Plot hole: The plot resolution hinges on the fact that the culprit gave the illusion of the door being locked while the lock was already broken. And he did that by jamming under the door a rusty old fork, through the usage of a string. However, this appears really far-fetched to say the least; if the door was obstructed by an object under it, it would have not given way as if the lock was busted. It would have dragged, created a screeching noise and scraping the floor leaving visible marks (which considered it's a locked room mystery, would have been investigated). The person breaking in was Jack, even, who is supposed to be really perceptive and crime-savvy and not the average person.
Sammo
19th Mar 2020
Death in Paradise (2011)
19th Mar 2020
Death in Paradise (2011)
Continuity mistake: Mayor Catherine Bordey approaches Dwayne at the melon stand and talks him into forgiving his dad. During the conversation, she has direct sunlight on her right side (shoulder, face) in the shots with the camera closer to her, and no rays whenever the camera is closer to Danny John-Jules. (00:36:55)
19th Mar 2020
Death in Paradise (2011)
Continuity mistake: At the silver wedding anniversary, Leon gives his speech about what everyone needs to "over-stand"; his hand is on the microphone, off it, on it again, etc.. (00:35:00)
19th Mar 2020
Death in Paradise (2011)
Continuity mistake: Florence is listening to the tape recording with her arms folded. When Jack and Dwayne say that the two on tape had an affair, Florence makes a comment; her hand is raised open or on her upper arm depending on the angle. (00:33:10)
19th Mar 2020
Death in Paradise (2011)
Continuity mistake: The Commissioner visits Jack at his desk to get updates. Jack is busy with the tuning fork; during the sequence it is quite evident that the distance between his hand and the fork is different in the two main camera angles used. (00:32:00)
19th Mar 2020
Death in Paradise (2011)
Character mistake: JP says, twice, that the tapes found at the shack are from the same day Jasmine was murdered. Jack then says "June 5th, 1988." But as Commissioner Selwyn Patterson said, Jasmine was killed June 3rd. Jack repeats the date being the 5th later after the visit to Leon. Who's right, is anybody's guess. (00:14:25 - 00:31:20)
19th Mar 2020
Death in Paradise (2011)
Continuity mistake: Dwayne literally points out of the various pictures with Maya Oprey. JP asks him sarcastically if he wants to do the talking. Danny John-Jules ' hands are joined when he says "If I must", but he has folded arms in the next shot. (00:21:40)
19th Mar 2020
Death in Paradise (2011)
Continuity mistake: Time to examine the photo albums just found by JP; Jack has the open folder in front of him. He's about to flip the first page, but in the close-up that follows, he already flipped two; in the following cut he just flipped the first. (00:21:10)
19th Mar 2020
Death in Paradise (2011)
Character mistake: Interrogating Delmar Brown, Jack mentions to him that "Back in '85, the band went on tour to Europe." But the tour, as established by the Commissioner, Dwayne and Florence's bank statements, happened in 1988. (00:19:40)
19th Mar 2020
Death in Paradise (2011)
Character mistake: Commissioner Patterson begins the narration of the past events with a date, June 3, 1988. It's the day Jasmine died. When Dwayne a couple minutes talks about the band splitting, he mentions that there had been tension before that incident, and says that the band in the summer of 1988 had a tour planned, but Jasmine put a halt to it halfway through. It seems kinda difficult for someone who dies in early June, to put a halt halfway through a summer tour (and that fact being presented as something completely distinct from the person's death). (00:14:25 - 00:16:30)
19th Mar 2020
Death in Paradise (2011)
Continuity mistake: Jack and Florence are talking to Delmar Brown at his bar. Delmar pours himself some hard liquor, puts the glass down close by, and the glass simply disappears for the rest of the scene. (00:19:20)
19th Mar 2020
Death in Paradise (2011)
Continuity mistake: It's a locked room mystery, and to make it more obvious the pretty aide asks how was it possible for the killer to do it. Jack answers "There's the rub, Florence"; viewed from behind, Jack has both hands on the handkerchief, but from the front, just one. (00:04:35)
19th Mar 2020
Death in Paradise (2011)
Continuity mistake: When Jack declares that the case is "Still firmly open", JP has his hand above the belt, but his hand is down past the hip in the next shot. In the rest of the scene his arm position keeps being inconsistent; he has them open to different heights and°. (00:12:10)
19th Mar 2020
Death in Paradise (2011)
Continuity mistake: In his initial reconstruction of the struggle, Jack says."falls to the floor just here." JP has his hat in hand on the left side of his body. Then Jack continues "and then crawls forward", with no pause. In this new shot, JP's hat is on the right side and he in a totally different posture. (00:05:45)
19th Mar 2020
Death in Paradise (2011)
Continuity mistake: Crouched by the victim, Florence points out of the most likely murder weapon. Between shots she changes position on the floor, as easily shown by the large tiles on the floor; sometimes she has both feet on the same one close to the statue, other times she does not. (00:05:15)
19th Mar 2020
Death in Paradise (2011)
Plot hole: The way Jack narrates the murder does not make sense; according to him, the killer went first to grab the telephone, then back to the garden to kill the victim, then from there, he had to go, unnoticed and with his robe loose, back to the shack (which seems to be close to the entrance and the box where the phone was). Moreover, to stick the rope into the clay sculpture, especially the way we see it, not entwined into a ball but unfurled, he needed to disrupt the sculpture in a way that would have been noticeable, even if the clay was not entirely dry yet.
19th Mar 2020
Death in Paradise (2011)
Revealing mistake: Jack searches for Bryn Williams. We see the page with the results. Florence suggests him then to change to William Bryn, he types it, but the next close-up shows the results page with the query unchanged from before. Still, the bottom result (the top one are still all "Bryn Williams) is the one ("William Bryn") they are looking for. (00:16:20)
19th Mar 2020
Death in Paradise (2011)
Continuity mistake: At the harbour, Florence's ponytail is suddenly windblown in the shot when Jack says "I'd say that gives you a pretty good reason to want revenge." (00:37:15)
19th Mar 2020
Death in Paradise (2011)
Continuity mistake: Officer J.P. Hooper holds the wad of bills for an unnaturally long amount of time, but if it was for sake of continuity, too bad; he holds it with his arm at a different angle between shots (he did not have his elbow on the desk, and all of a sudden he does). (00:37:20)
19th Mar 2020
Death in Paradise (2011)
Continuity mistake: The detectives reach Cressida Friend on the beach. Jack waves around the letters with his right hand; his left hand is in his pocket in the front views, but it's on the waist in the wider shot. (00:32:00)
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