"Monk" Mr. Monk and the Daredevil (2007)

Director:

Jonathan Collier

Writers:

Andy Breckman (creator)
Alan Zweibel (written by)

TV Series:

"Monk" (2002)

Original Air Date:

24 August 2007 (Season 6, Episode 7)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Mystery | Crime

Plot:

Monk's arch-nemesis, Harold Krenshaw, catapults to fame after he falls from a tower and survives. Now Monk must figure out if he's the real Frisco Flyer before someone dies. |

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
Tim Bagley	...	Harold Krenshaw
Emmy Clarke	...	Julie Teeger
Cyd Strittmatter	...	Clarissa
K'Sun Ray	...	Jimmy Krenshaw
David Koechner	...	Cousin Joey
Stanley Kamel	...	Dr. Charles Kroger
Colleen Crabtree	...	2nd Duty Nurse
Connor Gibbs	...	Little Boy
Cynthia Hartzell	...	Kindergarten Teacher
Devon Kelly	...	Excited Fan
Henry Dittman	...	Second Fan

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Company:

Mandeville Films

Goofs:

Continuity: When Harold is "correcting" the children's drawing, the marks he makes disappear and reappear, most notably when Harold states "NOW it's a bridge" and the marks are clearly missing. Furthermore, Harold can be seen (and heard) drawing at one point, but no marks actually appear on the paper until a few seconds later.

Quotes:

[Randy is reciting a car's VIN to the Captain so he can enter it into a database search.]
Lt. Randall Disher: First letter, "T" as in "tsunami".
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer: "Tsumani"?
Lt. Randall Disher: Silent "T".
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer: What? No. "T" as in "Tom". Just say "Tom".
Lt. Randall Disher: What's the difference?
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer: It doesn't... The "T" is silent.
Lt. Randall Disher: It's not completely silent. "Tsumami".
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer: All right. All right. Let's go.
Lt. Randall Disher: Second letter, "P" as in...
[...]

Monk & 'Harold' Go At It Again!

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

There is a suicide watch on Monk. Outside of his wife's death, one of the worst things that could ever happen has happened: his nemesis, "Harold Crenshaw" has become a famous hero. Monk is so depressed over this that he's beside himself. Talk about two extreme wackos! "The Frisco Flyer" has been scaling tall buildings and such and become a local hero in San Francisco for his daredevil exploits.

One day, the Flyer falls and is injured and hospitalized. It's discovered, when his green costume is removed, that it is Crenshaw. Monk freaks out when he hears this. He totally disbelieves it, but when friends tell him it must be real, some heavy depression sets in.

Obviously, Crenshaw - who is as nuts and probably more than Monk - isn't the real daredevil. How this is determined includes a recent car crash and a several big deceptions, along with a man who is trying to get Crenshaw killed! Tim Bagley stars as "Crenshaw."

A fairly-clever running sidegag in this story involves the "Capt. Stottlemeyer" and "Lt. Disher" and word games between the two.

Obviously, this is a silly-but-very-entertaining episode. It always is when these two nutcases go at each other. In the middle is poor "Dr. Kroger," the psychiatrist who treats these two guys. No one has ever said it, but - come to think of it - Kroger must not be very good at what he does since he seems to never make any progress with these regular patients!