Character mistake: Magnum and Billy Joe Bob face one of Ito's goons. The guy is supposed to be competent with nunchakus, but he simply waves it around with no skill and in the close-up of his warrior yell, he strikes a pose with it but you can see at the bottom of the frame he misses the catch and does not grab the other stick. Obviously the extra was hired simply because of the looks and ethnicity but had never used this goon's supposed weapon of choice before. (00:24:55)
Continuity mistake: Billy Joe "smooths things out" with the non-hooker and Magnum gets slapped in return. The cocktail umbrella on the counter goes from straight to folded between shots. (00:21:30)
Revealing mistake: The chopper lands and an upset Billy Joe Bob disembarks. A low standard for body doubles is set when you realise that TC has been replaced by some white dude wearing a bandit scarf on his face and sunglasses. (00:15:00)
Revealing mistake: During the kendo sparring, on the breastplate of the kendogu you can see the reflection of the set lights, practically all the time. (00:11:00)
Continuity mistake: Outside the King Kamehameha Club, Magnum knocks down Billy Joe Bob with a punch, and knocks away his cowboy hat too. The hat is flat on the ground when he is getting up, but was toppled over under the different camera angle. (00:05:45)
Audio problem: Billy Joe Bob's "He got in my way" response to Rick who tells him to leave the club after busting Harland's jaw is noticeably inserted in post, rather poorly dubbed in with a change of levels and discontinuity in background sound. (00:04:50)
Continuity mistake: In pure movie fashion, a runner is chased by a big Sedan and she keeps on the road instead of swerving to the side and hide behind the many trees and posts. She does change lane at one point, though; when she does that, notice that in the closer view she is passing by a tree that is not next to a lamp post like in the wider angle. (00:02:15)
Continuity mistake: In the POV shot, when the car rams the jogger it sends a trash bin flying across, which is completely absent during the side view of the stuntwoman being tossed in the water. (00:02:20)
Revealing mistake: After wiring TC's chopper, Billy Joe Bob puts the headset on and looks behind him. When he turns his head to look, you can see that on the right pad there's something handwritten with an ink marker on it; "D. JONES." Makes no sense on TC's chopper, but much more sense when you know that the aerial coordinator and helicopter pilot for this season of the show is named in fact J. David Jones. (00:40:45)
Plot hole: The plot of the episode is nonsense. The boss of the company knows that Magnum made no progress and is on the wrong track, since he suspects someone in Marketing - it should also be noted that Magnum is mystified knowing that the President has the access codes, but he himself has them, and it would be a given to learn who has the various codes as first thing in a security analysis like he conducted. Yet for a couple weeks this Prez guy sends his wife to just sleep with the PI's friend, for...no discernible reason, other than create a diversion he did not need and that hinges on events and reactions that non only he couldn't predict, but also have nothing to do with facilitating his espionage, considering also that a more competent security firm is hired right after. Likewise, why would the guy from R&D try to "scare Magnum off" doing an attempted murder that is sure to get him arrested when he knows Magnum is focusing on the wrong department?
Character mistake: When Magnum parks the car in front of the Kahala Towers, the word "parks" has to be used very loosely; the car stops on the left side and at little distance from another car on the right, effectively blocking the whole road. And that is in a moment of total quiet, not rushing out of the car to save a baby or something like that. Whoever parks their car like that deserves to be shot on sight. (00:12:10)
