Continuity mistake: When Magnum steps away from Kim's kiosk without paying, he has two pieces of meat on the skewer, which become just one in the next shot. (00:39:00)
Continuity mistake: Thomas is talking with former codebreaker Kim Kil-Yon. Kim says the numbers could be "social security", and as he says it he puts a take-away box on the counter, using just his right hand. At the cut he is handing the box over with both hands. (00:29:40)
Continuity mistake: Magnum tries to dial the number found on the notepad. In the background behind the wrecked Ferrari there are 3 people. A policeman is walking towards them. Magnum waves the phone with disappointment during a cut, and the policeman instantly teleported meters forward and has joined the 3 other dudes. (00:14:25)
Continuity mistake: After the North Korean 'flashback' comes to a screeching halt, behind TC you can see that Rick is grabbing a beer that someone hands him. But who? Nuzo, of course...who is behind Thomas in the next shot, so on the opposite end of the room, and only after another cut walks across to give Rick that beer. (00:03:55)
Continuity mistake: Magnum in the first chase scene passes a device with "cool lights" to the kid in the back seat, but he's not calmed down by it. The car and the pursuing vehicle leap down a hill, and you can see the trunk of the car is a total mess, bulging wildly on the right side. However, it's fine in the rest of the chase. (00:03:05)
Continuity mistake: When Amanda identifies the perp in the picture Sakamoto brings, Higgins holds her shoulders in a different way in each shot. (00:26:50)
Continuity mistake: The first time we see Higgins, she is holding shock collars, but they keep switching hand throughout the scene. (00:06:00)
Six Paintings, One Frame - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Tracy passes her calling card to Magnum, the hair over her right shoulder is gone at the cut. (00:07:05)
Six Paintings, One Frame - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: Higgins' glass of shandy goes from one hand to the other repeatedly between shots. (00:07:40)
The Day It All Came Together - S1-E20
Continuity mistake: Magnum and Higgins are traveling in the Ferrari going home. Magnum's wristwatch says it is 9:35. They go home, Magnum gets arrested by the Secret Service, is taken for an interrogation, is taken to a house where they find some counterfeit money and two bodies. Magnum is released and stays at the house with HPD, and then he and Higgins go back to the car and they leave. According to Magnum's wristwatch, only ten minutes have elapsed. (00:09:00)
The Day It All Came Together - S1-E20
Continuity mistake: While in the car with Higgins on the way home, Magnum's wristwatch says 9:45. He gets home and finds Hannah in the guest house. His wristwatch now says it is 9:17. (00:11:30)
Continuity mistake: In one scene a police car (number 412) is T-boned in the right rear quadrant. A spin shot of the car shows that quadrant dented and scraped. In a later scene the same police car driven by TC makes a left turn. There are no dents or scratches on the car. (00:33:00 - 00:34:15)
Continuity mistake: Higgins says "What if it didn't?" once she is free; she touches her forehead, the camera cuts away, and she is repeating the gesture in a separate shot. (00:33:15)
Continuity mistake: Magnum bursts into John Black's apartment;he explains to him that Katya sent him, and the man lowers his hands. They are back up in the reverse shot that follows. (00:17:05)
