"Monk" Mr. Monk and the Big Reward (2006)

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Director:

Randall Zisk

Writers:

Andy Breckman (creator)
Tom Scharpling (written by) ...

TV Series:

"Monk" (2002)

Original Air Date:

3 February 2006 (Season 4, Episode 13)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Mystery | Crime

Plot:

Adrian is one of four detectives on the hunt for a priceless diamond that promises a handsome reward for its finder. |

Plot Keywords:

Detective | Obsessive Compulsive Disorder | Murder | Widower | Multiple Actors For One Character

Cast

Tony Shalhoub	...	Adrian Monk
Traylor Howard	...	Natalie Teeger
Jason Gray-Stanford	...	Lt. Randall Disher
Ted Levine	...	Captain Leland Stottlemeyer
DJ Qualls	...	Rufus
Tyler Mane	...	Dirk
Davenia McFadden	...	Gladys Menchen (as Davenia Mcfadden)
Ryan Alosio	...	Landis
Jamie Anne Allman	...	Jenny Manderville (as Jamie Brown)
Faran Tahir	...	Museum Official
Daniel Browning Smith	...	Danny Chasen
Derrick O'Connor	...	Inspector St. Clare
Stanley Kamel	...	Dr. Charles Kroger
Carissa Kosta	...	Cashier (as Carissa Koutantzis)
James Wing Woo	...	Kwan

Color:

Color

Certification:

Portugal:M/12

Company:

MORATIM Produktions

Trivia:

At the end, the captain says that they have been put on retainer and guaranteed 16 homicides a year for 2 years. This is how long the series had been extended for at the time (16 episodes for 2 years).

Goofs:

Factual errors: When declaring a man dead, the character felt for a pulse on a muscle on the side of the man's neck, not on his carotid artery.

Quotes:

Lt. Randall Disher: Was Tony a goldfish?

A Very Silly (Too Silly) Episode

Mr. Monk, the cheapskate, is broke as usual, negligent is paying Natalie, as usual, reluctant to ask for a raise, as usual, and is solving cases for free, as usual. All of this has Natalie upset, naturally, until she sees that there is a one million dollar reward for anyone who solves the recent heist from a local museum of a diamond worth $20 million.

Monk has competition for the reward money: three goof-ball stereotypes (a retired Scotland Yard man, a nerd-like skinny young guy and a crude Dog-like bounty hunter, complete with pony tail. They follow Monk every step of the way, hoping to cash in on his intelligence, since Monk is the only one figuring things out.

This was a fun episode until the last dozen minutes when it got really silly, too silly, with an unsatisfying ending.