"Rumors, Bargains and Lies" (mild spoilers) continuity error

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From: Alexei Kosut <akosut at nueva.pvt.k12.ca.us>
Date: 17 May 1997 02:24:27 -0400
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This is almost not a spoiler, but I felt it was better safe than
sorry...

I was just re-watching "Rumors, Bargains and Lies", which I thought was a
great episode, and noticed a minor problem in the opening scene:
Marcus is eating something, which looks sort of like a
starfish. Anyhow, I realized that the starfish magically jumps off his
fork and back onto his plate: His fork is empty, we cut to another
shot, and the starfish is there. We cut again, and it's gone; he then
stabs it with a fork off his plate, and begins eating it.

It's interesting, because the scenes involved have Marcus saying
things. One would imagine that it would be scripted (or at least
decided by the director) when he was to start eating the starfish, and
the shots would match up. Maybe the lines were rearranged in
post-production? Or maybe they just screwed up.

And what *was* that item of food? I thought it was the funniest thing
in the scene. It does look like a starfish, though it was much too
thin. It reminded me of a butter cookie made into the shape of a star,
but it was a tad too large... and for breakfast?

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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: 17 May 1997 10:41:22 -0400
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It was a star fruit, and the actor kept nibbling at it when he
shouldn't've been.


 jms





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