Death in Paradise

Episode #3.1 - S3-E1

Continuity mistake: Camille has a moment of grief with her mom, but Humphrey arrives with "Ah, Dwayne said I'd find you here." Catherine turns around and puts her arm on the chair's back before the cut to a new shot, when she is still holding Camille's hand. Similarly, Camille then introduces Goodman leaning back with her arm on the back of the chair...or not, since in the wider angle her arm is down. (00:29:00)

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Episode #3.1 - S3-E1

Continuity mistake: When Camille introduces Humphrey and her mother, the extras in the background make various gestures, with in particular the man at the right edge of the frame suddenly drinking off his bottle in the shot when Kris Marshall says "Thank you." (00:29:05)

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Episode #3.1 - S3-E1

Continuity mistake: During the denouement, DI Humphrey Goodman repeatedly points his finger when he says that the "why" was "most elusive." The next shot has his arm completely still, close to the body, and from behind you can see he is not talking, just a little nod before the cut. (00:43:25)

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Episode #3.1 - S3-E1

Continuity mistake: All the local crew is at Catherine's having beers - including Commissioner Selwyn Patterson in a very rare sighting without the uniform. The bottle of Tensel in front of Camille faces different directions between shots. (00:49:35)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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Episode #3.2 - S3-E2

Continuity mistake: There's a close-up of the empty box of chocolates as DI Humphrey Goodman reviews the content of the catering table. The close-up is not from the same arrangement seen in the rest of the scene; the angle is slightly off and it is missing a used towel next to one of the two paper cups. The fork is also pointed in the opposite direction. (00:05:05)

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Episode #3.2 - S3-E2

Continuity mistake: Right after the brief flashback with Thea Holmes bringing pizza to Lexi Cunningham, watch out for an extra with a red band holding her hair in a bun; she walks behind Camille. One more cut and she's notably passing by again, on the opposite side. The same person is suddenly in frame again, again passing by DS Bordey, several seconds later into the conversation. (00:05:45)

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Episode #3.2 - S3-E2

Continuity mistake: When Dwayne calls Goodman's attention for the tox report, Camille is pulling some clothes out of the bag of the deceased, but at the cut the clothes turn into a water bottle. (00:07:55)

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Episode #3.2 - S3-E2

Continuity mistake: Humphrey has spoken with Lexi and the director, with awareness for the first time that the chocolate box may have been for her. He then talks with Camille. Look behind him when she says "No box of chocolate was delivered to Lexi"; a man in jean cut-offs is carrying some equipment. Camille and Humphrey then talk and a mini-flashback pops up, with about 10 seconds on effective dialogue, and when it cuts back to them, that same crewmember is carrying the same piece of equipment walking the same way from the same spot as before. (00:12:20)

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Episode #3.2 - S3-E2

Continuity mistake: Susie the runner forgot the milk in Camille and Humphrey's tea. Camille meanwhile found the teabag in her cup and to pick it up she puts her notepad under her armpit. When the ditzy blonde turns towards her with the carafe of milk she has the pad on the cup hand again. (00:14:55)

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Episode #3.2 - S3-E2

Continuity mistake: Humphrey starts picking up his things from the desk to join Camille when the first day is over. She tells him "I thought you'd be rushing home..." He is in the foreground during the line, and we see a glimpse of the documents getting under his arm, but he was already clutching them close in the shot before. (00:16:15)

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Trivia: A bit of the episode has been cut for the streaming releases; at the end of the scene with Humphrey taking Martha's luggage, he would make a date with her for the next day, to cook dinner for her at 8. This has been eliminated probably because it created timing issues with 8 PM being too well lit (in contrast with the supposed timing of the murder) and the ending takes place at Catherine's for a cute drinking scene anyway. (00:22:50)

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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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