Continuity mistake: When Magnum answers the phone call from John Costa he's wearing the new shirt with a striped colorful pattern, which was a birthday present from his mother. During Magnum's introduction to Costa in the alley, the style of Magnum's shirt is the same, but the striped pattern has changed. Then the pattern changes again when Magnum returns home bruised. (00:26:25)
Super Grover
27th Jun 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
27th Jun 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
On the Fly - S7-E15
Visible crew/equipment: When Magnum successfully lands the plane he starts shouting about the brakes, then in the following shot of "Mac" lying in the hospital bed, the black T-mark is visible on the floor, in front of Higgins. (00:44:25)
27th Jun 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
On the Fly - S7-E15
Visible crew/equipment: While Higgins is standing beside TC's hospital bed there's a boom pole and mic hovering low in the area of Higgins' legs, and it can be seen in the two wide shots from behind Higgins, especially when Rick mentions the noontime news. (00:06:40)
27th Jun 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Higgins and Del Haynes leave the house Higgins is wearing his camo vest and hat, which he wears throughout the episode until the end. Though the style of his hat and vest remain the same, the actual camouflage pattern on both the hat and vest changes. There are two different hats and three different vests. The changes even occur between shots, such as during the scene at the end when Higgins returns to the estate.
27th Jun 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
On the Fly - S7-E15
Visible crew/equipment: After Magnum realises TC has been shot, in the following wide shot with TC in the hospital bed, two black T-marks are visible on the floor, where Magnum stands, then a third T-mark is visible on the floor closer to the TV. (00:05:40)
27th Jun 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: At Agent Estin's office, Bryant is wearing a plaid shirt with bold vertical pastel stripes, and pink stripes at the edges of his collar, but during the drive home in TC's van, the vertical stripes on Bryant's shirt have changed, though it still has the same pattern. Note the blue stripes at the edges of his collar. (00:06:30 - 00:08:40)
27th Jun 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: When TC gets off the phone he tells the others that somebody must go to the Sea Palms Hotel, room 401. During their joint mission, Magnum responds to TC on the walkie and tells him he'll call back when he's in the room. Then Magnum enters room 1201, not room 401 as the kidnappers had instructed, right before the kidnappers call room 1201. (00:37:00 - 00:38:30)
27th Jun 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Revealing mistake: When TC and Bryant leave Agent Estin's office it cuts to TC's van on the highway, and as we hear Magnum in the voiceover talking about his dad's advice, "to call the monsters out," we can see the shadow of the helicopter filming this footage. (00:08:20)
27th Jun 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: While Norm Vogel is meeting with a man at the Hawaii Museum, getting information about the tiny shells from Alea's necklace, in the wide shot we see the map with the island of Molokai, when they walk over to it. In the next closeup of the map, there are now three small (fictional) islands north of the island of Molokai, which have been deliberately drawn onto the map for this closeup. (00:32:50)
27th Jun 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Magnum takes one of the outrigger canoes, the paddle he uses to paddle away from the island has a normal handle, but in the overhead wide shot facing Magnum's back, he's using a paddle with a T-grip handle, then it's back to the paddle with a normal handle in following shots. (00:21:05)
27th Jun 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: While Rick goes around asking if anyone's seen Magnum, there's a closeup of Rita as she pulls back one side of her blouse to admire her new tattoo, and in this closeup she's wearing a watch with a silver face and her new tattoo has a horizontal curve, but in the next shot Rita's watch is a smaller all black style and the tattoo is now more vertical. (00:33:35)
27th Jun 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Visible crew/equipment: When Lt. Page leaves the guesthouse Magnum follows him out, and in the next exterior shot as the camera moves past Page's car, the production crane is reflected on the car's surface. (00:15:15)
27th Jun 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Trivia: At the awards ceremony, three men seated at a table together resemble three detectives from 1970s TV shows. Detective Mike Stone (played by Karl Malden) from ABC's Streets of San Francisco; Detective Frank Columbo (played by Peter Falk) from NBC's Columbo; and Detective Theo Kojak (played by Telly Savalas) from CBS's Kojak. (00:07:20)
27th Jun 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Visible crew/equipment: While Leslie is driving the Ferrari making sure the coast is clear, as she and Magnum drive past several stores with large windows, we can see the reflection of the camera rig attached to the Ferrari. (00:14:45)
27th Jun 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Who Is Don Luis Higgins... and Why Is He Doing These Terrible Things to Me? - S6-E18
Visible crew/equipment: While Higgins and Magnum are in the Ferrari driving out to help Don Luis, in the shots facing the windshield, the shadow of filming equipment is visible on the Ferrari's hood. (00:37:15)
27th Jun 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Who Is Don Luis Higgins... and Why Is He Doing These Terrible Things to Me? - S6-E18
Visible crew/equipment: When Don Luis walks into the study and tells Magnum and Agatha he's looking for Higgins, after Magnum's and Agatha's closeups, in the next shot of Don Luis the shadow of the moving boom mic is visible at the top of the door, to the right. (00:15:45)
27th Jun 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Visible crew/equipment: When Higgins is outraged about his trampled prized flowers, the boys and Magnum head over to breakfast, and in the shot of Magnum, TC, and Rick at the BBQ grills, two white T-marks are visible on the ground as Magnum and his friends walk away. (00:17:15)
27th Jun 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
This Island Isn't Big Enough.... - S6-E15
Continuity mistake: After Magnum is given the map with the location of the island, when TC's helicopter takes off it's Y-tailed, then it changes to T-tailed, and then the skids change as well. (00:38:55)
27th Jun 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Magnum is holding the negatives tube behind his back while on deck, there are two closeups of the tube in his hand, but in these closeups the watchband on Magnum's wrist is a completely different style. (00:43:40)
27th Jun 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Visible crew/equipment: When Danny Frye snatches the negatives tube from Magnum's hand and takes off, in the following shot as Magnum moves Peggy aside, the black tape mark is visible on the deck in front of Mrs. Tate's feet. (00:43:55)
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