Mr. Monk and the Game Show - S3-E8
Continuity mistake: When Monk is telling Dwight how the guys are cheating, he holds the green sachet with one hand, but in the next shot, he is holding it with two. (00:32:30)
Mr. Monk and the Game Show - S3-E8
Continuity mistake: Whilst Monk is being introduced to the long standing winner on the show a stagehand is adjusting the microphone on his jacket with both hands. As he says "Are you almost done?" the shot changes and the stagehand is just using his left arm to adjust it. The stagehand then pulls his arm away but the next shot he is adjusting the mic again and using both hands to do it. It keeps changing throughout the rest of the scene.
Mr. Monk and the Game Show - S3-E8
Continuity mistake: The way Lizzy is holding the envelope changes in the different shots. Plus, the flap is down at first but then up later.
Mr. Monk and the Game Show - S3-E8
Continuity mistake: When Monk visits Natalie's home, he stops in her room and the door opens left to right. At the end when he goes in her room again, the door opens right to left.
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