E1
Continuity mistake: When Marston asks the doctor if the Owens are "the fun-loving type", his hand is off the glass, but he's playing with it in the next shot. The mistake is confirmed by subsequent shots; he always has his glass when the camera is to his left, never when the camera is to his right. (00:30:00)
4th Jun 2020
Episode #1.1 - S1-E1
Continuity mistake: While Mrs. Rogers is cutting the roast, Wargrave is entertaining Miss Claythorne with his jokes. She takes a sip, lowers the glass, but in the next shot she's doing it again. (00:27:30)
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