Death in Paradise

Episode #2.7 - S2-E7

Continuity mistake: When Fidel and Dwayne arrive at the place where Camille and Richard are hiding for the hurricane, they can open the doors without a problem, whereas Camille and Richard had taken great care of locking the doors from the inside.

Episode #2.8 - S2-E8

Continuity mistake: In the first examination of the body, Fidel photographs the wound. Poole appears behind him and asks "So?"Behind Poole, you can see the air conditioning unit, turned off and with its grid closed. Seconds afterwards, Poole peeks above the desk and the plot point establishes that the A/C is running. (00:04:35)

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Episode #2.8 - S2-E8

Continuity mistake: Fidel grabs the envelope with his results. Brief reaction shot on Dwayne and Poole, and suddenly the beer bottle and Best's cell phone have rotated. (00:43:00)

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Episode #2.8 - S2-E8

Continuity mistake: In the whimsical finale, Richard rips away from Dwayne's hands the envelope with the test results; the envelope switches side multiple times between shots - just look at the stampings and how they change position from cut to cut. (00:42:40)

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Episode #2.8 - S2-E8

Continuity mistake: When the killer walks away from the victim, his right arm touches the carpet in the first shot, is above it in the next, and was even further distant from it in the one before the opening roll of the episode. (00:40:00)

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Episode #2.8 - S2-E8

Continuity mistake: When the murder is shown, the killer grabs the gun with both hands at first, then the close-up shows them pick the gun from the drawer with just the left hand. (00:39:40)

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Episode #2.8 - S2-E8

Continuity mistake: Richard lifts the soft paper towards the UV light picking it with his tongs by the far corner - in the close-up the strip is pinched right in the middle of it, though. (00:24:25)

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Episode #2.8 - S2-E8

Continuity mistake: In the scene with Richard bossing Camille around with his brisk finger-waving, she is pinning in place the red tape using just two fingers pointed against the book or her hand hovering on top of it, clenched in a fist, depending on the angle. (00:09:50)

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Episode #2.8 - S2-E8

Continuity mistake: Checking out of the crime scene, Richard puts the plane ticket down after the interview with the PA is over. In close-up the ticket lands diagonally across the bottom side and the left side of the organizer, but in the shots of the room the ticket is placed on the top side of the page. (00:09:00)

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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 Fidel and Dwayne arrive at the place where Camille and Richard are hiding for the hurricane, they can open the doors without a problem, whereas Camille and Richard had taken great care of locking the doors from the inside.

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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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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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