Episode #3.2 - S3-E2
Continuity mistake: In the catering shack, Humphrey does his thing when he start scribbling on random pieces of paper. When he steps behind Camille to go fetch the paper towel, depending on the camera angle Camille is holding her own notepad in separate ways on a different tilt that matches the separate matching camera angles. Walking extras carry over from matching camera angles as well, disappearing when it cuts to a different one. (00:04:55)
Episode #3.2 - S3-E2
Continuity mistake: Fidel is showing the lack of oxygen to the victim'skin pointing at it with his right hand, a blue pen sticking from the fist at the top. At the cut when Humphrey says "Respiratory failure?" the pen is not sticking. (00:04:15)
Episode #3.2 - S3-E2
Continuity mistake: Humphrey arrives on the crime scene, by the body. Camille is putting gloves on; she has the right one and is in the midst of putting the left on, cut and she is gloveless putting the right on, cut again and she is putting the left on using her gloved right. (00:04:05)
Episode #3.2 - S3-E2
Continuity mistake: When the stand-in slumps to the ground, someone asks to get her some water. In that close-up, Thea's left arm straightens, but it's bent at the elbow in the next shot. In this new shot, there's also a zombie on the right of the screen that has his hand at his hips, but he is scratching his chin in the next one. (00:02:00)
Episode #3.2 - S3-E2
Continuity mistake: Lexi call the attention of the production assistant Susie for tea with her left hand, which turns into the right hand at the cut. (00:00:55)
Episode #3.2 - S3-E2
Continuity mistake: When we cut from the fake B-movie to 'reality', Lexi has both hands on her hips fixing the waistband, but she is hunched over with the baseball bat in her right hand in the new shot. (00:00:40)
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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