Episode #4.2 - S4-E2
Continuity mistake: After the lack of results during the night of surveillance, Humphrey checks in at the station and asks about it. Florence is holding the documents vertically, horizontally, vertically again between cuts. (00:35:00)
Episode #4.2 - S4-E2
Continuity mistake: During the denouement, Florence and Dwayne are standing under direct sunlight, or not - for instance look at their position when DI Humphrey Goodman says "None of that helped with the central problem" after quickly going through names and motivations, compared to "and then, it all started to make sense " (00:43:55)
Episode #4.3 - S4-E3
Continuity mistake: When the explorers come out of the boat, the younger one starts to pull a large sack out. In the next shot, the sack is still on the bottom of the boat and just then he is lifting it. (00:00:10)
Episode #4.3 - S4-E3
Continuity mistake: Ryan Davison answers the phone, and then puts his right hand back on the rifle. He has both hands on it in the next shot. (00:01:05)
Episode #4.3 - S4-E3
Continuity mistake: During the rehearsal of the reenactment, one of the women is filming with a video camera; throughout the scene, the black strap of the device flutters at different length and position in the various shots. (00:01:15)
Episode #4.3 - S4-E3
Continuity mistake: Dwayne goes through the personal belongings of the victim he just catalogued. In the background, watch for Florence; she is not holding a pen, her right hand is on the bloc notes. Camera closer up, and she is holding a pen. Moments later, Camille is writing with her pen that has the cap fitted on the top, except in the last shot (when Dwayne mentions the authentic meal) when it's gone. (00:05:35)
Episode #4.3 - S4-E3
Continuity mistake: During the first interview with the suspects, at Catherine's, the drinks on the table are positioned differently depending on the angle; for instance when Imke Sandt mentions the "foraged for other ingredients", the slice of lemon on her glass is on the part of the rim closest to her, but when Camille begins her follow-up question the slice moved to the opposite side. (00:07:30)
Episode #4.3 - S4-E3
Continuity mistake: When Camille spots the camera and asks Henri Garon to give it to the authorities, in close-up the camera is fairly close to the side of the table by him. In the wider angles though, it's noticeably more distant, at least compared to the distance with the shorter side of the table. (00:07:50)
Episode #4.3 - S4-E3
Continuity mistake: When Florence passes the sheet with Alan Butler's info to DI Humphrey Goodman, on the background Dwayne is working at the computer and glances towards them - but as the paper reaches Goodman's hands in the next shot, Dwayne has changed stance and is sitting comfortably watching them. (00:12:15)
Episode #4.3 - S4-E3
Continuity mistake: When Ryan asks Theresa where do the cloths go, Goodman has his left arm across the belly, over the jacket. At the reverse shot, his hand is nowhere to be seen, his posture reveals he has it pocketed. (00:17:45)
Episode #4.3 - S4-E3
Continuity mistake: Goodman and Camille are driving back from the chat with the treasurer of the Society and wonder if $4,000 are enough to motivate someone to kill. In this part of the scene, Camille takes her hand off from the steering wheel, but it's back in the reverse shot. (00:18:15)
Episode #4.3 - S4-E3
Continuity mistake: Florence is showing the silhouette in the camera screen - and her fingers are positioned on the device in an entirely different way between close-up and other angles. (00:20:15)
Episode #4.3 - S4-E3
Continuity mistake: Humphrey walks into Henri Garon's place, camera in hand, showing him video proof of his mischief. In close-up, the lanky policeman's pinky finger is off the camera, while in the shot before and after the finger is on the camera lens. (00:37:15)
Episode #4.4 - S4-E4
Continuity mistake: When Florence checks the wash bag to see if the victim was using any bath salts, the notepad is turned differently in hand between shots. (00:05:15)
Episode #4.4 - S4-E4
Continuity mistake: Humphrey is talking to the hotel staffer, and goes back to the bathroom to check the candles as he asks if they came with the room. Camille holds the notepad tilted towards her, but the next shot starts with her pad tilted the opposite way. A moment later, Florence opens her own pad, and re-opens it when DI Goodman is back with the candle. (00:06:25)
Episode #4.4 - S4-E4
Continuity mistake: DI Humphrey Goodman is holding the jasmine candle in close-up with his fingers at the top, but in the next shot his fingers are at towards the bottom of the glass. (00:06:30)
Episode #4.4 - S4-E4
Continuity mistake: Kris Marshall is holding the scrapbook the first time in two completely different ways (hand in the middle or not) depending on the camera angle that alternate. (00:07:00)
Episode #4.4 - S4-E4
Continuity mistake: Florence unfurls the evidence bag twice in different ways in separate shots when Goodman mentions that the victim couldn't have opened the door coming out of the tub, and similarly moves the pink scrapbook to her left twice. (00:07:30)
Episode #4.4 - S4-E4
Continuity mistake: Humphrey passes the cork to Dwayne holding it with the palm pointed up in the first shot, down in the second. (00:08:10)
Episode #4.4 - S4-E4
Continuity mistake: Commissioner Selwyn Patterson sneaks into the police station. Dwayne spots him; in close-up, the table lamp is angled lower and switched on, as opposed to the rest of the scene. (00:13:00)
Answer: There's probably no particular reason. Sets and props on long-running TV shows often change as needed and for various reasons throughout a series run.
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