"Monk" Mr. Monk and the Captain's Marriage (2006)

User Rating:

8.4/10   

Director:

Philip Casnoff

Writers:

Andy Breckman (creator)
Jack Bernstein (written by)

TV Series:

"Monk" (2002)

Original Air Date:

27 January 2006 (Season 4, Episode 12)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Mystery | Crime

Plot:

While investigating a murder, Stollemeyer gets into an argument with a cop at the scene who snidely tells him he has been seeing his wife...

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
Nicky Katt	...	Sgt. Brian Sharkey
Bob Clendenin	...	Gerald Vengal (as Robert Clendenin)
Misha Collins	...	Michael Karapov
Kitty Swink	...	Dr. Bradley
Michael Bower	...	Peter (as Michael Ray Bower)
Glenne Headly	...	Karen Stottlemeyer
Asante Jones	...	African American Detective
Branden R. Morgan	...	Chicklet (as Branden Morgan)
Cheryl Hawker	...	Nurse
John Hartmann	...	Mr. Hoffman
Kerris Dorsey	...	Little Girl

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Portugal:M/12 | Australia:PG

Company:

MORATIM Produktions GmbH & Co.

Trivia:

In the scene at the abandoned hotel, as the camera pans up to the window where the homeless man is hiding, it scans across graffiti written in Arabic which reads "Death to Israel".

Quotes:

Natalie Teeger: Just remember the old saying, whenever God closes one door....
Capt. Stottlemeyer: ...sometimes He breaks your heart.
Natalie Teeger: That's not the old saying.
Capt. Stottlemeyer: It is today.

A Lot Of Funny Little Things, But A Somber Story Overall

This had its funny moments, as almost all the shows had, but overall left a bad taste in my mouth, perhaps because we are forced to see an unpleasant situation with a character we like...and the story isn't over.

Capt. Stottlemeyer (Ted Levine) is having marriage problems. His wife is acting very distance, strange and the captain doesn't know why. It even looks like she's seeing another man, especially after a new cop in the precinct brags about fooling around with her.

Meanwhile, there is a case to be a solved and that involves a homeless man living in a junkyard, a crime boss, two murders, a pet mouse, anger management classes and other assorted interesting things.

Unfortunately, even though that is the bulk of the program, Levine's marriage is really the issue here and it's not a pleasant ending.

Frankly, I wish these crime shows would stick to just that instead of having to including soap opera stuff here and there, but they admittedly add a strong human element to the stories and characters.