Continuity mistake: Towards the end of the episode, Maude makes Walter breakfast and lists some things she will get done around the house. One is to paint the kitchen chairs. She spray paints the chair with Walter in it - the amount of spray paint on Walter's jacket changes thoughout the scene, especially when Maude is on the phone turning down a job.
Maude's Desperate Hours - S5-E17
Visible crew/equipment: When the detectives leave Maude's house, a camera enters the shot from the upper left corner.
Continuity mistake: When Mrs. Naugatuck comes downstairs in the maid outfit, she's wearing red shoes. Maude tells her to go back upstairs, and then Arthur tells her to come back down. When she does, she's wearing black shoes. When she goes back up the stairs, she's wearing red shoes again. (00:18:25)
Trivia: Conrad Bain's twin brother Bonar makes an appearance.
Trivia: Norman Lear based the Maude character on his wife.
Dr. Arthur Harmon: No offense Maudie, but I wouldn't touch you with a ten-foot pole.
Maude Findlay: No offense Arthur, but that's the only way you'd ever touch me.
Maude Findlay: Walter, if you don't want my daughter and my only grandchild living here with us just tell me.
Walter Findlay: And...?
Maude Findlay: And I'll rip your heart out.
Salesman: I'm hoping to get accepted in one of the big eastern universities.
Maude Findlay: Well before you think about college, you should learn to read. That sign says 'No Solicitors'.
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