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Season 1 generally

Plot hole: There are several parts of the murderer's plan that are based on pure convenience and/or against all odds, moreso than in the novel due to particular choices in the aesthetics or plot. The murderer (who can't exactly sprint around with cat-like motions) gets to the General and kills him in a gruesome manner, reaching a victim entirely in the open, with the island lacking any cover, not even a tree. Vera happens also to scream providing a diversion; unlike the book, the killer does not do anything to induce her hallucination and split the group, nor sabotages the lights creating a dimly lit environment that makes the trick more plausible.

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Episode #1.1 - S1-E1

Factual error: Unlike Christie's novels, there is no explicit statement of the date - the original novel started on the August 8th, which is compatible with what is shown here; Vera is interviewed and the letters are all posted on August 2nd 1939, which would fit. However, there's a problem when Vera changes seats en route to Soldier's island. A passenger is reading the Daily Express, and the headline is from August 29th of that year. Too much time elapsed and it's the end of the Summer while the chat between Emily and Vera implies otherwise; it's also Tuesday but the doctor comments "It's been a long week" when he apologizes at dinner - the weekend feels a more appropriate time for a party and gathering as shown. (00:06:15)

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Episode #1.3 - S1-E3

Plot hole: The killer is meant to create the perfect crime, but the angle of the shot would make obvious to any forensics examiner that it's a suicide. There is practically no possibility for a person supposedly positioned across a long dining table to kill someone else with a shot under the chin. (00:55:50)

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Episode #1.3 - S1-E3

Revealing mistake: When Lombard looks at Vera after realizing she stole his gun, the unruly wisps of hair are on his left temple, while in the rest of the scene they are on his right. The shot is mirrored, as you can see that suddenly it's like he's wearing a woman's shirt, with buttons on the left. (00:38:45)

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Episode #1.3 - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: After the orgiastic party, the doctor is slow-dancing with a nearly passed out Blore. He tells him to look at the other couple; between shots Blore's head (as indicated by the hat) is tilted in opposite directions. (00:19:30)

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Episode #1.3 - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: Dr. Armstrong shouts at Vera to stop the high pitched noise she is making with her glass. She does, and then resumes it; the turns her finger counterclockwise under one camera angle, clockwise under the other. (00:09:25)

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Episode #1.3 - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: In the kitchen, the doctor asks the judge; "Why didn't you go and see?" Wargrave has both hands at the top of the cane, but in the next shot they are down, below the handle. (00:06:05)

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Episode #1.3 - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: When the fearful doctor asks "Where's she going? Where you going?" as Vera goes to make tea, he's holding his glass from above. In foreground in the next shot, he has his hand wrapped around it. (00:03:55)

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Episode #1.3 - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: Dr. Armstrong at the beginning of the episode squeaks that they should light a fire to signal the danger. Close-up on the judge, holding his cane with the sole right hand, thumb up along it. Next shot and he has both hands on the cane, thumb tucked in. (00:03:50)

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Episode #1.3 - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: In the first flashback of the episode, Vera prepares to be the batter.Behind her, a large lady with a green sweater walks twice, starting further behind the original position at the cut. She was also passing by earlier when the kid and her beau were playing on their own. (00:03:25)

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Episode #1.2 - S1-E2

Continuity mistake: Searching for the gun and the key, Armstrong frantically throws on the floor books from two shelves. The second time the shelf is in frame - when Judge Wargrave looks tired and shakes his head - the lower shelf looks fuller than in the first shot. (00:52:50)

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Episode #1.2 - S1-E2

Continuity mistake: After serving Miss Brent, Vera walks into the dining room. There is a coffee pot on the table, except in Vera's semi-POV shot when it's missing. (00:38:15)

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Episode #1.2 - S1-E2

Continuity mistake: When Miss Brent says to trust in God...but perhaps also lock the doors, Vera is a step away from the wall. She's leaning her back against it at the cut. Blore also disappears past his door but he has yet to go in in the next shot. (00:32:40)

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Episode #1.2 - S1-E2

Continuity mistake: When Judge Wargrave says "It is one of us", look at the reaction of the guests; Armstrong changes position from shot to shot (facing away from Vera, or towards her). (00:30:00)

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Episode #1.2 - S1-E2

Continuity mistake: When the Judge hands Vera the torn page, the top left corner is sticking out. On the contrary, in close-up that corner is missing. (00:29:25)

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Episode #1.2 - S1-E2

Continuity mistake: Throughout the scene in the library, Vera holds the cup she's drinking from with two hands, who keep switching position. (00:25:20)

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Episode #1.2 - S1-E2

Continuity mistake: In the flashback of Lombard's hiring, Audrey brings "the box" and leans on the desk with her left arm. Next shot, other arm. (00:26:25)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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