In the opening, the killer is shown poisoning the bottle of port by using a syringe to inject the poison through the cork and into the port, but when Detective Chasen opens the bottle and pours a drink, the bottle has a typical port stopper: a cork stopper with a hard plastic cap. The syringe and needle would not have penetrated the plastic cap.
When they first go outside to see that it is snowing, there is no accumulation of the snow on the ground. A few seconds later, suddenly there is a white carpet on the ground.
[00:56] In the opening sequence when the killer is addressing the envelope, the letters "TLEME", the last part of "STOTTLEMEYER" are almost to the right edge of the envelope.
[02:01[ At the end of the sequence, the entire addressee "To CAPTAIN LELAND STOTTLEMEYER" is centered on the envelope with a large margin on both the left and the right.
[02:01[ At the end of the sequence, the entire addressee "To CAPTAIN LELAND STOTTLEMEYER" is centered on the envelope with a large margin on both the left and the right.
When Monk, Natalie, and her daughter go out to look at the snow, Monk closes the door, then it's shown open, and then closed again.
[25:22] When Monk is dressed as Santa, he takes off one glove to adjust the fake beard. Immediately after, during the close up shot, both gloves are back on when he adjusts the beard.
The San Francisco Police Department does not have corporals (Alice's rank).
[20:48] Monk states, "It hasn't snowed in San Francisco in nine years. The last time it snowed was the day Trudy died." According to "Happy Birthday, Mr. Monk (2009)," Monk was born Oct. 17, 1959, making him only 17 years old on San Francisco's real last snow day of Feb. 5, 1976. Monk would have been fairly young to become a widow and too young to become a detective like he was at the time of Trudy's death.
When Alice takes her cookies out of the oven, they are already frosted.
But this is incorrect. When she's talking with Monk, the Captain and Natalie, she is frosting the cookies. She is taking the spoon out of a bowl during the conversation to put frosting on the cookies.
But this is incorrect. When she's talking with Monk, the Captain and Natalie, she is frosting the cookies. She is taking the spoon out of a bowl during the conversation to put frosting on the cookies.
At the very end. when it's snowing in San Francisco, Monk walks down Natalie's front steps but there are no footprints (in the snow) on the steps.
There's not enough accumulation of snow to make footprints.
There's not enough accumulation of snow to make footprints.
The killer was shown typing "STOTTLEMEYER," but when envelope was shown in full, the name was STOTLEMEIR.
And when the envelope is shown in full again after being delivered, the name reads correctly STOTTLEMEYER.
And when the envelope is shown in full again after being delivered, the name reads correctly STOTTLEMEYER.