Strawberries and Cream: Part 2 - S3-E24
Continuity mistake: In S03E10 Patrick Jane obtains Laroche's suspect list "through back channels" from Virgil Minelli. In this episode Patrick Jane obtains Laroche's suspect list again, through bluffing with what Laroche is hiding in his safe.
Orange Blossom Ice Cream - S7-E3
Continuity mistake: In the meeting they said Erica Fline broke out of jail a year ago, but that occurred three years previously. (00:01:53)
Continuity mistake: Lisbon and Jane enter the interrogation room to interview the wife of the murder victim. As Lisbon sits down she opens her notepad upside down. Next shot of her the notepad is right side up. Remaining shots of Lisbon shows the notepad upside down again.
Red-Handed - S1-E6
Continuity mistake: After Lisbon gives Patrick the $100 he is seen walking to the table handling chips. But when he sits down, only then does he convert the notes to chips.
So Long, and Thanks for All the Red Snapper - S4-E22
Continuity mistake: Cho opens the vent with a screwdriver and hands it back to the landlord (who pockets it). In the next shot Cho has it in his hand again finding the hidden drugs. (00:10:00)
Continuity mistake: Patrick Jane takes a sip of water just as he is about to propose to Lisbon. The way he holds the water bottle changes.
Black Gold and Red Blood - S2-E6
Continuity mistake: S02E06 - Black Gold and Red Blood. Lisbon comes to visit Jane in prison. She brings him a muffin in a white paper bag. In shots facing Jane, the bag faces outward. In shots facing Lisbon, the bag faces towards the middle of the table.
Red Menace - S2-E4
Continuity mistake: S02E04 - Red Menace. Jane is teaching the victim's son how to drive. His seat belt is alternatively fastened and unfastened.
Every Rose Has Its Thorn - S3-E19
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Agent Lisbon is asking Jane why he's obsessed with the woman he's investigating, Lisbon's pen is in her right hand. But when she waves, the pen has disappeared, but in the next shot it's back in her hand.
Red Hair and Silver Tape - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: When Jane speaks to the owners of the restaurant, the female owner is writing something and also has a drink. She takes the drink with the pen in the same hand. When the shots changes, the pen is no longer in her hand. The shot goes back to the original position and the pen appears again. (00:09:35)
Continuity mistake: The murderer is running full speed directly at Grace, who moves to intercept him. In the next scene she is shown bringing him down from behind.
Continuity mistake: When Cho finds Archie's notebook under the bed, he turns to near the end and starts reading Archie's entry. But the position of where Cho has the notebook open changes, depending on the camera angle.
Continuity mistake: At the end, when Grace and Rigsby kiss, they separate and Grace says she's going to leave. In the next shot, their foreheads are touching.
Continuity mistake: When we first see Rigsby interview Lindsay, she says "Royston would never hurt Mary Beth. Not in a million years, if that's what you're thinking." Later in the episode when this scene is shown again in flashback, she says "Royston would never hurt Mary Beth if that's what you're thinking, not in a million years."
Red Hair and Silver Tape - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: After examining Melanie's body but before jumping out of the ditch, Lisbon takes off the rubber glove from her right hand. In the next shot, the glove is back on. (00:01:40)
Continuity mistake: Lisbon has just returned from giving a presentation at the local school. She sits down at her desk, picks up two sheets of paper, and holds them with both hands. In the next shot, she's only holding one sheet with just her right hand. (00:01:25)
Continuity mistake: Jane ordered the leather couch he is later seen napping on for the office in a previous season when he made a deal to be able to get a couch (only upper-level officers were allowed to have couches). Since this episode was a flashback to the first time Jane met and worked with the team, the couch he falls asleep on would not have been there, as that event had not yet happened.
Continuity mistake: Lisbon is telling the CDC agent that the scientist's death is a homicide. The agent has an ear piece in his left ear in close-up shots. In all other shots, the piece isn't in his ear.
Continuity mistake: Dale Blakely punches Patrick in the nose for talking to his wife. In pain, Patrick first holds his nose with his right hand. Cut and it's his left hand. The hands alternate throughout the scene. (00:28:45)
Continuity mistake: At the end, Lisbon gives Christine's father a card and tells him to get help for his alcoholism. The way she holds the card differs between shots.