The first episode in which Lt. Randall Disher (Jason Gray-Stanford) & Captain Leland Stottlemeyer (Ted Levine) do not appear.
John Wurster, Kevin Nealon's character, is named after Jon Wurster, Tom Scharpling's (writer of this episode) comedy partner on his WFMU radio show.
The first of two times that Adrian Monk tries his hand at art. He did so again in Mr. Monk Paints His Masterpiece (2008).
Dr. Lancaster orders the orderly to give 4 cc's instead of 2 cc's of Thorazine. Order for medications are given by dosage of medication not the amount. So he would ask for 50 mg instead of 25 mg (Thorazine is often 25 mg/2 ml or 2 cc).
It used to be that medicine was ordered in cc or cubic centimeters. Old-school doctors and nurses did that for years. It changed, and modern medicine now uses mg.
It used to be that medicine was ordered in cc or cubic centimeters. Old-school doctors and nurses did that for years. It changed, and modern medicine now uses mg.
The secret note Sharona wrote for Adrian Monk states that Gould was going to be promoted to be the director of the institute in 1988. Lancaster protested and Gould was subsequently murdered. When Adrian first got there and John was showing him around, John said Gould was murdered four years ago in 1998.