"Monk" Mr. Monk and the Voodoo Curse (2009)

User Rating:

8.6/10   

Director:

Andre Belgrader

Writers:

Andy Breckman (creator)
Joe Toplyn (written by)

TV Series:

"Monk" (2002)

Original Air Date:

25 September 2009 (Season 8, Episode 7)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Mystery | Crime

Plot:

Natalie displays surprising superstition when Monk consults on a case that involves Voodoo. Unfortunately her uneasiness turns to terror when the killer targets her. |

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
Meat Loaf	...	Reverend Jorgensen (as Meat Loaf Aday)
Claire Rankin	...	Angeline
John Lacy	...	Coach Chauncey
Michael Patrick McGill	...	Sgt. Steiner
Alexandra Ella	...	Female Customer
Anne Bellamy	...	Martha Murphy
David Gore	...	Petey
David Grieco	...	Male Paramedic
Earnestine Phillips	...	Miss Ayida
Ellen Bry	...	Beth
Greg Ainsworth	...	Dan

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Goofs:

Continuity: Natalie claims she believes in voodoo after an incident with Mitch. In S6E08 ("Mr. Monk and the Wrong Man"), after Monk says he can feel the tattooed knife going into his head like voodoo she says "There's no such thing."

Quotes:

Adrian Monk: We live in the real world! It is governed by science, physics, laws of nature. There is always, *always* a non-voodoo explanation for everything.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The Exorcist (1973)

Hoodoo

People are being killed and voodoo dolls are showing up. Natalie takes this to heart especially after she receives a voodoo doll with its head cut off. Monk of course is not buying voodoo as the cause of the string of crazy deaths, but nothing he says or does helps allay Natalie's fears. The episode and its resolution are pretty far-fetched, but it is fun to see Meatloaf pop up as a sort of shaman or exorcist who is brought in by Monk to help Natalie. Watch Monk as Meatloaf blows "magic" dust into the air and later as Monk, at Meatloaf's behest, superglues the Natalie's voodoo doll's head back on. That scene is absolutely priceless.