When Monk and Sharona look at the mural, it states Trudy was in the graduating class of 1977. However, it was previously established that she died in 1997 at the age of 34. This would make her 14-15 years old when she graduated high school, which although not impossible is extremely unlikely.
In the final arrest scene, Disher takes the glasses from Andrew McCarthy's character, but when the camera moves back to McCarthy, the glasses remain in his hands.
When Monk is writing "Mr. Monk" on the board, he has a piece of chalk in his right hand. When Kyle Patterson pelts Monk with the eraser, Monk is holding an eraser in his hand instead of the chalk.
[6:51] Monk and Sharona are talking with the principal, Monk is avoiding the "cracks" in the pavement. [8:01] He is not avoiding them as they are walking.
A student describes her diorama as depicting "the Southern generals surrendering at the courthouse in Appomattox, Virginia." At Lee's surrender on April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee was the only Confederate general present; he was accompanied by Lieutenant Colonel Charles Marshall and an orderly. The surrender meeting took place in the village of Appomattox Court House, so named because it included a courthouse. Grant and Lee did not meet in the court house itself but rather in the home of Wilmer McLean.
When Derek and Beth are in the car talking about Derek proctoring the SAT exam, Beth asks Derek "What about Laurie?" Derek jokingly responds "My wife? She took the SATs, I think she got about a 1680." The highest score on the SAT exam at the time was 1600, as the optional 800 point essay section was not added until 2005.
When Monk is reiterating to Derek Philby how he killed Beth Landow before the test, a flashback is shown of Philby clocking her over the head with a pipe. The mark on her head would definitely be visible and the police would have noticed this and come to the conclusion that it was the cause of her death.
If Beth was on the minute hand of the clock, she would have fallen to the right, and not directly in front of the clock and 10 ft from the building.
When Monk explains that the suicide letter could not have been written by an English teacher, he cites one reason being the incorrect use of "whomever" stating the letter reads "To whomever it may concern." He argues that the correct usage would be "to whoever it may concern." However, because the verb in the sentence (concern) is performed by the subject "it" coupled with the fact that the pronoun in question follows "to" means that the pronoun must be objective. "Whomever" is the objective form of the nominative pronoun "whoever" and so "whomever" actually is correct.
After asking Sharona for separate plates to avoid having his food items touch each other, Monk is very careless while separating his meal. You can even see a piece of potato falling on his carrot plate.
Both Philby and Monk use the phrase QED, and then say "that which was proven." This is a common error - QED is the acronym for the Latin "Quod erat demonstrandum," which translates to "what was to be shown" or more commonly "thus it has been demonstrated." It is used at the end of a mathematical proof to imply that the proof supports or demonstrates the theorem, not that it has been proven. However, Monk, as someone who displays a high level of precision in his life, would likely not make such an error.
[16:55] The student in the red shirt is clearly peeking through the corner of his eye to see if the camera/scene was moving/starting.
Twice, Andrew McCarthy's character refers to an unsupported guess as a theory ("when you're in my classroom, if you have a theory, you'd better have some proof to back it up").
A scientist would be more likely to use the word hypothesis, even speaking casually outside of his field, but certainly if he is referring to science.
A theory, in science, is a well-substantiated explanation of an aspect of the natural world. A hypothesis is a yet-unproven idea.
A scientist would be more likely to use the word hypothesis, even speaking casually outside of his field, but certainly if he is referring to science.
A theory, in science, is a well-substantiated explanation of an aspect of the natural world. A hypothesis is a yet-unproven idea.