Factual error: The snub nosed revolver used by Miss Fisher, a J-Frame S&W, was not produced until 1950.
Continuity mistake: The victim in the close-up is dead with his hand under the bathroom table. But he was seen in the previous shot exhaling his last breath in front of it, with no contact at all with the wooden leg. And as crude as the chalk outline on the bathroom floor is, it is more consistent with that sort of distance and position. (00:00:50 - 00:06:50)
Continuity mistake: Early on, Miss Fisher and Doctor McMillan are strolling among the dockers in the background. But Miss Fisher hasn't disembarked the ship yet, that happens in the following scene. (00:01:45)
Continuity mistake: When Miss Fisher examines the bloodied letter, she holds it in her close-up with her index finger touching the side, while it's just hovering in the reverse shots. The height is inconsistent as well. (00:19:00)
Continuity mistake: When the music starts, Miss Fisher puts her glass down, behind Aunt Prudence to go dance with Sasha. Throughout the whole scene she had been the only one with a red drink, but this time she has a yellow drink like everyone else. (00:23:30)
Continuity mistake: When Miss Fisher holds the stockings Dot mended, she holds them fully folded in one shot, and with one leg dangling down in the next. (00:34:10)
Murder on the Ballarat Train - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the episode, when the little girl stabs the bad dude with the carving fork, she obviously stabs him in the thumb, while the close-up shows a perfect hit right into the center of the hand. (00:00:45)
Murder on the Ballarat Train - S1-E2
Factual error: The series is set in the late 20s, but in the restaurant car Eunice is reading "Bandit Love" by Juanita Savage, first published in 1931. (00:05:10)
Murder on the Ballarat Train - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: Right after Butler the butler shows the door to the fake aunt, when Jane tells miss Fisher "I can't", her ponytail is down her back, but over the shoulder in the shot before. (00:31:35)
Murder on the Ballarat Train - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: When the buff nephew of the victim is drying off, he places the towel next to him. The distance is greatly increased in the following shots. (00:38:40)
Revealing mistake: When the band in the nightclub performs the made up song "Mr. Music Man", the suave Mr. Stone, the musician Miss Fisher ends up dancing with, is doing one heck of an hilariously incompetent job at faking to play an instrument, basically playing air-banjo strumming about 3 inches above where the chords are, and wildly off tempo. In the closing bit of the song (as the singer sings "To sin") he even moves his hand at the side of the strings and not above them. (00:03:30)
Continuity mistake: When Miss Fisher is watching Charles argue with the future victim who grabs him by the lapel, she holds her drink from the top or at the bottom of the glass depending on the angle. (00:03:40)
Continuity mistake: As the police arrives on the crime scene, the body is lying with both arms spread on the floor. When Jack kneels by it for the examination, the dead man has one hand to his chest. (00:05:35)
Continuity mistake: In the scene with the chicken on the kitchen table, the chicken stands in different spots in the different shots. Also, it took a dump on the newspaper in between the first shot and the rest. (00:13:55)
Continuity mistake: When the two blokes who help Miss Fisher are playing darts, the close-up shows the dart sticking really close to the left line of the segment. When Miss Fisher is nearly impaled by Bert's off-target projectile, the dart on the board is better centered. (00:15:25)
Character mistake: Miss Fisher is shown tumbling her way into Leonard's apartment in a less than graceful manner, with a rather audible thump, and rolling on the floor and to her feet making quite a ruckus. Despite that, Bobby, who is presumed to be alert and on edge since he's breaking and entering, is completely oblivious of her presence. (00:16:30)
Factual error: When the compromising pictures of the lovers in bed are shown, it's also shown that some are taken in rapid succession, with Charles noticing, covering up, charging at the camera. All this quickfire shutter action would be really too much advanced paparazzi tech for the 20s! In the same episode Miss Fisher gets her mugshot taken and it's taken with a big and clunky camera. (00:20:00)
Factual error: At the police station, as Miss Fisher hands the food basket to Jack to walk away with Dot, a wall calendar indicating the episode as taking place on August 11, Thursday. The established year is 1928, so it should be a Saturday. (00:22:30)
Continuity mistake: Outside Mrs. Freeman's house, Miss Fisher is putting her gloves on. She puts on just the left glove, but walks to the car wearing a right glove and again has to put on the left one. (00:25:50)
Audio problem: When Miss Fisher is interrogating Stone and asks him "What's the matter Mr. Stone..." he's gulping down his liquor. She finishes the sentence ("cat got your tongue?") in a separate shot, and the sound of him just putting down the glass is heard. But if you look at the little bit of him that is poking in the foreground, he's puffing smoke instead. Kinda hard to do that with a mouthful of whiskey. (00:31:40)
Answer: Louisa's watch was broken during the struggle to get away from her attacker.
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