The snake in Quincy's desk was obviously not a deadly African coral snake as Monahan stated but a harmless baby king snake. The two are often confused. The colors on the snake had red touching black and not red touching yellow. "Red and yellow, kill a fellow, Red and black venom lack" A real coral snake could kill even at that young age.
Quincey receives a plant that he tells the staff is the same type Jeannina Dixon grew. The plant is obviously an artificial plant with silk flowers.
Monahan first refers to Jeannina as Brad's mother-in-law before reverting to the proper term of stepmother.