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Episode #4.1 - S4-E1

Continuity mistake: Dwayne realises that he did not ask the cute girl's name, and looks at her now far away. Something is wrong with this shot of Joséphine Jobert and her derriere; walking down the same street there's the same couple that is having a drink right next to Dwayne (his black shirt with colourful drawings is not exactly hard to miss). (00:20:50)

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Episode #4.1 - S4-E1

Continuity mistake: Camille and Humphrey pass to each other and show Andre Morgan the key retrieved from the safe. They hold it positioning their fingers differently (tip of the key or closer to the rounded part) on the various shots. (00:18:50)

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Episode #4.1 - S4-E1

Continuity mistake: Lucy Thomson sits at a table outside while her brother Daniel is dealing with distillery paperwork. She puts her cell phone next to her. When it rings a few shots later, the phone is at the corner of that table. (00:15:45)

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Episode #3.2 - S3-E2

DI Humphrey Goodman: Hook-a-duck.
DS Camille Bordey: What-a-what?
DI Humphrey Goodman: Hook-a-duck. Every summer when I was growing up, a funfair would pitch up on the village green. There'd be a carousel and a ghost train and hook-a-duck. It's those little rubber ducks bobbing around on a paddling pool. You had to try and hook them with a little fishing rod and if you got the one with the star on its bottom, you won the most fantastic prize.
DS Camille Bordey: A-ha...what was the prize?
DI Humphrey Goodman: A goldfish. In a plastic bag.
DS Camille Bordey: You had a very dull childhood, didn't you?
DI Humphrey Goodman: Every year, I'd hook a duck
DS Camille Bordey: No star?
DI Humphrey Goodman: Not once.
DS Camille Bordey: HOW is that AT ALL relevant?
DI Humphrey Goodman: Probability. See, the odds were stacked against me. As are the odds stacked against the murderer killing his intended victim.
(00:09:50)

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Episode #2.5 - S2-E5

Officer Dwayne Myers: Hold on, Chief. Commissioner...
DI Richard Poole: ...wants us to focus on the bootleggers, but he'll have to wait. He's probably busy anyway, tucking into some lobster...or swallowing down an over-priced bottle of plonk...
Commissioner Selwyn Patterson: Or standing behind you.
DI Richard Poole: ...Or standing behind me. And as a gentleman and a scholar, able to take a joke in the spirit that it was intended.
Commissioner Selwyn Patterson: I'd happily take anything if you've some progress on my bootleggers.
(00:17:30)

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Episode #2.5 - S2-E5

DI Richard Poole: You know, my Grandparents had a dog called Laddie. Irish setter. You know, he was probably my best friend, you know, growing up. And when I was 11, he was he was hit by a milk...well, it wasn't a milk float, it was a milk van...Anyway, the point the point I'm trying to make is that...Look, it was very difficult for me, you know. And I was upset for weeks, months even.
DS Camille Bordey: Sir, Aimee was my friend, not a pet. That's different.
DI Richard Poole: No, no, of course, I was, I mean, that was just sort of just trying to show you I understand and can be supportive.
DS Camille Bordey: Yeah, well, you don't really seem to have any friends, so I'm not sure how you could possibly understand.
DI Richard Poole: He was a very clever dog, you know, he could do tricks.
DS Camille Bordey: Please, don't support me any more.
DI Richard Poole: No. Sorry.
(00:10:30)

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Episode #2.3 - S2-E3

Commissioner Selwyn Patterson: I'm going to let you run with this. For now. Not because I think you're right, but simply because there is something I've always wanted to say since I joined the force.
"You've got 24 hours to solve this case." Do we understand each other?
(00:24:30)

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Episode #3.8 - S3-E8

Continuity mistake: When the murderer is revealed, they cry admitting implicitly their guilt. Mascara runs down their cheek, but its trails disappear between shots, and changed are also the smears on the lower eyelid. (00:47:45)

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Episode #3.8 - S3-E8

Continuity mistake: In a rather blatant continuity mistake, Humphrey starts seated with his wife and two cocktails, which become a single cocktail glass when Dwayne and Fidel barge in. (00:35:00)

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Episode #3.8 - S3-E8

Other mistake: The timestamps on the CCTV screenshots indicate that the murder happened in early March (since they are from early February and they go back one month), but March already passed in previous episodes of the same season (gigolo calendar, bank statements). (00:29:00)

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