Magnum, P.I.

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

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Luther Gillis: File #521 - S4-E2

Continuity mistake: Agatha reacts to the "He was shot" bit of info with concern in a close-up. A few seconds later there is a medium shot of her, and her karate gi is a whole lot more open. Definitely not the type of character or scene where it's implied she's showing some cleavage for Magnum. (00:15:50)

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Luther Gillis: File #521 - S4-E2

Character mistake: Agatha says that Higgins is teaching them "kung fu" although they all wear a karate gi and belts. Higgins then asks Luther to be a stand-in for the "jumping kick" demonstration, but the old lady charges at him with her hand at the ready for a karate chop. (00:16:00)

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Luther Gillis: File #521 - S4-E2

Other mistake: Luther decks one of the old ladies with a punch. When he strolls past them after slipping Magnum a mickey, he looks back at them, and one in particular, who is sporting a patch. It is not the same lady he punched earlier. (00:17:35 - 00:21:30)

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Luther Gillis: File #521 - S4-E2

Continuity mistake: When Luther and Magnum are arrested at Keanu's cockfight location, Luther is wearing his red Hawaiian shirt with palm trees design, then when Tanaka calls them both "walking menaces," the design on Luther's shirt is different now, though it's still the same style. (00:25:50)

Super Grover

Luther Gillis: File #521 - S4-E2

Visible crew/equipment: After Tanaka gives Magnum one day to come up with answers, it cuts to Magnum and Luther in the Ferrari. In the shots facing Magnum, visible on his sunglasses are the reflections of filming equipment equipment directly in front of the windshield, as well as attached to the driver's side door. The device on the door is a bit visible again twice, after they're released from jail the second time, and after Luther's visit to the ER. (00:28:55)

Super Grover

Luther Gillis: File #521 - S4-E2

Continuity mistake: Luther and Magnum figure out that there's something wrong with the nun's words, so they turn around and star running back. There's a street worker behind them, dressed in yellow and red. She sidesteps out of Luther's way. To the outside. In the reverse shot she is walking unperturbed between them. (00:33:30)

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Luther Gillis: File #521 - S4-E2

Continuity mistake: Supposedly Magnum and Luther have been tailed just after release from prison (the second time), but they have a complete change of clothes and accessoires. They can't be back from Robin's nest, because Higgins is outraged to see the man again on the premises - and really everything about dialogue and situation implies the opposite.

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Luther Gillis: File #521 - S4-E2

Other mistake: For the first 2/3 of the episode (up until their second prison visit) Magnum is wearing the same watch he had been wearing for the previous three seasons, with a leather strap. For the last part of the episode he wears the pepsi bezel watch with a metal bracelet that he inherited from his father and was the focus of the previous episode and will be his regular watch for the rest of the show, in kind of a retcon.

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Smaller Than Life - S4-E3

Continuity mistake: During the initial infiltration attempt, the little guy puts his hand on the railing once the alarm rings. His hand is on the inner part of the top, but when the guards storm the front porch guns in hand, he has it flat on top and moves to inner only a second later. At the very end of the scene he also has a guard pointing an automatic weapon at his head, but he was several steps behind in the wide angle. (00:03:10)

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Smaller Than Life - S4-E3

Audio problem: Waldo admitted the breaking and entering. Getting in the car with Rick he says "Would you just listen to me for one second?" but his lips do not move. (00:07:40)

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Smaller Than Life - S4-E3

Other mistake: The guy rummaging through Waldo's stuff in the room does not get alerted by their loud chat outside the room, nor the door unlocking, not even their steps; he just turns around suddenly when they both are in the room, standing still in silence and looking at him, who has his back turned to them. Must have had eyes on the back of his head. (00:09:10)

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Smaller Than Life - S4-E3

Continuity mistake: In the first shot of Magnum's room during Rick's visit with Waldo's codes, the modem is to the left of the phone, along the left side of the bedstand. In close-up the modem and cables take the whole width of the bedstand, horizontally placed. (00:23:30)

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Smaller Than Life - S4-E3

Continuity mistake: At the hospital, there's a push button desk phone on the table between Lee's and Magnum's beds. There are two closeups of this telephone when both Lee and Magnum lift the handset, and the entire telephone changes to a multi-line desk phone. Plus, in Lee's handset closeup, his hospital ID bracelet changes from narrow to twice the width, and in Magnum's handset closeup, the large floral box of tissues change to a short box of tissues. (00:24:10 - 00:27:10)

Super Grover

Of Sound Mind - S3-E12

Higgins: How fiendishly deceptive of you, Magnum. I could have sworn I was hearing the emasculation of a large rodent. To my great surprise, I see the sounds are emanating from what I thought was a harmless musical instrument.
Magnum: Cute Higgins, real cute.
Higgins: Why Magnum? Why do this terrible thing?
Magnum: Higgins, I'll have you know I used to be very good. I was the second best sax player in my High School band!
Higgins: Well, how many sax players were there?!
Magnum: ...Anyway. I just saw this in a pawn shop window and thought I'd like to try and get my chops back.
Higgins: May I suggest that your "chops" are irretrievable.
Magnum: Higgins, did you come here just to abuse me!?
(00:05:25)

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