Monk, however, later discovers that he has been tricked when he learns about Gamelobo's true identity. A few nights later, Marci shows up at Monk's door convincing him that if he ever gets his own show, he should never change the theme song. In "Mr. Monk and the Buried Treasure", Monk agrees to help Dr. Kroger's son Troy decipher what appears to be a treasure map (actually a map to a dead bank robber's body) in an attempt to once more outdo Harold, who has just given Dr. Kroger a wristwatch. 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. Mr. Monk Gets a New Shrink (2006) Full Cast & Crew See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro Directed by Writing Credits Cast (in credits order) Produced by Music by Cinematography by Film Editing by Casting By Production Design by Art Direction by Set Decoration by Costume Design by Makeup Department Production Management Panicking, Rickover hires a different professional hit man, Joey Kazarinski, to kill Dr. Nash. 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. Not helping their case is that Monk insists on taking their room's only bed, while Sharona occupies acamping tenton the floor but it fails to deter the saccharine optimism of the retreat's director, Dr. Julie Waterford. Mr. Monk Gets Fired is the fourth episode of the third season of Monk. Monk S 2 E 15 Mr Monk Gets Married. Monk prefers the magazines to be arranged in two vertical rows of three. Finally, the sheer weight of one of the journals, which he notices while resting one atop a wobbly bookshelf, gives Monk the key to the mystery. Monk knows that Biederbeck would not kill anyone over such a petty sum. Rather, she moved Dale into McCabe's place, killed McCabe, and removed his body from the hospital. When they go to apologize to Tony Gamelobo, the driver, they find him dead from a heart attack, and find a map in the back of his car plus satchels from a bank that was recently robbed. He still lives in the same house because he knows that Wendy Stroud's body is buried in the yard, marked by a sundial. Randall Disher, portrayed by Jason Gray-Stanford, is Captain Stottlemeyer's second-in-command and employed at the San Francisco Police Department. When Sharona sees T.K. Another running gag in the series is the ceremonial way in which he delivers news to Stottlemeyer, asking him to guess what it is or sit down for it; this method mostly annoys others who would like him to get to the point. [citation needed]. Therefore, they are actually spending their honeymoon at the Waterford Institute, a therapy retreat. Lovely ladies, Kasey Warner and Tara Ashley are making love in a massage room, all day lengthy Sharona admits that they're not really married to Dr. Waterford's immense relief. The relationship between Leland and Jared was a little difficult after the events of "Mr. Monk and the Captain's Marriage", with Karen divorcing Leland, leaving Leland estranged from their sons. Both he and his mother became unable to deal with the outside world, and Adrian saved them. Later, Vicki kills the accomplice by stabbing him with a cream soda bottle while he is making the store's night deposit. 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. Ambrose blames himself for Trudy's death. As a result, he is clueless in giving Benjy a pep talk about baseball in "Mr. Monk Goes to the Ballgame", as Benjy has to show him how to hold a bat. In the season eight episode "Mr. Monk and the Voodoo Curse", it is revealed that Natalie's superstitions about voodoo result from when she and Mitch lived on a military base in South Carolina. "Karen" is revealed to be the girlfriend of sports agent Rob Sherman, who killed his wife and career burglar Dewey Jordan in a staged break-in. When Merrigan shoots at Dr. Kroger with a pistol, Harold takes a bullet in the chest to save Dr. Kroger's life, telling Adrian to "beat that.". He is also revealed to be an amateur magician himself. When Disher loses heavily at the blackjack tables in "Mr. Monk Goes to Vegas," Stottlemeyer persuades Monk to help win the money back; later, in "Mr. Monk Gets Lotto Fever," he offers to pay off Disher's student loans after believing he has won the lottery. Randy is a hero to his mother, though she declines his offer of a ride in favor of going home with her new beau, the Sheriff. Eventually,Monk and Sharona get a signal andare rescued by thelocal sheriff, Ronald Mathis, who reluctantly tells them that there is noway that theycan prove Dalton guilty of sabotage, as the bracing timbers were over 150 years old and were bound to fail eventually. To make sure this happened, he had set up arrangements so that the doctor who did his surgery was sent away to Hawaii right after the operation, and a new doctor who had never met Dale, McCabe, or Cannon, would oversee his recovery. She first appears "Mr. Monk, Private Eye", when she hires Monk and Natalie to investigate damages done to her signature Buick Lucerne at the marina done by someone who left a threatening note on the car afterwards. The seven sleepers reposed in a cave, and centuries glided by like a watch in the night. He later asks Monk to follow his wife to see if it's true. Yuki Nakamura: Ambrose's live-in assistant, then later girlfriend, and eventual wife. Trevor admits to her that his reason for wanting to get back together with her was because his rich uncle had cut him off when he got divorced, and he wanted to get back together so that he would have access to his fortune. 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. However, Monk determines that it was a murder and uses the body to solve the case. 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. He topped out at 927 pounds about 11 years before the events of the episode and has been bedridden ever since. This becomes admiration as their relationship develops. He also states that Monk should look for a man named Warrick Tennyson in Manhattan, New York. In the novel Mr. Monk is Miserable, "I Don't Need a Badge" has become a cult phenomenon in Paris. Dr. Bell's character has a more considerably constructed background, in sharp contrast to Dr. Kroger. Then Monk shows himself off as a "tough guy" by shoving Harold away, who then apologizes. When Monk discovers that Hodge murdered models Clea Vance and Natasia Zorelle, Natalie forbids her daughter to participate in the show, causing Julie to run away from home to be in the show. A few days later, Monk is entreated by a very drunk Lieutenant Disher to look into the whirlwind nuptials of his unglamorous, 50-something mother, Maria, to a dark, mysterious and much younger antique dealer named Dalton Padron - whom Disher doesn't trust. Unbeknownst to him, the day before Trudy was killed, she made a video message to Adrian, explaining how Rickover wanted to meet her in that parking garage, and also mentioning the secret affair. Padron, who has now bound and gagged Maria, is chopping apart a grandfather clock he is convinced contains Skinner's treasure while Monk and Sharona groggily pour through still more of the journals. At a luxury resort hotel in Pebble Beach, photographer Frank Ruttle is taking shots of a wedding party. Lieutenant Amy Devlin: Stottlemeyer's replacement right-hand following Randy's departure. Julie Teeger (played by Emmy Clarke) is Natalie's teenage daughter. Most of Dr. Kroger's scenes help move Monk's character forward. Biederbeck makes a brief appearance in the 2008 novel Mr. Monk Goes to Germany by Lee Goldberg. Monk must prevent a killer from spoiling the party at Natalie's brother's wedding. As the story unfolds, it is established that he always wanted to be an astronaut and that he had received a letter from NASA about being accepted into their training program a few days after he died. The actor who plays the minister is Tony Shalhoub's brother. 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". Harold prefers the horizontal top row to have three, the middle row have two, and the bottom row have one (in an arrangement similar to the style of bowling pins), and wants them arranged by type, instead of in alphabetical order. Deep down inside, Monk is more flattered and delighted about the convenience of having Marci around than he cares to admit, and once Natalie notices this, she temporarily forces him to accept Marci's offer. Also, McCabe was a homeless person, as Monk has deduced from the state of his teeth, whose surgery had been paid for by Dale and represented by Stella Chaze, who had been posing as an outreach person. She did not date very much while there, expecting to know who the right man would be once she found him. When her husband Douglas died, she was left to raise her daughters alone. When Natalie later sees Paris in that novel, she claims it is a different Paris from the one to which she and Mitch had gone. The band breaks up, and Randy returns to the SFPD shortly afterwards. Afterwards, Devlin poses as Corinne as part of the second sting, which is to draw Ramirez out of hiding. Marci firmly lays various 'ground rules' of what the man can and cannot say to Monk before permitting the man to talk to him. In "Mr. Monk Buys a House", Natalie describes Dr. Bell as a psychiatric genius, and mentions that he has written five books and teaches at Stanford University. Ever since their father left, Ambrose has been obsessed with the idea of his return, even to the point of preparing a dinner plate for him every night, just in case. with updates on movies, TV shows, Rotten Tomatoes podcast and more. After the baby was born, Rickover covered up the illegitimate child by telling Wendy Stroud, the midwife, to tell Trudy that her baby died about nine minutes after birth and to then put the child up for adoption. In the novel Mr. Monk and the Dirty Cop, he starts to feel a little hostile towards Monk after taking a lot of ribbing from Paul Braddock (and at one time, Braddock actually insults Stottlemeyer, accusing him of using Monk as a metaphorical crutch). Monk discovers that he ordered Vezza to murder the judge and implicate Biederbeck. In the same episode, it is revealed that Julie was named for Mitch's aunt, who was one of the first female war correspondents in Vietnam. Adrian Monk ( Tony Shalhoub) finally discovers his wife Trudy's ( Melora Hardin) murderer after twelve years of searching, concluding a seven-year, eight-season long arc. Cast. Monk and Natalie meet her when they bring Julie to the hospital to be treated for a broken wrist. 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. Stottlemeyer mentions in "Mr. Monk Gets Cabin Fever" that he was the youngest officer in the history of the SFPD to make detective, giving him at least a few years of seniority on Monk. While reminiscing over the cases that they've worked, Sharona apologizes to Randy for the amount of teasing that she gave him; he, in turn, states that he "missed" it. 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 . [5] She was on an errand to get cough medicine for Adrian's brother, Ambrose. We need to remember that Leland is a Captain and knows the score. During lunchbreak, Danny and the senior chemistry teacher, Mr. Erp (whose nickname I need hardly spell out), would always meet in the chemistry prep room for a game of chess. Julie begins researching information on Fellows after Natalie returns to San Francisco to re-take her position as Monk's assistant. Every episode has a purpose other than the central mystery, which often is underplayed to the point that, when it's solved, the viewer forgets what it's about and there's no urgency, like happens here about gold buried in or around a house. San Francisco antique dealer Raymond Toliver reads aloud from an old, yellowing confession written by 19th century prospector Joshua Skinner. The episode gives Julie an integral role. This is quite a weak episode. Dalton takes advantage of their distraction to seize Mathis's gun. He later asks Monk to follow his wife to see if it's true. Lieutenant Commander Mitch Teeger (197198) is Natalie's late husband and Julie's father, who was a fighter pilot in the United States Navy. Even though Ambrose's last television appearance was in 2008, he continued to appear in the Monk novel series by Lee Goldberg. Dr. Kroger instructs the cab driver to keep driving and keeps his head low to avoid Monk. He appears in the episodes "Mr. Monk and the Sleeping Suspect" and "Mr. Monk and the Girl Who Cried Wolf". Unknown to Kevin, Torini is secretly trafficking heroin for an Asian drug cartel. For the first three seasons Sharona Fleming was Monk's assistant. Stottlemeyer also looked up Sharona Fleming and hired her as Monk's practical nurse, which helped Monk to recover from a state of near-catatonia caused by Trudy's death. All of the main cast from the first season returned: Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk, the "defective detective"; Bitty Schram as Sharona Fleming, Monk's forceful nurse and assistant; Ted Levine as Captain Leland Stottlemeyer of the SFPD; and Jason Gray-Stanford as Lieutenant Randy Disher. However, in the novel, Benjy's first name is misspelled as "Benji" whenever he is mentioned. Although Ted Levine is listed in the credits, he does not appear in this episode. His feelings towards Monk change from the pilot episode of the series. Meanwhile, Disher has found Raymond Toliver's body hidden in a 19th century dresser in Padron's antique store. to scare her, even setting Leland's car on fire and setting off a bomb at the wedding rehearsal. According to the show's timeline, Leland married Karen Junara in 1985. In the opening scene, a picture of Mitch with Julie is shown on one of the tables. She is very beautiful . [2] Trudy and Adrian met during his senior year at UC Berkeley (episode "Mr. Monk and the Class Reunion"). Adrian (in "Mr. Monk Is Up All Night") sees a Brazilian woman named Maria Cordova, whom he chases for several blocks for no apparent reason. The note ends with Jack's congratulations to Ambrose for leaving the house. Report: 'GMA' Execs Consider Ryan Seacrest to Replace T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach, Priscilla Presley Voices Herself in Trailer for Animated Elvis Presley Series, Chrissy Teigen Becomes Addicted to Watching 'Bottom Barrel' Reality TV Shows, Jason Oppenheim Overwhelmed by Filming 'Selling Sunset' and 'Selling the OC' at the Same Time, 'VPR' Fans Boycott Tom Sandoval's New Bar After Ariana Madix Split Over Alleged Raquel Leviss Affair, Kim Kardashian Slammed After Spotted Filming 'Carpool Karaoke' With James Corden, Gigi Hadid Teases What to Expect in 'Next in Fashion' Season 2. In the episode "Mr. Monk is the Best Man", she is proposed to by Stottlemeyer after they have been dating for six months. In this episode, she is framed by her understudy Jenna Ryan for stabbing actor Hal Duncan in a performance of the play Blood on the Moon during a preview performance prior to it heading to New York City. Harold J. Krenshaw (Tim Bagley) is another patient of Dr. Kroger and later Dr. Bell who also suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder. Fuming, he tells them "I'm gonna do you a favor and pretend that this conversation never happened." When Randy's mother marries a guy much younger than she, he gets worried. Kevin also makes a short appearance in the season four episode, "Mr. Monk and Mrs. Monk", where he and Monk are shown in the kitchen, preparing food and happily chatting together, while Natalie broods over the impossible notion that Trudy might still be alive. Dr. Kroger . In the novel Mr. Monk Gets Even, Julie becomes a principal character, as she temporarily becomes Monk's assistant while Natalie is temporarily serving on the police force in Summit, New Jersey. He arranges to meet the caller in the hotel . Mr. Monk Goes to a Wedding (2005) Full Cast & Crew See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro Directed by Anthony R. Palmieri Writing Credits Cast (in credits order) Produced by Music by Jeff Beal Cinematography by Marshall Adams . Thinking the map will lead them to where the bank robbers hid their loot, they ask Monk to help them, saying it is a school project. The lieutenant governor, who is on Dale's payroll board, would then pardon Dale, completing his revenge by him going free and returning to his comfortable lifestyle while Monk goes to prison for Nunn's murder. 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. Monk : Mr. Monk Gets Married (2004) Directed by Craig Zisk/ Randall Zisk / Andre Belgrader / Randy Zisk / Jerry Levine Genres - Comedy Drama, Mystery | Sub-Genres - Detective Show [TV], Prime-Time Drama [TV], Procedural Show [TV] | Run Time - 45 min. As Stottlemeyer mentions in "Mr. Monk Goes to the Carnival," when Monk was promoted to detective, he was partnered with Stottlemeyer, and right away, showed off his amazing abilities when he proved that a prostitute's apparent suicide was murder. Leland and Karen have recurring marital problems and have separated twice. Troy later appears in the season six episode "Mr. Monk and the Buried Treasure". Both Monk and Harold are ultimately kidnapped by Xavier Danko, the real killer, and thrown into the trunk of his car together, where they both break down with claustrophobia and finally become friends: Harold admits that he has greatly exaggerated his own progress to goad Adrian, while Adrian admits that he envies Harold's relative success in going on with his life despite his many fears. See what the cast of Monk is up to now! Starting in Mr. Monk On the Couch, Ambrose has a live-in assistant, Yuki Nakamura, introduced in Mr. Monk on the Road. 4. From the time of Trudy's death until the end of season two, Monk believes all along that he was the intended target, with Trudy being an innocent victim. Jack abandoned his young family while running to pick up an order of Chinese food. 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". The end credits to the first episode aired after Kamel's death, "Mr. Monk Buys a House," begin with a dedication to Kamel's memory. Privacy Policy However, as the days count down until their wedding, someone starts making threats against Leland and T.K., including ransacking his house, blowing up his car, making threatening phone calls to T.K., and setting off a bomb at the wedding rehearsal. For one thing, Padron is insisting on taking his new bride to a marriage therapy clinic that very weekend for their honeymoon. Karen Stottlemeyer (Glenne Headly) is Leland's environmentally conscious wife during the first four seasons and the mother of their two children, Jared and Max. Clay later reveals that he was paid by Julie's (fictitious) Aunt Karen to go out with her. The next day, Marci shows Monk how much she loves him, wearing his old pants, serving his drink in his old glass, even showing him a diorama of them based on the season two episode "Mr. Monk and the Three Pies", while singing him a song on her guitar about him.