"Monk"
Mr. Monk Is on the Run: Part 2 (2008)

Director:

Randall Zisk

Writers:

Andy Breckman (creator)
Hy Conrad (written by) ...

TV Series:

"Monk" (2002)

Original Air Date:

22 February 2008 (Season 6, Episode 16)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Mystery | Crime

Plot:

Stottlemeyer tries to find proof against the man who framed Monk, and Natalie may ruin everything when she learns the truth.

Plot Keywords:

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

Cast

Tony Shalhoub	...	Adrian Monk
Traylor Howard	...	Natalie Teeger
Jason Gray-Stanford	...	Lt. Randall Disher
Ted Levine	...	Captain Leland Stottlemeyer
Scott Glenn	...	Sheriff Rollins
Ray Porter	...	Dale 'The Whale' Biederbeck
Jose Pablo Cantillo	...	Carlos
Danny Mora	...	Larry
Melora Hardin	...	Trudy
Courtney Gains	...	Six Fingered Man
Tom Kiesche	...	Mover
Diego DiGiovanni	...	Italian State Trooper
Dink O'Neal	...	Car Owner
Horacio Galaviz	...	Carwash Worker
Jessica Steinbaum	...	Kathy (as Jessica Steinbaum Lopez)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Quotes:

Adrian Monk: Thanks. Thanks for killing me.
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer: That's what friends are for.

Dead man?

The captain has killed Monk, or has he? Monk is actually hiding out in Nevada, working at a car wash while the captain puts together a case against the renegade sheriff (Scott Glenn) from the previous episode. Meanwhile, Natalie is preparing Monk's funeral. As with the previous episode, which was the first of a two-parter, this lacks the humor and creativity of a typical Monk episode. It is riddled with movie clichés, in fact. But it does have a highly charged moment or two when Natalie discovers that her boss is very much alive. I would not bother to see it just for that, but if you are a MONK compactest, nothing is going to stop you, anyhow. All in all, a very weak finale to the sixth season.