Mr. Monk Goes to the Hospital - S5-E16
Character mistake: The doctor remarks that his patient has rheumatoid arthritis early in the episode, and later he says osteoarthritis. These are two different conditions. (00:19:15 - 00:28:40)
Mr. Monk Goes to the Hospital - S5-E16
Continuity mistake: When Monk, the Captain and Disher talk to Dr. Scott during his cardio test, the doctor's hospital gown is falling off his left shoulder in about half the shots, but is pulled up to his neck in the rest. This alternates several times throughout the scene, though he never touches or adjusts the gown. (00:19:30 - 00:21:30)
Mr. Monk Goes to the Hospital - S5-E16
Continuity mistake: In the hospital corridor, when Stottlemeyer orders Monk to go home, the items on the nurse's station counter shift positions completely every time the camera angle changes. (00:25:30)
Mr. Monk Goes to the Hospital - S5-E16
Factual error: The doctor says Monk is losing "cranial fluid" when speaking to the interns. He means "cerebrospinal fluid." There is no such thing as "cranial fluid", especially in medicine. (00:28:50)
Mr. Monk Goes to the Hospital - S5-E16
Audio problem: When Monk is saying "motive" in the phrase "this one had a motive", the word is spliced in two, as they used two different takes and combined them. Very robotic. (00:28:55)
Mr. Monk Goes to the Hospital - S5-E16
Revealing mistake: When Monk and the others are examining the crime scene, the "corpse" can be seen breathing (his abdomen is rising and falling) and blinking. There are various shots in this scene taken from behind the body looking into the room, and some of these are pulled back so that the body is visible while others are zoomed in so that it is not; this is not a mistake, but suggests that maybe the actor was told he would not be visible in these shots and so did not need to hold his breath.
Mr. Monk Goes to the Hospital - S5-E16
Continuity mistake: When the police are told room 623 is the geriatric ward, Stottlemeyer is holding the seal with the glove up in his right hand when Randy leaves. But in the next shot, his hand is down and you don't see the glove.
Answer: The two men are trying to work out a secret deal between them without involving the union, which means the workers' interests aren't being represented and defeats the whole purpose of a union. The mayor would lose labor's support and Cusack's union troubles would just be starting.
Captain Defenestrator