"Monk" Mr. Monk and the Magician (2009)

Director:

Randall Zisk

Writers:

Andy Breckman (creator)
Andy Breckman (written by)

TV Series:

"Monk" (2002)

Original Air Date:

13 February 2009 (Season 7, Episode 15)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Mystery | Crime

Plot:

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
Jarrad Paul	...	Kevin Dorfman
Steve Valentine	...	The Great Torini
Peyton List	...	Tanya Adams
Caroline Aaron	...	Aunt Shiela
Richard Tanner	...	Uncle Lou
Chase Kim	...	Thai Drug Lord
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jon Jon Briones	...	First Mercenary
Melissa Cook	...	Female Volunteer
Andrew Goldenhersh	...	Stage Manager

Company:

Mandeville Films

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Monk gets in the Zig Zag cabinet at the end of the show, and he shows the magician the drug tested positive, the magician lies and says the cabinet makes people nutty. The magician took out one of the two blades in the cabinet but the camera shows both were taken out.

A magical mustered tour

Monk is challenged by a sly magician (Steve Valentine) whom Monk believes has killed an associate even though the magician was apparently hundreds of miles away at the time. In the process of uncovering the plot, Monk himself almost dies at the hands of the magician. Valenine, best known as one of the city morgue workers on CROSSING JORDAN, also played a magician on HOUSE, MD last year. Maybe he does a magic act when he's not doing TV or movies. Monk's old neighbor, the one who won the lottery and almost died as a result, is back for a brief appearance The episode is a bit hard to swallow in terms of the commission of the crime, but Valentine as a truly evil and egotistical prestidigitator keeps things moving along.