The windows at "Nellie's" restaurant at the beginning of the show have changed back to "Caroline's" which was changed previously.
Laura had supposedly developed a relationship with this elderly lady, enough so that she left Laura her house upon her deathbed yep in the entire ninth season or even earlier seasons, viewers have never seen this woman before.
Willie states that he loves food and loves working at the restaurant yet this is the first time he has been seen having anything to do with the restaurant at all. If he was that in love with it previous episodes would have shown that. Yet viewers never see him working once over at the hotel.
Mrs Flannery's house is the blind school that burned down a few seasons ago.