Magnum, P.I.

Compulsion - S5-E14

Visible crew/equipment: When Magnum decides it's time for "Plan B" he tells Carol it might get scary, then after the second shot of Carol while she's singing, in the next shot of the woods a yellow plastic T-mark is visible on the ground, at the bottom of the screen. (00:46:00)

Super Grover

Professor Jonathan Higgins - S5-E13

Visible crew/equipment: When Agatha is with Higgins in the study, Sally walks in and stands beside an arm chair, then Agatha leaves and Sally sits down in that chair. After Higgins and Sally have their conversation the phone rings, and in the shots facing Sally there's a tape mark at the edge of the rug, beside the arm chair. (00:42:30)

Super Grover

Luther Gillis: File #001 - S5-E10

Visible crew/equipment: Luther and Higgins go down to the boat at dawn to "sneak on, shake down Davies" and "86 the goods." In the shot as they both board the tuna fish boat, there is a line of numerous wood wedges for the camera's dolly tracking, which are visible at the right side of the screen, as the camera follows this route.

Super Grover

Murder 101 - S5-E8

Visible crew/equipment: After the opening scene at the airport, when it cuts to the guesthouse we hear Magnum talking as the camera starts moving, and as it moves around the side of the couch two white tape marks become visible on the rug, at the opposite end of the coffee table. (00:03:40)

Super Grover

Blind Justice - S5-E7

Visible crew/equipment: When Higgins berates Magnum about everything, including sleazy clients and unexpected guests, Carol walks in unexpectantly. Higgins then goes over to the hutch to get the keys, and the rectangular shadow of filming equipment moves into view at the left side of the screen. (00:05:40)

Super Grover

Under World - S5-E5

Revealing mistake: In the opening shots of TC's helicopter, in one shot there are two helicopter shadows being cast on the water below, one shadow is TC's chopper and the other shadow is the filming chopper. The helicopter also changes between the T-tailed, Y-tailed, and different type skids. (00:01:30)

Super Grover

Mac's Back - S5-E3

Visible crew/equipment: After Greene lets Magnum off without charges it cuts to Magnum in the Ferrari, and when he decides to find someone who knew "Mac" there's an overhead long shot as the car pulls to the side of the road (to make a U-turn), and in this long shot the second camera with crew members are visible at the left side of the screen. The next shot is the footage of the Ferrari making the sharp U-turn, that had been filmed by that second camera. Additionally, in the previous closeups facing Magnum during the short drive, the reflections on the lenses of his sunglasses are not normal, due to the dark screen where the camera is located. (00:35:10)

Super Grover

Mac's Back - S5-E3

Visible crew/equipment: At the start, when Magnum is remembering what had happened Higgins calls his name, then just as Magnum puts on his sunglasses and lifts his head, the reflection of the camera and its operator, wearing a dark short sleeved shirt, is visible in his left lens. (00:03:20)

Super Grover

Holmes Is Where the Heart Is - S4-E18

Continuity mistake: While we hear Higgins in voiceover as the flame is moved closer to his hand, there is a segue to Magnum's voiceover as he reads the typed words of Higgins' memoir, which we see onscreen. The problem is Magnum reads, "I knew I had no information to give them," yet those words are not actually typed on the paper. (00:39:15)

Super Grover

Almost Home - S3-E10

Magnum: I could appeal to his heart.
Lieutenant Maggie Poole: Yeah. And his stomach.
Magnum: Oh, come on! That food stuff, that was just an excuse. Listen, underneath that stomach was a heart as big as...that stomach.
(00:38:20)

Sammo

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