Factual error: When Buck's body is found, his blood is red when it should be brown due to oxidation after how much time has passed.
Sacha
20th Feb 2024
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
20th Feb 2024
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Continuity mistake: When the episode begins, Jessica is having a meeting with Sally Wilson, who hangs a bag over her shoulder. A shot later, her bag is down and she is hanging it again.
20th Feb 2024
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Audio problem: When Buck walks to the bar downstairs and meets Mrs. Oates, the sound of their footsteps is that of tiled floor, but they're walking on a rug.
26th Aug 2023
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall (2) - S5-E22
Other mistake: When the sheriff finds the apple, the bitten side has a fresh white colour, instead of the brown colour it should have after the many hours passed.
26th Aug 2023
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall (2) - S5-E22
Continuity mistake: When Eudora arrives at Jessica's home to apologise, she's wearing a pair of gloves. A shot later, the gloves have vanished.
22nd Feb 2023
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Revealing mistake: All the shots of snow falling, mainly when Gunnar is about to be killed, are a very obvious crappy footage of flakes falling projected over the footage of the show. Not a single flake falls on the objects nor the people.
2nd Feb 2023
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Crossed Up - S3-E13
Continuity mistake: When the crime is solved Jessica shows her emergency calling button. The way she holds it changes between shots.
2nd Feb 2023
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
A Very Good Year for Murder - S4-E17
Visible crew/equipment: After Tony is cured he exits toward his car. A big screen used for lighting is reflected on the side of the car.
29th Jan 2023
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Visible crew/equipment: When the sheriff and the mayor meet at the fix-it shop, the filming crew plus the boom mic pole are reflected on the side of the red car.
24th Jan 2023
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Crossed Up - S3-E13
Continuity mistake: When Grady grabs the diary it swaps between closed or open depending on the angle.
8th Jan 2023
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Something Borrowed, Someone Blue - S5-E9
Revealing mistake: When the corpse lies on the bed the pad under the clothes where the thermometer is stuck protrudes.
8th Jan 2023
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Something Borrowed, Someone Blue - S5-E9
Audio problem: Whenever someone is walking on a rug the sound we hear is of footsteps on a tiled floor.
7th Jan 2023
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Something Borrowed, Someone Blue - S5-E9
Continuity mistake: In the kitchen the police officer loosens his tie, but from the side shot it's still tight.
23rd Nov 2022
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Night of the Headless Horseman - S3-E11
Visible crew/equipment: When Nate and Dorian fight at the bar they are replaced with obvious stunt doubles with totally different hairstyles.
23rd Nov 2022
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Night of the Headless Horseman - S3-E11
Continuity mistake: In the car, when Jessica is told that she has to act like Dorian's mother she covers her face with both hands. A shot later there's just one hand on her face.
23rd Nov 2022
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Night of the Headless Horseman - S3-E11
Visible crew/equipment: When Jessica arrives at the station and Dorian opens the car door, stage lighting screens are reflected on the glass.
20th Nov 2022
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Night of the Headless Horseman - S3-E11
Visible crew/equipment: When Nate Findley rides his horse the actor's stunt is very noticeable in the wide shots.
18th Aug 2022
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
The Bottom Line Is Murder - S3-E15
Continuity mistake: When the cop picks up the dirty ashtray he blows the ash away. In the close-up the ashtray is spotless as if it had been wiped with a cloth or if it were brand-new. First of all, no ash blew away, and second of all, a mere puff couldn't have cleaned it the way it looks.
1st Aug 2022
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
The Bottom Line Is Murder - S3-E15
Visible crew/equipment: When Jessica rides in the car for the first time, the structure of the filming equipment is reflected on the hood.
27th Jul 2022
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Death Takes a Curtain Call - S1-E9
Visible crew/equipment: During the press conference, a stage light is reflected on the actress' sunglasses.
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