In the window washer scene, when Monk falls off the scaffold barely hanging on, his shirt is disheveled and untucked, and his back is visible. Seconds later, when he is the scaffold again, his shirt is 'miraculously' tucked in and remains tucked in for the rest of the scene.
Stottlemeyer states the window washer was on the sixth floor when he witnessed the murder, but later Monk, says he went to the seventh floor to verify his view of the scene.
When Monk and his partner arrive at the house of the "Crazy Cat Lady" for the first time, the police car lights are off. However, when they walk up to her, they're on in the background. When Monk enters the house, they're off again.
When Monk is talking with two other detectives at the firing range, the detective standing to his left puts a fresh magazine into his pistol and chambers a round. A few seconds later, the same detective repeats the action of putting a new magazine into his pistol and chambering a round.
As an Inspector (detective), Monk and his partner are repeatedly called to the house of the crazy cat lady. In reality, "emergency" calls such as this would never be handled by Inspectors. They would be assigned to uniformed patrol officers instead.
Natalie is told to go listen to the new Coldplay album that released. However, there was no album released by them in 2009, which was when this took place.
Actually, the album LeftRightLeftRightLeft was released on May 15, 2009. It was a live album given away on their Viva la Vida Tour.
Actually, the album LeftRightLeftRightLeft was released on May 15, 2009. It was a live album given away on their Viva la Vida Tour.
Regarding the character of Mikhail Alvanov: The closed captioning refers to him as Manny Alvarez, although the character and the name are both clearly Russian and pronounced as "Alvanov." The uniform shirt Alvanov is wearing has the name Manny. During the penultimate scene on the window-washing platform, Monk calls him Manny.
Monk breaks two major gun safety rules immediately after Natalie hands him his pistol (Beretta 92?) on his first day back. First he holds it so that it is pointed directly at her. Then - even before releasing the magazine - he puts his finger inside the trigger guard. One should never do that unless preparing to fire.