Mr. Monk Goes to the Bank - S6-E12
Continuity mistake: One of the large safety deposit box doors is standing wide open when Monk is curled up in the vault's corner. But when the camera angle changes, the door has closed itself. (00:30:45)
Mr. Monk Goes to the Bank - S6-E12
Factual error: Banks never use combination locks. A four-digit lock, like the one used here, would take a patient thief about six hours to open by trying every possible combination, and banks really do take such unlikely scenarios into account. The wall panel in the bank would be secured by two padlocks, with no one person holding both keys.
Mr. Monk Goes to the Bank - S6-E12
Factual error: An intelligent, experienced police officer like Stottlemeyer would know perfectly well that shooting a lock will not open it – that's purely a Hollywood myth. Not only would shooting the lock probably jam it, but the ricochet in a closed room like a bank safe could easily kill someone.
Mr. Monk and the Three Julies - S6-E13
Plot hole: There is no other reason for Randy to hand Natalie the walkie-talkie but to fill that plot hole. He is in fact in breach of police rules when he hands his department issued radio to a civilian to answer it while he is on duty. The same goes for Stottlemeyer and the car keys he hands to Monk. Even more so since he knows Monk could not even drive that car to the side in the far fetched scenario that a police car had to be moved while the cop is serving a warrant inside the building the car is parked in front of. (00:01:15)
Mr. Monk and the Three Julies - S6-E13
Continuity mistake: The broken side mirror that a distraught Stottlemeyer finds dangling from his damaged car wasn't there when Natalie pulled up to the first crime scene. And it disappears again when Natalie runs back to the car and races off to the second crime scene. (00:03:10 - 00:07:15)
Mr. Monk and the Three Julies - S6-E13
Continuity mistake: In the police station, Julie's hair is neatly combed over her left shoulder. Then it's disarrayed and partially falling over her right shoulder, too. Then it's neat and only on the left side again. (00:27:45)
Mr. Monk and the Three Julies - S6-E13
Factual error: Monk deflects the policeman's rifle shot and the bullet hits Stottlemeyer's car. But the gun fires just as Monk pushes it aside, and the car is behind them. There's nothing that could deflect the bullet back toward them, so at that angle, there's no way the shot could have struck the car. (00:35:50)
Mr. Monk and the Three Julies - S6-E13
Visible crew/equipment: At the end, as Monk is summing up what happened, the shadow of the boom rigging intrudes into the shot on the right, against the backrest of the big green chair. (00:36:25)
Mr. Monk and the Three Julies - S6-E13
Visible crew/equipment: At the end, as George is arrested, equipment shadows can be seen moving across Disher's back. In the reverse angles, there's nothing behind him but the window, and nothing's moving in that. (00:38:00)
Mr. Monk and the Three Julies - S6-E13
Character mistake: Julie has just passed her driver's test. At the end, she drives up with two teenage friends in the car and offers the stranded Captain Stottlemeyer a ride. Instead of simply accepting, by-the-book cop Stottlemeyer would be lecturing her. California law prohibits new teenage drivers from having other teens in the car. (00:40:15)
Mr. Monk and the Three Julies - S6-E13
Continuity mistake: The damage to Stottlemeyer's new car doesn't remain consistent from shot to shot. The dents change configuration and the angle of the torn fender also changes. (00:40:15)
Mr. Monk and the Three Julies - S6-E13
Other mistake: When Natalie sits down with Randy eating ice cream, she's says "vanilla fudge, my favorite." But the carton is labeled "chocolate." Plus Randy says he got it out of her freezer, so she would know she bought just regular chocolate ice cream.
Mr. Monk and the Three Julies - S6-E13
Character mistake: When Monk's examining the second dead Julie, notice that Randy touches the body to point out a bruise. Surely real life cops would be wearing gloves so as not to contaminate part of the crime scene.
Mr. Monk and the Three Julies - S6-E13
Continuity mistake: In the very first scene when Natalie is running to Stottlemeyer's car, she throws the walkie talkie through the open side window into the car. But in the next two shots it is back in her hands.
Mr. Monk Paints His Masterpiece - S6-E14
Factual error: When Stottlemeyer and Randy are at the painter's daughter's home they find a picture showing him in front of Carson papers, which leads the Captain to say: they have a contract with the treasury, they are producing the paper for the U.S. currency. This is wrong: the treasury is not in charge of printing the Federal Reserve Notes. Rather it is the privately owned Fed that prints the Federal Reserve Notes and then lends it to the treasury at interest. And the interest added is the reason why there will never be enough money to pay the interest, i.e. the state debt.
Suggested correction: While the Federal Reserve is in charge of maintaining our currency (through the creation or destruction of currency, real or digital), the U.S. Department of Treasury is in fact responsible for printing money, through the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
Mr. Monk Paints His Masterpiece - S6-E14
Character mistake: While the concept of the knife height and stab wound is OK, the way Monk measures the height of the knife is way off. He says it's 48", which is 4 record lengths, but he doesn't put the bottom of the record where the top previously was, sometimes he only moves it half way up. Then the top of the record is above the knife, so it couldn't be 48" even if it was done right. As particular and accurate as Monk is, he wouldn't make this mistake.
Mr. Monk Is on the Run (1) - S6-E15
Continuity mistake: During Monk's fingerprinting session, the towelette packets on the counter change positions and quantity several times. (00:14:00)
Mr. Monk Is on the Run (1) - S6-E15
Continuity mistake: The needle Monk finds in the campers' sewing kit threads itself instantaneously between takes. He finds the spool of orange thread, and in the very next shot, tho there's absolutely no indication of any time passing, he's holding the already-threaded needle. (00:22:00)
Mr. Monk Is on the Run (1) - S6-E15
Continuity mistake: The items on the campsite table change positions radically just before Monk leaps up and knocks it over. Nothing is in the same place that it was just one shot previously. (00:22:30)
Mr. Monk Is on the Run (1) - S6-E15
Continuity mistake: Sheriff Rollins reports that his van had slowed for a yellow light when Monk escaped. But the van was driving down a forest road at the time. It was nowhere near any traffic lights. (00:24:10)
