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
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)
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)
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)
Continuity mistake: During the interrogation of Mr. Rogers, the distance between the trumpet and the mute constantly changes between shots. And when he says "So what? Doesn't prove a thing!", Miss Fisher is holding her hand on top of the mute, instead of having her arms folded. (00:49:40 - 00:51:00)
Death at Victoria Dock - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Miss Fisher tends to the fatal wound of the victim, she slips one glove off, using it to plug the hole in his chest. She suddenly then has both gloves off. Even assuming the montage implies a lengthier amount of time elapsed, when she takes the box from the dying guy her hand is all bloodied up, but it shows much cleaner in the following shot. (00:03:40)
Death at Victoria Dock - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: As Miss Fisher gulps down her stiff drink thanking Butler the butler, she holds her hand in her lap all bent and twisted in a quirky claw shape. There was no indication of it in the previous shot, where she was simply rubbing her thumb. (00:06:35)
Death at Victoria Dock - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Constable Collins is showing Inspector Robinson the sketched tattoo, he is holding the notebook differently in the reverse shot (the close-up has his index to the far corner). (00:10:00)
Death at Victoria Dock - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: As they are waiting for the events to unfold at the bank in Church street, Miss Fisher tells the constable to try and look natural. The poor nervous chap holds his hand on the lapel of the coat at a different height between shots. (00:48:30)
Continuity mistake: In her bedroom with Dot discussing the whereabouts of the soldier, Miss Fisher has her bare feet crossed and touching in the side shots, but separate in the closeups of Essie Davis. (00:15:15 - 00:16:00)
Continuity mistake: When Miss Fisher is summoned in the inspector's office, initially in front of Jack the desk is clean, just papers. In the rest of the scene, two pens make a sudden appearance. (00:26:20)
Answer: Louisa's watch was broken during the struggle to get away from her attacker.
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