Death in Paradise

Episode #2.8 - S2-E8

Continuity mistake: One of the very first beautiful people shown in the episode is a woman with very short and very blonde hair, wearing a colourful dress as she stops to chat up a woman in a polka dot dress. The camera pans outside and finds Camille who is reaching Poole. And next to him, the same lady is already there, chatting with a different person in a totally different part of the property. (00:00:10)

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Episode #2.7 - S2-E7

Continuity mistake: When Damon Ryan tells Camille "We split up, big deal", he is leaning against the door with his left hand positioned way above his head. In the new shot the arm is down his side. (00:23:15)

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Episode #2.7 - S2-E7

Continuity mistake: Camille and Richard visit again professor King, finding dean Judy Hearst in there.When Richard says "And that's exactly what we wanted to talk to you about" the dean lowers her left hand, moving it away from her organizer. In the next shot, the same hand is back on top of it. (00:21:10)

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Episode #2.7 - S2-E7

Continuity mistake: The protagonists break inside the the SMDA building. Richard is checking out a folder placed in front of a pile of papers. He turns towards Camille because of a sound she makes, and in this new shot his hands are in the pile, not the folder. (00:20:05)

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Episode #2.7 - S2-E7

Continuity mistake: Richard takes the flyer off the book, closes it and hands it to Camille. In the next shot though the book is open. Even more evident, a few seconds later Camille later mentions a local politician; Richard lowers the book, but it's up again for the close-up. (00:17:30)

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Episode #2.7 - S2-E7

Continuity mistake: When Richard notes that one hour elapsed, everyone's position is the same as the camera angle switches, except Dwayne who first is checking his watch, then he's just pointing at 'Chief' Poole. (00:14:35)

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Episode #2.7 - S2-E7

Continuity mistake: After the conversation with the professor, Richard gives a rather lackluster pep talk to Fidel saying it's "possible" that he will pass the exam. During this small scene, Dwayne's movement in the background change inconsistently between shots as he is scribbling and putting away his pad multiple times. (00:10:50)

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Episode #2.7 - S2-E7

Continuity mistake: Professor King's book changes position in Richard's hand several times between shots - it also goes from open to closed when Richard boasts about his 'demon proof-reader' skills. (00:10:10)

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Episode #2.7 - S2-E7

Continuity mistake: When the dean plays Leo Downs' message for Camille, in close-up her hand is on the organizer; it was the whole sleeve in the previous angle. Not just that; the flyer underneath the rubber band of the file board is in a different position. (00:06:25)

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Episode #2.7 - S2-E7

Continuity mistake: Dwayne walks towards Poole and Bordey introducing Judy Hearst, the dean. She removes her bag from her shoulder and puts it on the lawn twice in two shots about 5 seconds apart. (00:04:40)

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Episode #2.7 - S2-E7

Continuity mistake: Inspecting the crime scene, after Richard conjectures foul play Camille asks "So we've found the body before it was intended to be found?" She shrugs and holds her hands elbow-high, but they are thigh-high at the cut. (00:04:20)

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Episode #2.6 - S2-E6

Continuity mistake: Camille bags the phone holding the lid with the left hand in the wide shot when the action begins, but her hand is much lower in the following shot when it ends. (00:06:25)

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Episode #2.5 - S2-E5

Continuity mistake: The detectives realise that the backup singer is the wife of the boss. When Camille asks him that, she folds her arms, but she has her arms down her sides and folds them again in the following shot. (00:20:30)

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Episode #2.5 - S2-E5

Continuity mistake: At the start of the denouement, Richard says "during what was to be her final number." Both Camille and the boat owner are in a slightly different pose between takes (he distances his fist from his mouth, she has her finger in front of her lips, a closed fist in the next shot). (00:43:05)

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Episode #2.5 - S2-E5

Continuity mistake: After Dwayne kicks a sleepy Fidel off his chair and they go get the bootlegger, Richard is on his own with Camille. During the scene, the innermost shoulder strap of Sara Martins' top is either perfectly attached or apart from the others depending on the angle. (00:37:55)

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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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Man Overboard: Part 2 - S6-E6

DI Jack Mooney: My grandfather told me a story once, about these two wolves fighting inside all of us. And one of them is anger, envy, self-pity, regret. The other one is love, truth, faith, hope, that sort of thing.
And I asked him "which one of the wolves would win?" And do you know what he said?
"The one you feed."
(00:18:15)

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In the Footsteps of a Killer - S6-E7

Trivia: In the close-up of the diary of Julie Matlock, you can read in the column to the right of the page with the mysterious number 19871 a name; Agnes Dahan. It's the name of the production buyer of the episode, and long time staff member of the show in production and art department. (00:20:20)

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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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