Brad mentions to Paul, that he is a relatively Junior partner. He does not actually become a partner until the second season.
At the 31:37 mark, Denny Crane is enjoying a cigar. In the first scene the cigar is about 2 inches from the yellow band. As the scenes progress the cigar gets shorter and shorter, almost touching the yellow band. Then all of a sudden at 32:41 it grows about two inches, back to its original length.
Paul Lewiston recalls to Denny Crane about the time they saw Muhammad Ali's last fight and the beating that he received from Larry Holmes. Ali's last fight was against Trevor Berbick, not Holmes