Did You See the Sun Rise? - S3-E1
Revealing mistake: The actress playing Julie Barbara has short dark hair as is abundantly clear during the lengthy scenes involving her. But for the shot of the explosion, the stuntperson wears a long blonde wig. (00:41:40)
Did You See the Sun Rise? - S3-E1
Visible crew/equipment: Mac is trying to convince Magnum of his scientific method to improve his results at the competition. When he says "You give me their strengths and weaknesses", say hello to the stick of a boom mike popping to the upper right corner of the frame, and that follows them and stays in view for about 8 seconds before it gets pulled up. (00:22:20)
Did You See the Sun Rise? - S3-E1
Visible crew/equipment: When TC's helicopter is landing on Robin's lawn, right after the "Written by Donald P. Bellisario" credit, look at the left of the screen, right side of the helicopter, to see a cameraman filming from it. (00:09:25)
Past Tense - S3-E4
Continuity mistake: When Magnum and the driver are diving away from the explosion, they fall in the grass almost in north-south position, with the hands of Tom Selleck' stunt double on the shoulders of the other guy. In the next shot they are closer and Selleck's face is just above the driver's butt. (00:03:00)
Past Tense - S3-E4
Other mistake: Magnum quite literally breaks into TC's office, shattering the glass with his shoe and reaching through to unlock the door. When he and Rick leave, he reaches in again and locks the door back. They get stopped by Lieutenant Yoshi Tanaka in the corridor, have a bit of banter without them touching the door, and when the policemen walk past them, they just have to push the door to open it; it's completely unlocked already. (00:15:55 - 00:16:55)
Past Tense - S3-E4
Continuity mistake: When TC's chopper lands in the prison courtyard, its registration mark is N1095A, while when it is shown on the open ocean it is N58243 and it has emergency floats equipped on its skids. (00:07:45 - 00:10:20)
Past Tense - S3-E4
Revealing mistake: As the helicopter takes off with the prisoner, guards shoot it repeatedly. In particular in a close-up they shoot off two grills on the engine combustion fuel drain. Looking at the close-up, you can see the wires used to detonate the charges, and bits of the black paper/gaffer tape that kept the explosion rigging together, flapping now in the wind. (00:07:55)
Past Tense - S3-E4
Continuity mistake: One of the skyjackers is about to kill Higgins, saying that one hostage is plenty already. His boss though rushes in and stops him. In the first shot the man with the gun has his arm bent and the boss is standing with his arms folded. In the second, Gun Guy has his arm fully straight and Boss Guy starts by leaning on the palm with his arm up on the trunk. (00:13:20)
The Eighth Part of the Village - S3-E3
Continuity mistake: In the final climax, Higgins says "Don't" to Sano, pointing a gun. Kim Miyori's head is turned differently (very noticeably) in the different shots. (00:44:10)
The Eighth Part of the Village - S3-E3
Continuity mistake: Magnum and his buddies have gotten all the information they needed from Jansen and Harms, and he begins to fast-talk his way out of the reinforcements. He points a stick at one of them, using his left hand, saying "You owe me 30 bucks." In a cut, the stick switches to the right hand. (00:33:10)
The Eighth Part of the Village - S3-E3
Continuity mistake: At Rick's place, Magnum reminds him about searching for the yo-yos that hit him at the dock. Meanwhile, he is holding the bar bills in a different way between shots (vertical first, horizontal next). (00:17:55)
The Eighth Part of the Village - S3-E3
Audio problem: When Higgins' mail order bride (well, not really) bows deeply for Magnum and her hat falls off, she says "Thank you, Higgins san", but the actress, overwhelmed by her own abundant mane, is just grinning and her lips don't move. (00:11:15)
The Eighth Part of the Village - S3-E3
Continuity mistake: Magnum is struggling to load the big heavy crate in the van, or make it budge at all. Over half of the crate is in the shadow of the building, but in the rest of the scene when Magnum has to fight the two muscleheads off, it's suddenly fully in the sun. (00:09:30)
The Eighth Part of the Village - S3-E3
Continuity mistake: When Magnum shows the week-old fortune cookie to a disgusted Higgins, the cookie changes position in his palm in John Hillerman's close-up and when he grabs it - prying the fortune slip from the right side instead of the left where it was in the previous shot. (00:05:25)
The Eighth Part of the Village - S3-E3
Continuity mistake: Magnum follows Higgins carrying a wheelbarrow with 3 tool handles sticking out in the front from the sacks. At least at the beginning, because when they emerge from the passageway it's suddenly 4 handles. (00:04:15)
The Eighth Part of the Village - S3-E3
Continuity mistake: Higgins stops Magnum's work telling him that the very special lawn of the estate can't be just mowed. Magnum leans against the mower, held it straight by the left bar, and goes "Gee, Higgins..." In the next shot he is still holding by the left bar, but sideways. (00:04:10)
Continuity mistake: When Magnum jumps over the garden wall, he bumps into rolled up rugs, unfurling one. Which looks the same way at the end of the scene when the same camera angle is used. But the middle part of the scene is shot in a different angle, closer to Tom Selleck's face as he crawls to Higgins and gets up, and in that angle the rugs are piled together in a different way, with the unrolled rug draped over the others. (00:41:35)
Audio problem: Back to the mansion after meeting Simon & Simon in the hotel room, Magnum narrowly misses the villain. Still clueless about it, runs to Higgins and hops over a wall. The ghastly yell he emits during his athletic effort is entirely off-pitch and at a different volume than his speech. They might as well have used a Wilhelm scream here. (00:41:30)
Continuity mistake: In the diversion at the beach, AJ removes his shirt in the wide shot with TC and Magnum telling him "You're not surfing", but he still has it up to the elbow in the frontal. (00:26:35)
Continuity mistake: In the lengthy scene with the suave Simon brother at the gate, he is always holding the second bar to the left in the wider angles, the third in closer shots. (00:19:25)
