Factual error: Just before the fade-out of the first shot of Robin's limo in France, there are 3 street signs saying "Meyrargues 5 kms", "Marseilles 22 kms", "Aix-en-Provence 6 kms." It's an impossible triangulation; they are almost on a line, Marseilles is about 40 kms south of Aix, which is about 18 kms south of Meyrargues. (00:01:40)
Sammo
14th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
14th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: The valet brings the Ferrari in front of the club. Digger leans on it with her right hand, dollars in her left hand, but in the next shot the money is on the same hand she is leaning on. (00:07:00)
14th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: At the club, Rick teases Magnum about not being able to break the ice with Joy Doyle. He has his hand on the fruit juice glass, off it, and on it again. (00:05:05)
14th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Plot hole: After the farcical scene with Rick and TC playing Asian goons, Magnum says in his trademark voiceover; "I know what you're thinking. After the phony beach attack, I should have said goodbye", etc. But the staged attack was in a back alley, in the streets. There are a couple of deleted scenes that pop by in the teaser and never made it to the actual episode, plus an actual beach attack happening later, so it's hard to say what Magnum was referring to, but in the episode as shown, makes no sense. (00:12:50)
14th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Higgins is telling Magnum about the poison. Magnum asks, camera on him " Are you sayin' she wasn't kidding." A babe in a light blue bikini walks in the background, right to left. Cut to Higgins responding, which lasts 8 seconds, and the same woman is exactly where we left her walking behind Tom Selleck. (00:36:10)
14th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Louise pours coffee from the thermos - still hot overnight. The cup in her right hand has the handle pointed to the left (approx at 11 o'clock). Her sister and Higgins pop up from the door, and now the cup is pointed at 5 o'clock. (00:28:10)
14th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Louise praises the "masterful" way Magnum took the yoyos' punches; her hand jumps from one side of Magnum's chest to the other. (00:26:05)
14th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: At the end of the scene in the freshly painted guest house, Louise undoes a button on Magnum's shirt that has been undone all along. (00:27:20)
14th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Revealing mistake: The moment Magnum hops on the Ferrari ending the brawl on the beach with the two goons in ski masks, parallel to the tire tracks in the sand you can see others from a previous take. (00:23:25)
13th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum drives to meet Louise for, he believes, the last time. He's wearing a purple polo shirt, as opposed to the normal views where he dons a dark green one. (00:18:30)
13th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Revealing mistake: In Magnum's close-up as he looks at The Black Orchid, the scar prosthesis has a visible contour. (00:05:30)
13th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: It's windy when Magnum gets down to do some push-ups. In the close-up of the push-ups though, the spot he is exercising at changed, since the wind is reflected much more in the movement of the shadows of the ground. (00:04:45)
13th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the episode, two dealers are shot dead (or so it seems). However, they die at great distance from each other, but the one closer to the plane is conveniently snuggled close to the other guy when it's time for the plane to take off. (00:02:40)
9th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Other mistake: Twice in the episode it is explicitly said that Magnum's phone has been disconnected, and that Higgins checked with the phone company. Yet at the end, it turns out 'the lads' chewed on the cable. Surely the phone company wouldn't tell the estate manager that the line has been disconnected for billing problems (so, a well determined administrative issue with proper paperwork done) when it's a wiring problem.
9th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Magnum is going to deliver the blackmail money. As he gets out of the car in the aerial longshot, he has dark shoes, as opposed to the white trainers he sports during the episode. (00:13:20)
9th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Revealing mistake: After Magnum gets punched by Ted Danson, he drives off. Oddly enough, he drives by TC's van, parked in front of one of the villas of the area, and that has no business being there. (00:24:05)
9th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: In the climax of the episode, Magnum forces Amy to look away using the left hand, then the right hand. (00:42:00)
9th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Rick tosses the disgusting burger mess on the table inviting Higgins to "have some lunch", in the reaction shot on John Hillerman someone from out of frame puts down a bottle of Coops that is quite literally full to the brim. Next we see Rick laughing, but his bottle is half empty. (00:27:15)
9th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: When TC says "This ain't no lunch", his right hand jumps on the table, when it was off it when he dropped the burger in its box. (00:25:15)
9th May 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: Inside Frank La Rue's apartment, Magnum approaches his suitcase. The position of the suitcase in the POV shot does not match at all the following view. (00:19:40)
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