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: 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)
Ruddy Gore - S1-E6
Continuity mistake: When Miss Fisher takes the slip of paper off the victim's sleeve, she holds it by the right side in the close-up, left side in the previous and following shot. (00:09:50)
Murder in Montparnasse - S1-E7
Continuity mistake: When Thommo passes away, Bert is holding him and looks stupefied. All of a sudden between shots his pal by him has put a comforting hand on his back. (00:17:45)
Death at Victoria Dock - S1-E4
Revealing mistake: At the end of the episode, Miss Fisher talks to Mr. Waddington about her compensation of choice in front of a matte paint of the background. (00:54:20)
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)
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)
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)
Factual error: Looking at the lending list card, we see that Saul returned the book on the 26th of August 1928, a Sunday (when we assume the privately owned store would be closed), and more importantly, that his last name changed: from Saul Michaels as he was mentioned in conversation, to Saul Abrahams as it is written on the card. (00:13:05)
Answer: Louisa's watch was broken during the struggle to get away from her attacker.
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