Sammo

11th Apr 2020

Death in Paradise (2011)

11th Apr 2020

Death in Paradise (2011)

Episode #4.5 - S4-E5

Continuity mistake: Before the phone rings, the new DS asks "And you?" to the goofy inspector, who is rubbing his foot with his wet sock in the left hand. Cut, and he's rubbing it with both hands all of a sudden. Florence's hands also equally suddenly go from above to below the belt. (00:04:30)

Sammo

11th Apr 2020

Death in Paradise (2011)

Episode #4.5 - S4-E5

Continuity mistake: In the intro, Cheryl Moore says "We are going to break America"; her arms are raised, and yet mid-sentence in a cut when she's just partially in frame, she has them low. (00:01:10)

Sammo

11th Apr 2020

Death in Paradise (2011)

Episode #4.4 - S4-E4

Other mistake: On the first day of investigations, Florence says that "two days ago" the victim withdrew a large sum of money. A CCTV shot is shown later in the episode, establishing that day as March 9th 2015 - remarkably consistent with the date of the previous episode and the coroner's report. So it is the 11th, and the investigation concludes on the 12th, a Thursday. However, at the end of the episode, Dwayne says that it's Saturday.

Sammo

11th Apr 2020

Death in Paradise (2011)

10th Apr 2020

Death in Paradise (2011)

10th Apr 2020

Death in Paradise (2011)

Episode #1.4 - S1-E4

Stupidity: Richard is hellbent on proving what really happened, but he sits for more than a whole day on a vital piece of evidence (the phone), does not check it, and despite the fact that the victim was reported being in heated arguments with someone on the phone, he asked for no record of the calls (nor checked whose phone was it, which would have required simply inspecting the SIM card), which would have cracked the case instantly.

Sammo

10th Apr 2020

Death in Paradise (2011)

Episode #2.4 - S2-E4

Stupidity: It's pure film logic, that a geologist would make a note (to himself, even) and write down together with the element, also its atomic number (not the mass number identifying the isotope, but just the common atomic number, who is always the same regardless).

Sammo

10th Apr 2020

Death in Paradise (2011)

Season 1 generally

Revealing mistake: In most episodes of the season, the computers at the station lack the power cable. It might make sense in the very first episode when it is mentioned that they aren't in a working state, but under Richard's guidance they routinely use it afterwards. For instance in episode 3 Camille during Tom Hilton's interview, Camille is looking at an active computer screen despite it being unplugged.

Sammo

10th Apr 2020

Death in Paradise (2011)

Episode #4.4 - S4-E4

Continuity mistake: In the sequence with Camille handing Humphrey the marker that tips his conscience, he is holding the cork in different ways between the various shots. (00:34:35)

Sammo

10th Apr 2020

Death in Paradise (2011)

Episode #4.4 - S4-E4

Continuity mistake: Camille answers the phone of the police station. Humphrey is biting his nails...but it's the nails of his left hand in one shot, right hand in the other. (00:30:00)

Sammo

10th Apr 2020

Death in Paradise (2011)

Episode #4.4 - S4-E4

Continuity mistake: Catherine arrives bringing beer. She puts one next to Camille, and the neck label is positioned with the part with no logo facing the camera. In the following close-ups of Sara Martins though, the yellow circle with anchor logo is facing the camera. (00:24:20)

Sammo

10th Apr 2020

Death in Paradise (2011)

Episode #4.4 - S4-E4

Continuity mistake: Humphrey uses a blue paper tissue to try and write down the pros and cons list; in the table close-up, the cup of goobers and the coaster are roughly aligned on the same plank, while they are at greater distance in the other shots. (00:23:40)

Sammo

10th Apr 2020

Death in Paradise (2011)

10th Apr 2020

Death in Paradise (2011)

10th Apr 2020

Death in Paradise (2011)

Episode #4.4 - S4-E4

Continuity mistake: Humphrey speaks with the groom, and then walks away. He moved barely a couple meters, and walking on the dock there are extras (the woman in purple that was shopping at the stall, and the woman sitting by the boat.) that made rather significant jumps in space and time to be there. (00:16:55)

Sammo

10th Apr 2020

Death in Paradise (2011)

Episode #4.4 - S4-E4

Continuity mistake: Commissioner Selwyn Patterson sneaks into the police station. Dwayne spots him; in close-up, the table lamp is angled lower and switched on, as opposed to the rest of the scene. (00:13:00)

Sammo

10th Apr 2020

Death in Paradise (2011)

10th Apr 2020

Death in Paradise (2011)

Episode #4.4 - S4-E4

Continuity mistake: Florence unfurls the evidence bag twice in different ways in separate shots when Goodman mentions that the victim couldn't have opened the door coming out of the tub, and similarly moves the pink scrapbook to her left twice. (00:07:30)

Sammo

10th Apr 2020

Death in Paradise (2011)

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