And Then There Were None

Episode #1.2 - S1-E2

Continuity mistake: Blore smells that the doctor has been drinking and tells him it's early to be "on the sauce." The doctor in his reaction puts his fingers under his chin in close-up, but in the shot before and after his fingers are on the cheek. (00:15:30)

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Episode #1.2 - S1-E2

Continuity mistake: Vera sits down with the General as he is looking out. An end of her scarf flips over her shoulder, and is or isn't there for the rest of the scene. (00:13:25)

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Episode #1.2 - S1-E2

Continuity mistake: By the sinister pit in the middle of the island, Lombard asks Blore; "Ever had a feeling you've been hunted?" Blore with the camera at a certain distance listens with his hand on the hip, in close-up he has both arms loose along his sides. (00:12:00)

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Episode #1.2 - S1-E2

Other mistake: The General and Blore search the Doctor and the Judge's bag when the clock in a close-up strikes 8. When the doctor in an outbursts dumps Vera's bag on the floor, he stands by the clock that now shows it's 9:35. (00:05:05)

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Episode #1.1 - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: Miss Brent excuses Rogers saying "We'll ring if we require anything further." She says the phrase between two shots, during which the doctor is drinking at first, then he isn't. A similar event happens seconds later when the General speaks; Armstrong brings the arm up to drink, already brings it down at the cut. (00:39:30)

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Episode #1.1 - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: The doctor offers a glass containing a mild narcotic to Mrs. Rogers. She looks at her husband, who nods to indicate that she may take it. Without anyone near, the bottle of sleeping powder changed spot on the drawer. (00:37:20)

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Episode #1.1 - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: The fateful "Swan song" record begins to play, and the doctor is the first to be called out. He is smoking with the cigarette in his left hand, but when he bolts up, the cigarette in foreground is held by a right hand. (00:34:00)

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Episode #1.1 - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: Vera and Emily are having coffee after dinner. When Miss Blake tells Vera that her school must not be a particularly good one, Vera is picking up or putting down the cup depending on the shot. (00:33:30)

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Episode #1.1 - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: During the seething confrontation between Armstrong and Marston, several small continuity issues happen; Marston is looking or not looking towards Sam Neil, and when he mockingly extends his hand over the table, Toby Stephens' is on or off the table. (00:31:00)

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Episode #1.1 - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When Marston asks the doctor if the Owens are "the fun-loving type", his hand is off the glass, but he's playing with it in the next shot. The mistake is confirmed by subsequent shots; he always has his glass when the camera is to his left, never when the camera is to his right. (00:30:00)

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Episode #1.1 - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: While Mrs. Rogers is cutting the roast, Wargrave is entertaining Miss Claythorne with his jokes. She takes a sip, lowers the glass, but in the next shot she's doing it again. (00:27:30)

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Episode #1.1 - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: General John MacArthur starts commenting, off-camera, that he knows the poem by heart. Notice his hand and how the index is on the rim of the glass. He is not even holding it in the next shot, and Marston's and Brent's hands are lower. The mistake repeats itself seconds later when Emily Brent gets in Vera's face with the comment about the 'poem'; McArthur is drinking from the glass if we believe what we see at the edge of the frame when she speaks, but he's not doing that in the other shots. (00:26:30)

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Episode #1.1 - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: Dinnertime; the door opens, and some guests (the doctor and Davis) have different positions (elbows / hands on/off the table) they switch back and forth on matching under specific camera angles. (00:25:40)

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