While investigating the death of a man found shot and burned beyond recognition, things begin to go horribly wrong for Stottlemeyer and his bride-to-be, causing her to have second thoughts. Jack also makes an appearance (albeit an unseen one) in the season four episode, "Mr. Monk Goes Home Again" at Ambrose's door. While investigating the "abduction" of actress Sally Larkin, Harold shows up at the crime scene and tells Monk about his new therapist, that he is over their feud, and also gives him Dr. Climan's business card. While doing Torini's books, Kevin notices that the airlines are probably overcharging Torini, as for whatever reason, his receipts show that his equipment seems to weigh more when he comes back to the United States than it does when he leaves. They looked and acted very much like characters from a Wellsian science fiction tale, and I sometimes imagined them musing on formulas for invisibility or doorways to . However, Monk thinks that Howard's death was foul play, irritating cash-strapped Sharona. No. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Monk_cast_members&oldid=1103081774, This page was last edited on 8 August 2022, at 07:44. Ambrose is also shown to have learned Pig Latin and the Dratch constructed language of Beyond Earth. Kill someone? Monk and Sharona arrive, having followed him thanks to a travel brochure, and after a struggle with Vicki, throw the switch at the crossover to shift the approaching train to the other track, just in the nick of time, sparing Kevin. Mr. Monk and the Captain's Marriage Release Date 27 January 2006 Running Time 43 minutes Credits Written by Jack Bernstein Directed by Phillip Casnoff Episode Guide Previous Episode Next Episode Mr. Monk Bumps His Head Mr. Monk and the Big Reward Mr. Monk and the Captain's Marriage is the twelfth episode of the fourth season of Monk . "Vezza" is revealed to be Glen Q. Syndell, a doctor who skipped bail on a manslaughter charge for killing a tender-aged patient while intoxicated; Biederbeck discovered this and blackmailed the doctor into his employ. He concludes that the dead body is actually that of Jason McCabe, one of the other two patients operated on the day Dale's surgery was performed. as long as it isn't adultery and is not illegal. Reasoning that they can't expose him without risking him doing something violent, Monk and Sharona are determined to comb through the journals and find the gold themselves. When Stottlemeyer tells Monk he's already apologized twice and asks how many times he needs to apologize, Monk says "six." Nash calls Rickover, blackmailing him for information. Monk claims that Biederbeck owns "half the city" of San Francisco and has an option on the other half. In the first sting operation, she and Natalie wear mini-dresses to pose as hookers who seduce a crime scene cleaner named William Tong, suspected of assisting his partner Jerry Yermo in the murder of a train engineer named Stuart Hewson over stolen diamonds. When Stottlemeyer is later suspended on suspicion of helping Dale escape (due to offshore money being wired into his account within hours of his escape), Julie grows a dislike of SFPD deputy chief Harlan Fellows, the one ordering Stottlemeyer's suspension. He visits Padron's store, where he learns that Padron's partner, Raymond Toliver, has recently gone missing. This implies that at one point Jared had to repeat a grade. Before Stottlemeyer can even formally introduce himself, she instantly recognizes Stottlemeyer as a divorcee (replying "I've been in the real estate business for fourteen years and I can smell divorce from a hundred feet away"). Karen is also strongly against the use of guns. This is confirmed when Monk and Natalie time the route on a motorcycle and it takes them an hour to travel the route. He leaves Ambrose a handwritten note saying that he had stopped by the house only to find no one there, and that he does not blame him or Adrian for not waiting on him. This is mentioned in the season 4 episode "Mr. Monk Goes to a Wedding". He's a stripper. Dr. Bell also uses his past baseball experiences when talking with Monk in "Mr. Monk Takes the Stand". 4. She visits Sharona in "Mr. Monk Goes to the Theater", just when Gail is framed for murder. Julie Teeger (played by Emmy Clarke) is Natalie's teenage daughter. In "Mr. Monk and the Class Reunion", it is implied that he has lived in the Bay Area since at least the 1970s, as when he is trying to get information from reunion guests about a homicide investigation, he is booed off the stage when the projectionist displays some embarrassing pictures of him wearing riot gear and attacking protesters at an anti-nuclear warfare demonstration at UC Berkeley. Stroud then claimed to have found Molly abandoned at a playground and took her to an orphanage. In the season 6 episode "Mr. Monk and the Bad Girlfriend", when Natalie tells Randy that she and Monk have news, he guesses that she wants to say she is in love with him, leaving Natalie in a dumbstruck and annoyed state. Alerted by Disher over the phone, Sheriff Mathis joins up with Monk and Sharona and they go to arrest Dalton, freeing Maria after he has tied her up in a bathroom. AfterMonk recovers his pen light, they eventually find the exit. Adrian was only eight years old, and this abandonment is seemingly the catalyst for both his and Ambrose's psychological illnesses. When Randy is hit by a car in Monterey, Stottlemeyer is in Monk's apartment in San Francisco. The kicker: everyone is asking where Skinner hid it. Be the first! Karen is mentioned, but does not appear, in "Mr. Monk Goes to a Rock Concert". Monk eventually discovers that the attacks are the work of T.K. In the final season, Stottlemeyer meets and starts dating journalist Trudy Jensen who is normally called "T.K", beginning in the episode "Happy Birthday, Mr. Monk". Natalie tries to help convince him, but Stottlemeyer refuses to listen to another word. When Kazarinski gets hit by a train and dies while being chased by Stottlemeyer through a yard, Rickover thinks himself to be cleared of any suspicion. Leland Stottlemeyer Bitty Schram. Mitch is introduced in the season three episode "Mr. Monk and the Red Herring". However, Leland's efforts to find Jared are sidetracked when roadie Greg "Stork" Murray turns up dead in a port-a-potty, discovered by Monk and Natalie. Stottlemeyer's attitude toward Randy Disher, his immediate subordinate in the SFPD frequently shifts between amused tolerance and frustration. Trevor also reappears in the novel Mr. Monk and the Two Assistants, having been framed for murder by the Los Angeles Police Department's private consultant Ian Ludlow, who frames five other people in addition to Natalie and Sharona for the murders he commits so that he can write his novels and meet his deadlines. Adrian establishes in the above-mentioned episode that Jack wrote school textbooks as his career of choice (although in the episode "Mr. Monk's 100th Case" he is referred to as "a frustrated linen salesman"), similar to Ambrose, and indicating some level of education. The police discovered some old letters in which Nunn talked about killing Trudy and also mentioned that he was hired by a man named "The Judge". Cast [ edit] = Starring = Recurring/Guest He successfully frees the others, thanks Monk, and leads Padron away to prison. A turning point for the character came in the second season episode "Mr. Monk and the Captain's Wife", when Stottlemeyer's own wife Karen is seriously injured in a car accident and put in a coma. While skateboarding and ditching school with his friends Ridley and Pez, one of their skateboards hits the side of a parked car. He has a romantic interest in Natalie Teeger, Adrian's second assistant. He is just loading the last of Skinner's journals into his SUV when Disher comes roaring up with his gun drawn. Troy calls his parents by their first names and it turns out that Randy has arrested him at least once before (as Randy asks Troy if he's staying out of trouble, to which Troy says "No"). When Monk and Natalie talk to Linda at her office, they come to the shocking conclusion that she is the killer, after Monk realizes that Linda has a strong motive (her victim was planning on starting his own real estate agency and taking many of their clients with him), she knows how to use a shotgun (as he notices a photo of a younger Linda with her deceased grandfather on a hunting trip, carrying a 12 gauge shotgun), she is 5'7" (the killer's height as described by the two eyewitnesses), she has a house key, and she wears the very shade of lipstick one witness remembered the shooter as wearing. While Dalton is distracted by Sharona, Monk peeks at his desk and sees a visa application: Dalton plans on moving to Ecuador in two weeks' time, and he is claiming to be unmarried. When you work in a macho world like the police force, you need to have a bit of resilience, even if things are said that are unfair. After a miraculous rescue, Sharona and a nearly catatonic Monk meet the benign Sheriff Mathis, a sixty-ish, small town peacemaker who can find no evidence that Padron sabotaged the mine. Fearing he might be caught, Torini and his assistant Tanya Adams come up with a plot to kill Kevin on the night of his debut. He is interrupted when he receives a call on his cell phone from a mysterious person. Movies. Eventually, Monk finds an article, dated the same day that Trudy's illegitimate child was born, detailing how Wendy Stroud saved a child. The advertising on her cast is a clue Monk utilizes to prove that mystery writer Ian Ludlow killed a local shoe salesman and tried to frame Natalie for it. Sharona Fleming . Since the events of "Mr. Monk Is on the Run", all of Dale's assets have been tied up in various lawsuits, thus forcing the state of California to front the bill for his medical costs. Monk telephones Biederbeck from Germany when he suspects that one of Dr. Kroger's colleagues, a psychiatrist with a six-fingered hand named Dr. Martin Rahner, is the man who killed Trudy. Around the same time, Rickover hires bomber Frank Nunn to plant a bomb in Trudy's car. Antiques dealer Raymond Toliver, who runs the Urban Habitat antiques store with his partner Dalton Padron, is examining his latest acquisition, a 19th century writing desk donated by the estate of Joshua Skinner, a 49'er who struck it rich during the Gold Rush. While inside, they receive call from Randy asking about their progress, though Monk has to quickly disconnect him, saying they are trapped in a cave(when Randy calls back about what they mean, Sharonalies and saysthat they were in "cave therapy"). This is quite a weak episode. Natalie Teeger: Just remember the old saying, whenever God closes one door. Capt. In the season seven episode "Mr. Monk Gets Hypnotized", Harold has tried out hypnotic regression therapy with Dr. Lawrence Climan (Richard Schiff) which at first seems to cure him of his OCD. Julie bonds with Monk after he rescues her pet fish. wasn't meant to be cryptic at all: Skinner had, quite literally, hidden the gold IN all of the journals - or, more precisely, in the ink that covered the pages. Over the first half of the story, Julie's behavior assisting Monk is different from Natalie's when it comes to helping him focus. We need to remember that Leland is a Captain and knows the score. Though Monk turns down her offer, as she is leaving, Natalie decides to go back for Monk. Monk and Natalie are dragged into his mess and treated with little respect. Her second appearance is in "Mr. Monk Goes to the Theater". She has even written fan-fiction centered around Monk, including one story entitled "Mr. Monk and the Dragon's Lair". As a result the crime scene was deemed contaminated. However, their date is interrupted when Stottlemeyer realizes that John Ringel is a murder suspect and framed Marci's dead dog. In 1993, Trudy was involved in a lawsuit with the financier Dale "The Whale" Biederbeck because she referred to him as the "Genghis Khan of Finance". Although Monk is mostly annoyed by her, he becomes momentarily flattered when Marci starts acting as his buffer in relation to his personal quirks and social dealings with people. When Jack finally shows up in person, he is working for the Midland, Texas-based Tiger Bay Trucking Company and had been stopped in San Francisco for running a red light. Linda is arrested, and Stottlemeyer is left asking himself if the relationship was real or merely something that she had planned from the beginning so she could have a perfect alibi for the murder. They have two sons, Jared and Max. Dale consents to undergo a gastric bypass operation so that he can be integrated into the regular prison system. Kevin has a motor mouth, and every topic must be discussed in full detail. Since Sharona is working as a nurse, Benjy is living with her sister Gail. In the novel, Mr. Monk On the Road, Adrian, having found a balance in the world, knocks Ambrose out by drugging him with a sleeping pill placed in his birthday cake, then (with aid from Natalie) puts Ambrose in an RV. At the end of the episode, he tosses something into the ocean. In "Mr. Monk and the Captain's Wife", Monk is forced to take Jared and his brother to lunch because Karen is hospitalized after a tow truck driver is shot and killed by a sniper, causing the truck to veer into Karen's oncoming van, and because Leland is working the homicide case. In the season five episode "Mr. Monk and the Class Reunion", a younger Trudy is portrayed in a flashback by Lindy Newton. Another golden caper cracked by that most platinum of detectives, Adrian Monk! Stroud comes forward claiming she has "found Jesus" and can no longer live with her guilty conscience over what she did. A few episodes later, in "Mr. Monk Gets Cabin Fever", he dates a woman named Hayley, only for her to turn out to be part of a Triad hit crew sent to eliminate Monk. He attended Temple University and lived in Philadelphia briefly, where he was a sergeant in that city's police. Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Plot Roger Zisk's BMW is initially shown with a Platte County, Wyoming license plate on the front, but in immediate subsequent shots has California plates on both the front and rear. Dalton takes advantage of their distraction to seize Mathis's gun.