Revealing mistake: After the credits, Magnum's friend is checking out of the Honolulu Herald, which is running an article with Magnum's photo but the usual gibberish filler text contained in other similar props. (00:03:00)
Continuity mistake: When Stuart Margolin shows Magnum a photo of his kid, the photo in close-up is entirely different from the one that Magnum was supposedly looking at. (00:06:35)
Continuity mistake: Magnum tries to have TC accept the cheque, but he is adamant about 'cash and carry'. During this scene, Magnum is holding the box with his hand positioned at a level that switches between two heights as the angle changes. (00:08:40)
Revealing mistake: The fight scene with Magnum and TC has several shots with the real Tom Selleck and Roger E. Mosley, but the wide angles have been shot with the usual leaner stunt doubles. Magnum's double's face can be seen distinctly as he swings for the first punch, and he will appear later in the episode, uncredited. (00:12:25)
Continuity mistake: After the run-in with Dolphie Crenshaw's men, Magnum and TC are talking with Rick. When he says "Don't worry 'bout it" his arms are crossed the opposite way than in the previous shot. Mistakes of the same nature happens later, such as when Magnum explains why he owes Rod and Rick's hands go from opposite upper arms to joined together. (00:14:35)
Factual error: It is stated in the episode twice that Rod 'did time' in Camarillo, but Camarillo does not have a penitentiary, just a jail and (had at the time) a State mental hospital, neither compatible with his 18 months sentence for growing weed. (00:25:00)
Continuity mistake: Rod tells Magnum the story of how he went into jail and his wife divorced him. He says that "it happens" and massages his temples. In the next shot the pose is similar but he is leaning with his forehead against the back of the hand. (00:25:30)
Continuity mistake: Magnum and Rod are talking about what happened; Rod is having a smoke and denies growing pot again. In close-ups, Tom Selleck's head casts a shadow to his right, but in the wide angles the shadow is on the opposite shoulder. (00:25:40)
Continuity mistake: After Magnum's adventure with the change at the coffee pot, he comes back to Rod and the parole officer. When Rod puts his hand on the phone to prevent her from calling the narcs, Ms. Gordon has the receiver in her lap. New shot and it's up and she lowers it only then. (00:29:50)
Visible crew/equipment: On the roof of the building, Magnum shuts the door of TC's chopper saying "What are you gonna do? Land on him with your helicopter?" Inside the door's reflection, there's the filming crew. (00:40:50)
Character mistake: As he takes the elevator for the garage, Magnum's hat gets caught in the elevator doors before the camera cuts away. It's all fine on his head when he gets out. (00:42:15)
Continuity mistake: Rod's tackle on the baddie happens twice in two separate shots, and his left hand clings to different spots - the arm in the first, the torso in the next. (00:45:00)
Continuity mistake: During the chaotic fight at the end of the episode, the guns are all very close together in a close-up view used a few times, but in wider angles they are spread around much more, from the beginning. (00:45:05)
Character mistake: The party is supposed to be "One of the premiere social events of the season", but the only people invited (Higgins knows for sure who is gonna come, so it's not like there's low attendance because of the weather) are a Prince from a fictional European state nobody knows about with his commoner wife, the editor of a poetry magazine that needs Robin's funds to survive, a sports star and Robin's accountant. 5 people in total, already all in Robin's pocket, and nobody else in attendance. While you could say that having royalty and a golden glove winner is certainly noteworthy, those people don't meet anyone else. Hardly a 'social event'. (00:04:00)
Other mistake: The accountant first, then some minutes later the prince and princess arrive at the estate. They are bone dry despite the hurricane outside complete with pouring rain noises and strong winds. (00:05:35)
Character mistake: Higgins addresses constantly the Prince and Princess of Turbia as "Your Majesty." For an expert of protocol as Higgins, it's quite odd to make such a mistake; "Your Majesty" is used for royalty with a rank higher than Prince (kings, emperors). Paradoxically, Magnum gets it right, calling both "Your Highness." (00:06:30)
Continuity mistake: Duke Davis hands Magnum his umbrella, hook of the handle facing his left. It faces his right in the close-up of an ecstatic Magnum. (00:09:25)
Continuity mistake: Magnum in his fangirly reaction to the Tigers' ace player is barely able to point him towards the dining room. In the shot from behind he at least brings the umbrella back in its original position, but it's still across his chest and in front of the opposite shoulder in the front view. (00:10:00)
Character mistake: Higgins is narrating one of his stories, this time implying that he helped Hemingway write "The Old Man and The Sea." Normally Higgins' stories are somewhat plausible because of factual accuracy that leaves room to be taken at face value, but here he says that it happened in "The Florida Keys, '53 or '54, it was." while "the manuscript was only in the outline stage." The novel was published in 1952. (00:10:30)
Continuity mistake: The criminal at first has his shirt wet in the shoulders area and down his collar and buttoned center. In the wine cellar scene, the center is dry, and returns wet when they return in the dining room after shooting Higgins' radio (and Robin's immature wine). (00:16:00)
