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Stumped in Murder - S6-E4

Officer Dwayne Myers: You sure you know what you're looking at, Chief?
DI Humphrey Goodman: Yes, yes, I think I know my spark plugs from my, uh...my seat belts. (00:17:50)

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Man Overboard: Part 1 - S6-E5

Catherine Bordey: If you love someone, you should tell them. Throw yourself at their feet and declare it to the world. Beg, if that's what it takes.
DI Humphrey Goodman: That's very French of you, Catherine.
Catherine Bordey: And so English of you not to.
DI Humphrey Goodman: Perhaps. I've made my bed, and I'll lie in it.
Catherine Bordey: Alone. (00:02:55)

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Man Overboard: Part 2 - S6-E6

DI Jack Mooney: My grandfather told me a story once, about these two wolves fighting inside all of us. And one of them is anger, envy, self-pity, regret. The other one is love, truth, faith, hope, that sort of thing.
And I asked him "which one of the wolves would win?" And do you know what he said?
"The one you feed." (00:18:15)

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Episode #3.2 - S3-E2

Stupidity: Throughout the whole episode, no effort at all is made to find out where were the chocolates purchased, and the bottle of champagne that accompanied the box(es) is completely ignored, not even addressed in a throwaway line (such as that it's too common to trace, or whatnot). It's not directly part of the murder trick so it not even considered. The explanation of why the other incriminating box is still there is also quite ridiculous, since the murderer is left alone for enough time to do strike again with a very timely effort involving her leaving the only room of her bungalow (which involves her, the most known and conspicuous person on set, stalk her in plain view for an undisclosed amount of time), but could not find a few seconds to take a walk a few feet away and bury the box in the sand or bushes, flush the poisoned chocolates down a toilet, throw them at sea, just about anything. It's a bit of chocolate and cardboard, not exactly hard to dispose of that in a big set in the wild.

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Episode #3.2 - S3-E2

Stupidity: Spoiler - In the flashback, apparently the killer 'framed' Susie by going as herself and on the phone going "Helloo, Susie speaking" next to the one guy that is a police informant - not the guy who sold her the fish poison. It would have made sense if she did that while she was buying the tetrodotoxin, but there's no way she could have known that that particular guy was going to talk to the police and they wouldn't be able to instead get a description from the original poison seller (that the police seems to ignore anyway and just let him deal unscrupulously - nobody has a good reason to own a bag of venom - in deadly substances).

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Episode #3.2 - S3-E2

Stupidity: The whole case could and should have been solved in 5 minutes if only the cops did what any normal cop would have done; once it became clear (very early in the case) which rare poison was used; trace where it came from. Which in this episode is depicted as being ridiculously easy (all it takes is send Dwayne to the docks to give 20 bucks to his buddy), and is instead resolved very late because it is relegated to a little side-quest Fidel has to deal ineffectively with while the main characters psychoanalyse people and air their dirty laundry.

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Episode #2.7 - S2-E7

Stupidity: For his experiment, Richard times Dwayne's departure with exact precision including a 3 count, getting angry because he 'cheats' taking off before it's over...but does that while the others, and himself, have yet to even get to their parallel parked cars. That makes no sense at all. (00:13:55)

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Episode #2.5 - S2-E5

Stupidity: For the plot to go the way it is shown, the police, that were specifically looking for poison from an unknown source, had to completely neglectful checking the trash bin (or they'd find a bottle with - literally - the name of the victim in big glitter letters, which is sure to draw attention!) and somehow miss the fact that the victim's food and drink were into a mess of shattered glass that made at best dubious which one her real glass was. Both are pretty huge oversights nobody seems to care about and that would have raised at least some suspicion from even the most casual investigator, especially when no poison was found in the glass.

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Murder in the Polls - S6-E8

Plot hole: When we see the murder happen in flashback, the killer stabs the victim wearing no gloves whatsoever, nor wipes the handle. In a very sportsman conduct, the victim also decides not to literally scream bloody murder as he gets stabbed, nor make any sort of sudden, noise inducing movement that would have instantly exposed what was happening. He gives their killer, apparently, all the time to go back to their accomplice before Catherine notices the blood pouring on the floor - how rude of him to silently bleed all over the booth without cleaning after himself. (00:41:45)

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Murder in the Polls - S6-E8

Plot hole: The murder happens where and when it happens because the candidate "is a very busy man", and apparently then the best course of action to kill him is doing it while he is casting his vote. At this operation, involving the other 2 candidates for the role, there is no press nor any normal voter, for no reason - not safety since Dwayne was not expected. Had they introduced the rich Victor Pearce as some sort of mobster surrounded by bodyguards, it would have been an acceptable plot idea, but the guy travels with his son as sole member of the staff and nothing about his characterization leads the viewer to believe that the only chance to murder him is for a rotund 62 years old lady in clogs to perform a Metal Gear stunt sneaking in undetected while a priest is facing the other way for 5 seconds and pray that nobody else shows up at the voting booth and all the others are taking their time to put a cross on a piece of paper.

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Murder in the Polls - S6-E8

Continuity mistake: Dwayne is staring at the boards after his superiors have gone to the church function. He says "JP..." and his younger coworker has his pen on the paper, but at the cut the pen hand is scratching his nose. (00:34:00)

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Murder in the Polls - S6-E8

Revealing mistake: The photo from the high school years of Edwina and the candidate is a photoshop Frankenstein where you can see the face of the actress pasted on someone else's head. (00:24:50)

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Murder in the Polls - S6-E8

Other mistake: Days in the series seem sometime to go on for unusually long amounts of time. In this episode, there's the exact opposite; the murder happens at 10 AM (which already seems awfully late for the opening of an election), the police obviously are called right away, Jack and Florence go to the station to discuss the case, and then all of a sudden it's a wrap when Dwayne and JP get back there with their findings. Unless they have searched the businessman's residence for over 6 hours while Jack and Florence have been doing next to nothing at the station, it makes no sense.

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Murder in the Polls - S6-E8

Continuity mistake: When Florence "Ehh!"s and "Shh-shh!"s Dwayne, she does it with one hand, which becomes two at the next shot. (00:13:00)

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Murder in the Polls - S6-E8

Continuity mistake: Jack receives the photos of both Reverend Matthew Dawson and his wife; during the sequence, the black marker switches hand from right to left, to right again, and is pointing sometimes up, sometimes down. (00:11:20)

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Murder in the Polls - S6-E8

Continuity mistake: Back at the station, Jack picks Peter Baxter's profile off Florence's pile. Action happens in two shots, and the marker in his hand does a 180°; black cap up/black cap down. The mistake happens again later, with Catherine's picture. (00:10:50)

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Murder in the Polls - S6-E8

Continuity mistake: After Judith Dawson's first testimony, Jack thanks her; Florence is just pretending to write and stops, but in the next shot she is back at it, scribbling her pad with the pen. At the end of this new shot, she stops writing, but is writing again in the next, all while DI Jack Mooney talks in continuity. (00:08:55)

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Murder in the Polls - S6-E8

Continuity mistake: Fire exit scene. Everyone turns around surprised by Jack's appearance in the opposite direction. Florence turns twice, though. (00:07:20)

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Murder in the Polls - S6-E8

Continuity mistake: DI Jack Mooney arrives on the scene of the crime. He is walking with his left hand on his chest in the first shot, but viewed from the side, his arm hangs low. (00:05:25)

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Murder in the Polls - S6-E8

Continuity mistake: Catherine is chatting with the not-so-bad candidate, who offers his support. She says "I'd like that" with a bit of her scarf that goes in front of her shoulder, unlike the previous shot. (00:01:45)

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