Murder, She Wrote

Broadway Malady - S1-E12

Continuity mistake: When Patti is shot, Barry kneels down, places his face against hers, and lies on top of her. A shot later, from a different angle, he is away from her, repeating all previous movements.

Sacha

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Death Casts a Spell - S1-E10

Continuity mistake: Before Joan leaves the restaurant, she has a glass of wine on her right, but from Jessica's POV, the glass has moved to Joan's left side. Also, Jessica's glass is in front of her, but moves to the right side of the table after Joan leaves.

Sacha

Death Casts a Spell - S1-E10

Continuity mistake: When Bud and Andy arrive at Cagliostro's table, Jessica stares with her glasses on, while Joan turns her head around. An instant cut later, Jessica's glasses are off and Joan is turning her head again.

Sacha

Death Takes a Curtain Call - S1-E9

Continuity mistake: When Jessica and the Russians escape in the Rolls Royce, the back projection is not continuous between shots. On the right side window, the place swaps between a modern city and a park. On the left window, the same people walking around are played several times.

Sacha

The Bottom Line Is Murder - S3-E15

Continuity mistake: When the cop picks up the dirty ashtray he blows the ash away. In the close-up the ashtray is spotless as if it had been wiped with a cloth or if it were brand-new. First of all, no ash blew away, and second of all, a mere puff couldn't have cleaned it the way it looks.

Sacha

Murder to a Jazz Beat - S1-E13

Continuity mistake: Jessica and Jonathan sit down to chat; he says, "Tastes and smells... worthy of kings and their consorts," and raises his hands. An instant cut later, from a different angle, they're lowered. (00:04:49)

Sacha

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Murder in the Afternoon - S2-E3

Continuity mistake: When Jessica is in the Lt.'s car, he scolds her, signalling with his index finger, which swaps to an extended hand an instant cut later, which is suddenly lowered yet an instant cut later. The way he holds the car keys also changes.

Sacha

Sing a Song of Murder - S2-E5

Revealing mistake: When the first scene at Emma's hideaway was shown, obviously the two characters Emma and Jessica were filmed seperately on the couch and then the film was put together (as both are played by Angela Lansbury). However Jessica did a lot of moving while she was talking, so Emma was looking straight across at where she had been, despite her bending down while she talked.

Dan Moat

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Murder Among Friends - S12-E16

Question: I think most MSW episodes are wrapped up pretty nicely, however, there is a loose end in "Murder Among Friends" that is bothering me - why didn't Dyan take the script from Ricki's safe after she killed her? We know that safe was open when she killed Ricki and that the script inside named Carly as the one being written-off the show (not herself like Dyan wanted). She had no way of knowing that Gene would switch out the script (a good red herring) or that Leo would opt for a re-write anyway, so why leave it? We also know that Leo didn't want to let Dyan do the movie either, so killing Ricki alone wouldn't necessarily solve Dyan's problem. It doesn't seem plausible that she killed Ricki out of pure rage without caring whether or not it would even help her cause. Is there any explanation? It just bothers me that they never addressed why Dyan didn't take the script...after all, it WAS the McGuffin!

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