Monk (2002) - 14 corrections

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Entry Throughout the entire show, Monk says he is afraid of milk (he says it in "Mr. Monk and the Candidate"). However in "Mr. Monk Goes To The Circus" he asks for milk and cream in his hot chocolate. But in later episodes his fear of milk is still there, so it's not that he's managed to make progress in that area. [Monk's fear of milk is not based on the taste of milk, but on its texture, and the way it slops everywhere when you pour it. Hot chocolate with milk in it has quite a different texture, and it wouldn't spill everywhere as Monk has no need to pour it.]
Corrected by Blibbetyblip Time

Mr. Monk and the Airplane (series 1)

Entry When Monk is being heckled by the hotel comedian, he admits to bringing his own towels and blankets to the hotel; however in an earlier scene we see Monk reeling in horror as he examines all the bodily fluids with an infra red light. The blanket on his bed was not his own but a "dirty" hotel one. [Just because Monk brings his own towels and blankets to the hotel, it does not mean the room did not have hotel towels and blankets already in the room. Monk was looking at the hotel's blanket, not his own.]
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Mr. Monk Goes to Jail (series 2)

Entry When Monk visits the prison for the first time, he is searched, passed, and has a mini-panic attack because people have touched him. Sharona steps forward to comfort him, and she puts her arms around him. This is a very serious breach of procedure and it is not possible for the guards to miss it, because Sharona has not been searched. It's a common technique for trying to pass contraband called 'a touch through' - a person with an item to be smuggled into the prison (drugs, usually), passes them on to a person who has been searched and is therefore 'clean'. Monk would be taken back to the guard's station to be searched again. [Monk is a very well known and respected detective and it isn't farfetched to believe that the guard was aware of Monk's phobias. They didn't need to do a thorough search, it was just procedure, but when it became difficult they just let him through.]
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Mr. Monk Gets Married (series 2)

Entry Monk says West Virginia became a state after the Civil War, West Virginia actually became a state in 1863, during the Civil War. [Monk erred slightly, so this boils down to a character mistake.]
Corrected by Rikki Time

Mr. Monk Goes to the Theater (series 2)

Entry When Sharona is talking to her mother at the table and her mother spells out S-T-O-L-E, Sharona says he (Benji) can spell, he's 11. This episode aired in 8/2003. In the pilot episode, which is from 7/2002, she says he's 11 in that episode, too, which is impossible because it's 13 months later. [This can not be a mistake unless they actually say what year it is in the show, or confirm that a more than a year has passed within the show. Just because 13 months has passed in real life it does not mean that much time has passed in the show.]
Corrected by pross79 Time

Mr. Monk vs. the Cobra (series 3)

Entry In this episode Monk says that he never goes barefoot, but this is contradicted by an earlier episode, Mr. Monk Gets Fired. In this episode, Monk, after solving the case was 'doing a jig' and for the entirety of this scene he was barefoot. [When Monk was barefoot in the 'doing a jig' scene, he was distraught over losing his job and even more distraught over getting a new one. His mind was obviously miles away so he could be expected to have forgotten that he hates going barefoot.]
Corrected by Blibbetyblip Time

Mr. Monk and the Blackout (series 3)

Entry Monk insists on taking the stairs because he has a fear of elevators, but in previous episodes he has used elevators quite contentedly. [In this episode it isn't that he is afraid of elevators, but he notices that the floor of the elevator car doesn't line up properly with the floor of the room, and is thus "crooked" and "unsafe." This is why he insists on taking the stairs.]
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Mr. Monk Gets Jury Duty (series 4)

Entry Monk shouldn't be allowed to do jury duty because he is a detective and his views towards the accused could be partial. [Not so. It is at the discretion of both the Prosecuting and Defense Attorney whom they seat on the jury and whom they excuse, taking into consideration the type of trial, nature of the offense and credibility of the juror. My father is a retired police officer and was called for jury duty and seated three times during and after his tenure with the police department.]
Corrected by OneHappyHusky Time

Mr. Monk Goes to a Fashion Show (series 4)

Entry It is implied in this episode that Monk only wears one style of shirt, but in other episodes he has worn different shirts (albeit similar). [Implied is different from being fact. It is important to either show clear evidence or prove the contradiction.]
Corrected by Lummie Time

Mr. Monk Goes to the Office (series 4)

Entry How could the police not have found the killer the next day? He was chewing on a toothpick and left it at the crime scene. That's DNA. [Your DNA has to be on record for them to immediately know who you are. If it's not, then they have to take a sample from you and match the two up, and they can't even force you to provide a DNA sample without sufficient evidence pointing toward you. Apparently the killer didn't have a sample of his DNA on record.]
Corrected by Phixius Time

Mr. Monk Stays in Bed (series 4)

Entry At the end of the episode, he goes outside to sit on his porch and he is in an apartment building. In all prior seasons he lived in a house. [Monk has always lived in an apartment building.]
Corrected by Lummie Time

Mr. Monk Is on the Run (2) (series 6)

Entry When Mr. Monk is at the hotel, a teenage girl comes in to change the towels with the puppy Eureka. At the hotel, Eureka is referred to as a "she" by both the teenage girl and Mr. Monk. However, at the end, when Mr. Monk "solves the case" of how the bomb will be set off, he talks about puppy Eureka again. This time, however, Mr. Monk says something to the effect that "he" (referring to Eureka) was wearing a special dog collar instead of saying that "she" was wearing a special dog collar. Not an error that the detail-obsessed Monk would make. [We can see that Monks memory is sometimes not perfect, an example would be when he can't remember the exact order of his fears without his list. Monk accidently saying "he" instead of "she" is very likely considering it was the heat of the moment and that he is human.]
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Mr. Monk Is on the Run (1) (series 6)

Entry When Mr. Monk is first arrested by the Sheriff, his arms are fully extended for the entire time that he is lying face down on the floor and his head is turned to one side. However, later on, Mr. Monk explains on the phone to Captain Leland Stottlemeyer how the Sheriff framed him. While the Sheriff is changing the gun barrels during Mr. Monk's explanation, you now see Mr. Monk with both of his hands behind his head and his head is now face down on the ground. [The second sequence was a flashback pertaining to somebody's memory, which may not be perfect. It can change from the original sequence, as it's nearly impossible to remember every single action and position during an event.]
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Mr. Monk and the Buried Treasure (series 6)

Updated recently When Monk is in the captain's office watching the bank surveillance camera, it shows the security guard kill the robber with one shot. The captain even says he got off one round. Yet when Monk is summing up the case, the security guard kills the robber wth two shots. [This is Monk summing up the case: he was not there. So this is a character mistakes. He was just simply wrong about the number of shots fired.]
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