Death in Paradise
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Episode #4.1 - S4-E1

Continuity mistake: Dwayne realises that he did not ask the cute girl's name, and looks at her now far away. Something is wrong with this shot of Joséphine Jobert and her derriere; walking down the same street there's the same couple that is having a drink right next to Dwayne (his black shirt with colourful drawings is not exactly hard to miss). (00:20:50)

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Episode #4.1 - S4-E1

Continuity mistake: When Camille pummels her boss with a pillow, she is holding it with the striped side facing the camera. In the close-up where she puts the pillow down, it's the black side. (00:23:50)

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Episode #4.1 - S4-E1

Continuity mistake: Humph and Camille are talking with Zeta Akande about the reasons for the lack of references from her job. When she says "The children really loved me", her braids at the leftmost side of the chest are bunched together, split when she says in close-up "He didn't like that", united again as it gets back to a wider angle, etc. (00:32:35)

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Episode #4.1 - S4-E1

Continuity mistake: When Humphrey sets the popcorn for Harry, Harry in the last shot is closer than in the previous - which could make sense if we assume he scuttled closer during the split cut to Kris Marshall, but the light on the couch changes between shots as well. (00:51:15)

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Episode #4.2 - S4-E2

Continuity mistake: The future victim is preparing the client for some surfing. During the scene, the strap of the surf is in the sand in Jake's closeups (you can see it popping up in the left part of the screen) but it's at the back of the board in the wider angles. (00:00:25)

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Episode #4.2 - S4-E2

Continuity mistake: Officer Florence Cassell is bagging something behind Dwayne as he is talking about the case. When he says "It's what the evidence says, Chief", she goes all of a sudden from holding the ziplock bag to holding the notepad. (00:07:55)

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Episode #4.2 - S4-E2

Continuity mistake: When Goodman climbs on top of the furniture leaving his colleagues puzzled, his pen is simultaneously in the hand that grips the crack in the wall net to the ceiling, and in the hand down his side together with his notes. (00:08:15)

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Episode #4.2 - S4-E2

Continuity mistake: During Dwayne's hypothetical rendition of the crime, Florence is writing with the notepad's cover held up, except in one shot ("And then goes out of the back window"), when she has it rolled against its back. (00:08:55)

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Episode #4.2 - S4-E2

Continuity mistake: After Dwayne asks if it's OK to release the body and his boss agrees, Florence turns around to randomly photograph things. She does it with both hands, but just one hand in the next shot. (00:09:15)

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Episode #4.2 - S4-E2

Continuity mistake: Goodman and Bordey are done with the first round of questions to the school members. As Camille begins to walk out, Charlie Beckett is sitting with his hands between his legs, but in the next shot he's sitting with his hands behind his back. (00:11:50)

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Episode #4.2 - S4-E2

Continuity mistake: When Humphrey knocks over the cup of coffee, the opening of the cup faces away from the table lamp. When he pulls the sock out of his jacket, the cup is facing the other way. (00:15:10)

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Episode #4.2 - S4-E2

Continuity mistake: When Charlie Beckett sprints away, seen from behind in a faraway shot, the towel from one shoulder runs down his back, but in the next shot he still has it draped around his neck. (00:18:20)

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Episode #4.2 - S4-E2

Continuity mistake: Florence just mentioned the shocking truth about Jess Chambers - Cornwall has a surf club! Humphrey turns around ordering to dig through the club finances - but in the first shot he is pointing his right hand, and in the second he's doing it with his left. Even more obvious a few moments later when he says "Hang on!"; points the finger, but with the right hand, then left hand. (00:21:00)

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Episode #4.2 - S4-E2

Continuity mistake: Examining the bottle of Riluzole, Camille holds it with both hands, in the close-up she lowers one hand, but when it cuts back to the same camera angle as earlier, she is still holding it with both hands. (00:28:10)

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Episode #4.2 - S4-E2

Continuity mistake: The detectives are visiting Dr. Karl Slater. Humphrey tells him he'd better start from the beginning as he walks away; there are two chairs to his side of the table, but one more appears in the reverse shot. (00:29:00)

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Episode #4.2 - S4-E2

Continuity mistake: The police decide to put surveillance on the surf school. Goodman asks, staring at Dwayne "Any volunteers?" Dwayne is deep in thoughts with two fingers on his lips, but in the next shot the same fingers are on the opposite arm. (00:31:25)

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Episode #4.2 - S4-E2

Continuity mistake: Camille goes to her good friend and surfin' mentor Nicky Dexter. He picks her up and the strap of Sara Martins' top falls off, but it's back on her left shoulder for the rest of the spin - and scene. (00:32:10)

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Episode #1.5 - S1-E5

Plot hole: Leon Hamilton is the most hated man in Sainte Marie, with over 900 people on the island conned by him. Yet exactly one person in the whole island knows how he looks like, every newspaper and website never ever published a picture of him even during the very public trial when they were trying to get their thousands of dollars back nor publish an archive picture after his death.

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Trivia: A bit of the episode has been cut for the streaming releases; at the end of the scene with Humphrey taking Martha's luggage, he would make a date with her for the next day, to cook dinner for her at 8. This has been eliminated probably because it created timing issues with 8 PM being too well lit (in contrast with the supposed timing of the murder) and the ending takes place at Catherine's for a cute drinking scene anyway. (00:22:50)

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Question: When Richard reminisces about England, he talks about going to the pub and having a pint. Yet the whole time he's in Saint Marie, he is never seen to drink alcohol with the rest of the team; only cups of tea. Why?

Answer: Most likely they had only tropical exotic drinks, he wanted an old fashioned English beer.

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