Death in Paradise

Episode #4.6 - S4-E6

Continuity mistake: In the establishing shot of the serve of the matchpoint, the corner of the field is free from shadows and the people standing in the opposite corner cast long shadows. In the following shots, both these conditions change. (00:00:20)

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Episode #4.6 - S4-E6

Continuity mistake: The coach of the winning duo looks in the distance at the other volley players leaving. His glass is noticeably fuller in the slightly out of focus reverse shot. (00:02:30)

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Episode #4.6 - S4-E6

Continuity mistake: The victim is discovered. She is holding her phone in close-up in a direction that seconds the fingers, but in the aerial shot the phone comes in from the opposite direction, left to right. (00:04:25)

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Episode #4.6 - S4-E6

Continuity mistake: First shot right after the opening theme; Dwayne is holding the Saint Marie Times and his hand is on the box above what we see in close-up is an article about the recession. In that close-up though, his hand is much, much lower on the page. (00:05:00)

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Episode #4.6 - S4-E6

Continuity mistake: After the desk accident, the phone ring at the Honore police station. Florence is looking at her boss puzzled holding the cup in one hand, except in the intermediate overhead shot, when she is using two, and again she goes from one to two all of a sudden when she asks Dwayne about the call. (00:06:25)

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Episode #4.6 - S4-E6

Continuity mistake: The police is at the crime scene for the first time; the victim has her phone lying horizontally on her arm, but in close-up the hand dropped lower and the phone now is at 45°. (00:06:40)

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Episode #4.6 - S4-E6

Continuity mistake: Florence tells Humphrey poolside that the victim was "stabbed in heart. Death would have been instant." Goodman in this wide shot listens with his hand a bit lowered, placing it just below his chin, but it's in front of his belly in the next shot. (00:09:25)

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Episode #4.6 - S4-E6

Continuity mistake: Humphrey and Florence are at the resort, and she just laid down the preliminary forensics reports. Dwayne calls their attention; Florence leans against the railing with right hand and puts the left one on her hip. Except, the next shot she is leaning on the railing with both. (00:10:00)

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Episode #4.6 - S4-E6

Continuity mistake: Inspecting the hotel room, Florence pulls the money out of the wallet holding it at a certain distance in the first shot, much closer/partially still inserted in the reverse. (00:11:30)

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Episode #4.6 - S4-E6

Continuity mistake: Goodman asks the suspects if anyone saw Shelley earlier that morning. Alison Turner has her fingertips against her temple, but it's a closed fist in the next shot. (00:14:40)

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Episode #4.6 - S4-E6

Continuity mistake: In the interview with the Saint Marie team, about the complaint the victim was about to make before the disciplinary committee, Alison Turner has the hands on and off the water bottle as the different camera angles alternate. (00:25:20)

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Episode #4.6 - S4-E6

Continuity mistake: When Florence says Humphrey's usual line about needing a break after a long day, Joséphine Jobert puts her hand on her forearm, but it's in the air in the reverse shot. (00:27:50)

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Episode #4.6 - S4-E6

Continuity mistake: Rewatching the footage of the previous games, Humphrey says that there's another match where the opponents dropped the ball. He is in foreground with his hand on his cheek, but in the close-up of Florence that asks to rewind, Kris Marshall's face is clear. (00:31:35)

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Episode #4.6 - S4-E6

Continuity mistake: Maz Shipley confesses to the bribe and says it was "For Mum." Her teammate looks away from her, but in the next shot she is still looking at her and turns her head only after. (00:33:55)

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Episode #4.6 - S4-E6

Continuity mistake: When JP announces that the SIM card was sold in Isla Jonas, Dwayne in the foreground is holding his hands on the buckle of his belt the opposite way compared to the wider angle. (00:36:25)

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Episode #4.6 - S4-E6

Continuity mistake: At the end of the episode, in a stellar endorsement of Catherine's hospitality JP says that it's better than the prison cell. During the sequence Tobi Bakare's hands are on/off the bottle repeatedly. (00:50:25)

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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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Dark Memories - S7-E7

Trivia: Spoiler; In this episode, for the first time the suspect (and eventual culprit) is not present for the ending confrontation, with a chance he'd get away with murder. The actor playing Samuel Palmer, Larrington Walker, died before the finale could be filmed.

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Show generally

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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