The Woman on the Beach - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: The woman in white leans over the back of a chair and clears her throat to discreetly shoo away an officer with his belle. There's difference in lighting between close-ups and the rest, and the position of the loose end of her scarf changes as well. (00:02:45)
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Other mistake: First scene set in present day. Exterior shot of Rick's club. A sign says "King Kamehameha Club - Est.1905", In the previous season, episode 11 was focused on the club itself, and Magnum met the landlord, Mr. Sidney Dollinger, who explicitly said "I founded that club for the people.", and Magnum, regretting accusing him, mentions that he blamed "an 80-years-old man." Even assuming he was not precisely 80 in 1981, in 1905 he still would have been a pre-teen or barely a teenager, not the rich planter who founded Hawaii's most exclusive club donating a vast domain to it. (00:05:30)
The Woman on the Beach - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: Rick asks Kemo the bartender for a cigarette. In the background, a man in black walks by a tiki torch. Cut to Kemo for a second as he hands him the cig, and when Rick is back in frame, the man in black is walking by another tiki torch that was several meters earlier in his path. (00:09:00)
The Woman on the Beach - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: The Woman on the Beach is actually on the beach and talks to Rick. She says; "I wish I could be that way" across two shots where the position of her scarf changes completely. (00:11:55)
The Woman on the Beach - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: Sara puts a hand on Rick's shoulder as he goes to get more wine. Her face now has more hair strands loose down her cheek and temple. (00:12:40)
The Woman on the Beach - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: Magnum and Rick's relative distances seem to be quite off when they are talking to each other from the respective cars; the Ferrari's driver seat seems to be past Rick's in Tom Selleck's close-ups, but when Larry Manetti is talking, he's looking at Selleck's stand-in (sit-in, rather) from a noticeable distance ahead. (00:14:50)
The Woman on the Beach - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: Inside Henry Ellison's office, he starts the interview chewing on a cigar, which is in is hand in the reverse shot. (00:15:45)
The Woman on the Beach - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: Henry Ellison puts down on the table a gold lighter that keeps changing position throughout the scene in his study, going from straight to angled several times. (00:15:50 - 00:16:55)
The Woman on the Beach - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: Rick spots the portrait of the mysterious woman on the beach (who apparently always wears the same clothes); the clock hands are at 12:10 when he stands and approaches it. In close-up it's twenty to 4. (00:16:10)
The Woman on the Beach - S2-E3
Factual error: The opening sequence is set in "Summer 1945", and the librarian mentions as well the season; summer. The prop that Magnum is checking out though, has a headline identifying it as April 17, not quite summer. (00:17:55)
The Woman on the Beach - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: Magnum picks a figurine up from Higgins' diorama; he does it in close-up, where the remaining character, going by main garment's color, are (left to right); white - green - orange. Rest of the scene, they are green - orange - white. (00:20:35)
The Woman on the Beach - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: Smoking his cigar, Magnum is checking out Tybald's figurine having a very different posture in the two shots. (00:20:40)
The Woman on the Beach - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: Magnum holds the shawl he found half-buried in the ground; in the first shot the clothing is well puffed above his left fingers, in the reverse his hands he never moved are holding the fabric straight. (00:24:30)
The Woman on the Beach - S2-E3
Revealing mistake: Lisa is hiding from Ellison inside the potting shed; the camera is following him, and you can see him move his head avoiding a big leaf that the camera itself pushes, showing its presence. (00:44:00)
The Woman on the Beach - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: Rick calls for Magnum ("Thomas, over here!") and pushes Lisa behind him, but in the next shot she is still at his side. (00:44:40)
The Woman on the Beach - S2-E3
Revealing mistake: Rick just got shot and Magnum asks him if he's OK. When he answers, you can see that Larry Manetti is not lying in a random spot on the lawn, but on a rug the same color of the grass. (00:44:55)
The Woman on the Beach - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: Rick lies down in the leaves after being shot; his legs go from crossed (right leg underneath the other) to spread. (00:45:00)
The Woman on the Beach - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: Having a drink with Rick and Lisa at the end of the episode, she says "Because I didn't know where Sara was buried." Her right arm is on the table; in the next shot the hand is off it, and it keeps going back and forth, with the hand on or off the purse, that happens to shift as well. (00:46:35)
The Woman on the Beach - S2-E3
Continuity mistake: Lisa answers Magnum telling him she was nowhere near the potting shed; behind her, a woman with a purple dress is walking away. A while later, Magnum walks away too from all the Netherworld nonsense, and he just happens to pass by the same woman, who is again walking away from the club in the exact same spot and direction as before. (00:46:45 - 00:47:35)
The Woman on the Beach - S2-E3
Plot hole: The episode has a small bit of supernatural hints, but the foundation of it is rooted in reality and acted by a living and not magical person. With that in mind, confirmed moments when the 'ghost' is Lisa in the flesh make no sense at all; her disappearance at the beginning is a Batman-like feat she shouldn't be able to execute. Not to mention that she is at the right place and time when Magnum visits the old abandoned estate; unless she just camps there 24/7, she had no way to know when Magnum (who visits 2 days after, not even right after the fact) would investigate.
