Deceptive Little Parasite - S2-E15
Continuity mistake: When Chloe and Mazikeen are at the private school checking out the other parents, Chloe is alternately holding Mazikeen's hand and not holding it between shots.
Lady Parts - S2-E4
Continuity mistake: Chloe has a bruise on her left eyebrow and a cut on her right after the fight in the bar, but when she grabs Lucifer's phone the cut and bruise have swapped sides on her face, and then when she storms off they go back to their original sides. (00:30:48 - 00:31:30)
Lucifer, Stay. Good Devil. - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: Chloe is being debriefed by her ex about the crime scene. There's a close-up of the photographer who will be the key of the case, being physically pushed away by a policeman. The scene goes on with him in the background in many shots, all on his own, snapping away as if nothing happened. (00:08:55)
Continuity mistake: Lucifer says that Amenadiel has a crazy theory that explains a whole list of things, but then doesn't say what the theory is. Pierce says "And you believe that?" as though it made perfect sense. But there's at least half a sentence missing. (00:02:50)
High School Poppycock - S3-E15
Continuity mistake: Lucifer is going through the blue 'Class of 3001' book, then puts down the green 'Class of 3001' book without ever lifting it up. (00:11:50)
Lucifer, Stay. Good Devil. - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: At the beginning, the preacher is walking around with the donation mug. The first kid to put a few bucks in does it across two shots and has a very notable yellow hand-held device when he puts the money in that was not there in the first shot. (00:02:00)
Continuity mistake: During the scene in the school corridor with Lucifer sitting down and talking to Chloe's daughter, the same extras keep doing erratic back-and-forth for no reason (for instance the girl with a white jacket and pink shoulder bag) or just plain wrong (the kid with the horizontal striped maroon sweater who walks twice past Lucifer early in the convo). (00:24:50 - 00:25:50)
Lucifer, Stay. Good Devil. - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: Lucifer tosses the ninja chemist doll towards the door, and it lands on the rug in front of it. Nobody picks up the doll, but when Chloe shoves him off the premises, the doll has disappeared. (00:17:00 - 00:18:10)
Lucifer, Stay. Good Devil. - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: The quantity of blood on the door changes between shots, incoherently, when Jimmy is hurting himself, smashing his head on it. (00:42:35)
Quintessential Deckerstar - S3-E23
Continuity mistake: When Espinosa opens the waffle maker, initially he's holding it facing up, slightly away from him, then the shot cuts and he's holding it close to his body, facing outwards. (00:21:20)
Stewardess Interruptus - S2-E11
Continuity mistake: When Chloe tells Lucifer that her main priority is the case and that nothing is going to happen between them, her hair on the right side of her face tucks itself behind her right ear between shots. It then falls down again, then tucks itself once more.
The Would-Be Prince of Darkness - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: Lucifer gets waken up after his very PG foursome by Ty. When he says "Can you just help me, please?" Lucifer does not have his right hand on the shoulder of the girl, in contrast with the earlier and following take. (00:06:15)
The Good, the Bad, and the Crispy - S2-E18
Continuity mistake: When Lucifer is sending his mum to her new world, he is standing for the whole scene. They show a shot of Charlotte collapsed on the beach, and in the same shot, you see Lucifer on his knees in the sand. The very next shot, he is standing again. You only ever see him fallen on his knees when time starts back up again and the detectives realise where they are, which is a bit later. (00:37:25)
Continuity mistake: When Maze says goodbye to Lucifer and takes off on her motorcycle, the cars around change. You can see 2 cars parked with a car next to it with its blinker on. Then there are 3 parked cars and the end one has its hatchback up. Then as she drives off, it's a van. In the next shot the van and hatchback are gone.
Is This Really How It's Going To End?! - S5-E15
Continuity mistake: When Dan hands Ella the phone number, he's holding it by pinching it on the bottom. In the next shot, he's holding it on the side.
Who's da New King of Hell? - S4-E10
Continuity mistake: When Lucifer, as the Devil, tells the demons to go home, all the bodies fall down. We see the bodies fall down behind Chloe, too. After the shot of the Devil, the camera goes back to Chloe and the bodies all fall down again.
The Sin Bin - S3-E10
Continuity mistake: The eyes Lucifer draws on The Sinnerman change at various times. Even later, when he darkens them out, they change as well.
Liar, Liar, Slutty Dress on Fire - S2-E2
Continuity mistake: When Lucifer gets the doll out of the box, the doll's box is either face up or face down depending on the shot. (00:24:30)
Liar, Liar, Slutty Dress on Fire - S2-E2
Continuity mistake: When Lucifer is examining the doll, the way he holds it changes between shots. In one shot, he is holding the packaging, and in others, he's holding the item. (00:24:20)
Answer: Boo Normal and Once Upon a Time were going to be part of season 4, then the show got cancelled (before being picked up elsewhere). As such they were added on to the end of season three as "bonus" episodes, hence the continuity being off. But not really a mistake, just a quirk of broadcasting. Boo Normal was originally going to be between the episodes "High School Poppycock" and "Infernal Guinea Pig" in season 3 before being slated for season 4, presumably because aside from the point you've raised, it was fairly flexible, continuity-wise.
Jon Sandys ★