16th May 2020
The Woman on the Beach - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: Magnum picks a figurine up from Higgins' diorama; he does it in close-up, where the remaining character, going by main garment's color, are (left to right); white - green - orange. Rest of the scene, they are green - orange - white. (00:20:35)
16th May 2020
The Woman on the Beach - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: Smoking his cigar, Magnum is checking out Tybald's figurine having a very different posture in the two shots. (00:20:40)
16th May 2020
The Woman on the Beach - S2-E3
Factual error: The opening sequence is set in "Summer 1945", and the librarian mentions as well the season; summer. The prop that Magnum is checking out though, has a headline identifying it as April 17, not quite summer. (00:17:55)
16th May 2020
The Woman on the Beach - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: Henry Ellison puts down on the table a gold lighter that keeps changing position throughout the scene in his study, going from straight to angled several times. (00:15:50 - 00:16:55)
16th May 2020
The Woman on the Beach - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: Rick spots the portrait of the mysterious woman on the beach (who apparently always wears the same clothes); the clock hands are at 12:10 when he stands and approaches it. In close-up it's twenty to 4. (00:16:10)
16th May 2020
The Woman on the Beach - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: Inside Henry Ellison's office, he starts the interview chewing on a cigar, which is in is hand in the reverse shot. (00:15:45)
16th May 2020
The Woman on the Beach - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: Sara puts a hand on Rick's shoulder as he goes to get more wine. Her face now has more hair strands loose down her cheek and temple. (00:12:40)
16th May 2020
The Woman on the Beach - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: The Woman on the Beach is actually on the beach and talks to Rick. She says; "I wish I could be that way" across two shots where the position of her scarf changes completely. (00:11:55)
16th May 2020
The Woman on the Beach - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: Rick asks Kemo the bartender for a cigarette. In the background, a man in black walks by a tiki torch. Cut to Kemo for a second as he hands him the cig, and when Rick is back in frame, the man in black is walking by another tiki torch that was several meters earlier in his path. (00:09:00)
16th May 2020
The Woman on the Beach - S2-E3
Other mistake: First scene set in present day. Exterior shot of Rick's club. A sign says "King Kamehameha Club - Est.1905", In the previous season, episode 11 was focused on the club itself, and Magnum met the landlord, Mr. Sidney Dollinger, who explicitly said "I founded that club for the people.", and Magnum, regretting accusing him, mentions that he blamed "an 80-years-old man." Even assuming he was not precisely 80 in 1981, in 1905 he still would have been a pre-teen or barely a teenager, not the rich planter who founded Hawaii's most exclusive club donating a vast domain to it. (00:05:30)
16th May 2020
The Woman on the Beach - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: The woman in white leans over the back of a chair and clears her throat to discreetly shoo away an officer with his belle. There's difference in lighting between close-ups and the rest, and the position of the loose end of her scarf changes as well. (00:02:45)
15th May 2020
Revealing mistake: When Magnum socks the detective, The Turk starts going down with the punch almost before Magnum swings. (00:33:35)
15th May 2020
Other mistake: The episode opens with the Coast Guard finding the boat owned by Marion's father empty. It's a small sailboat. Later Magnum visits it with Marion, and the boat is a small double decker yacht that looks entirely different. (00:01:50 - 00:09:30)
15th May 2020
Continuity mistake: Marion and Magnum walk to the taxi for the goodbye. He opens the door, and her hair is all behind her back. Switching to the frontal view, she has her ponytail in front of the left shoulder. (00:46:00)
15th May 2020
Continuity mistake: To nobody's surprise, Magnum emerges from the ocean unscathed. Between shots, his hand and Rick and the villain's change positions. (00:45:15)
15th May 2020
Continuity mistake: After the culprit and Marion are aboard safely, there's a shot of Magnum with the bomb in close-up, followed by another one where the timer went back almost at the starting point. (00:44:40)
15th May 2020
Continuity mistake: Magnum puffs holding Keone's photo with his right hand - which was both hands before the sudden cut. He then drops the photo on the table, but when he digs the map from underneath the pad, the photo changes position entirely again during a sudden cut. (00:29:30)
15th May 2020
Plot hole: Magnum asks Mac to "put together a list of ships that went down in that channel in the last 200 years." He gets the list, and it turns out of the ship of interest, amongst the many, is the Eldora, "a Spanish galleon used to carry the plunder back from Spain's numerous conquests." That sounds like something quite more ancient than 200 years, however it can be said that galleons were still in use in the early XVIII century. However, when Professor Martinez hears the news, she says that it supports her theory of early contacts between native Hawaiians and Conquistadores, which would put it centuries off range again. It also begs the question; why would the US Navy intelligence know of that galleon (but without any location or additional info) but the scholar at the university who is studying and publishing a book on that very subject is totally oblivious about it? Even Higgins heard about it.
15th May 2020
Continuity mistake: Higgins wants to show Magnum the rare Kudu buck in a book. Picking it up from the shelf, causes 3 other books to lean forward. In the close-up that follows, just one book is misplaced. (00:26:30)
15th May 2020
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