Magnum, P.I.

Texas Lightning - S2-E17

Visible crew/equipment: When Magnum and JL climb the island's rocky hill so they can set up the transmitter as high as possible, just as JL shouts, "and give you an hour's head start," a crew member with his clipboard are visible at the right side/corner of the screen. (00:25:15)

Super Grover

One More Summer - S2-E16

Visible crew/equipment: While Magnum is in the training room with Dorsey they talk about Eleanor Greeley, and when Magnum mentions that she carried Dorsey for two years after his surgery, in some of the following shots an actor's white T-mark is visible on the floor beside the bench. (00:09:30)

Super Grover

Try to Remember - S2-E14

Visible crew/equipment: When Magnum and Tanaka are at the murder scene, Magnum says he remembers nothing about Joanie's murder (while having 'Nam flashbacks) so Tanaka tells him, "Strike two." It then cuts to Higgins and Magnum arguing about the car, and at the start of this shot lighting equipment is visible on the lawn, at the right side of the screen. There are also wood planks visible at the bottom of the screen, presumably used for the camera dolly to track forward. (00:16:05)

Super Grover

Computer Date - S2-E13

Revealing mistake: When Magnum chases after Randolph at the airport tarmac and finally catches him, there's an outline of elbow pads on Magnum's sleeves. Earlier, there was a shot from behind Magnum as he pulled the gun from his waistband, and his sleeves were normal.

Super Grover

Computer Date - S2-E13

Visible crew/equipment: At the airport, while Randolph holds a gun on Rick during the standoff Claudia shouts out, and when Rick falls to the ground just as Randolph starts to flee, the arm of the boom operator and the boom are visible at the right side of the screen. (00:44:00)

Super Grover

Ghost Writer - S2-E11

Continuity mistake: While Virginia is alone with the butler, when she gets off the elevator she presses the ground floor button, and in this closeup she has long polished fingernails and is wearing a gold band on her right hand, but in other shots her nails are short and the ring on her right hand is entirely different. (00:34:30)

Super Grover

Ghost Writer - S2-E11

Visible crew/equipment: While "Thomas Milton" and Virginia are dressed up in surgical gowns Emerson White enters the room, and as White walks behind the table a T-mark becomes visible as the camera pans toward the right. (00:15:00)

Super Grover

Mad Buck Gibson - S2-E8

Continuity mistake: After Higgins finally agrees to Magnum's three month deal, when it cuts to the Ferrari driving down the street, the car easily drives forward into the huge space between two other parked vehicles, but in the next shot the blue vehicle parked behind the Ferrari is now much closer (note the parking meter), which would have made the Ferrari's previous maneuver impossible. (00:18:40)

Super Grover

Mad Buck Gibson - S2-E8

Revealing mistake: At the King Kamehameha Club, while Joan Gibson is sitting at the table, there are at least two wires crudely attached to the bottom of the tablecloth preventing the wind from blowing it upward, and disrupting filming of the outdoor scene.

Super Grover

Mac: Time has little to do with infinity and jelly donuts.

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