Mr. Monk Is on the Run: Part 1
- Episode aired Feb 15, 2008
- TV-PG
- 44m
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8.6/10
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Monk is charged with the murder of the man who killed Trudy, and manages to escape custody in order to figure out what really happened.Monk is charged with the murder of the man who killed Trudy, and manages to escape custody in order to figure out what really happened.Monk is charged with the murder of the man who killed Trudy, and manages to escape custody in order to figure out what really happened.
C.S. Lee
- Deputy Bell
- (as C. S. Lee)
Matt Tulve
- Camping Man
- (as Matthew Patrick Tulve)
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- GoofsMr. Monk claims he never fired the gun, yet he did not request that his hands be tested for gunpowder residue, something that could have shown his innocence or at least provided reasonable doubt (especially considering that the sheriff found him moments after the shooting, still holding the gun, with no time or opportunity for him to have washed his hands). As a 14-year police veteran, he undoubtedly would have known this. Further, previously when he *did* fire a gun (claiming self-defense), the Captain won't let him so much as wipe his hands, insisting that they must test for gunpowder residue, even though Monk did not deny firing the gun.
- Quotes
County Judge: Bail is set to $900,000.
Monk's Lawyer: [Monk whispers to the Defense Attorney] Ahhh, with the court's permission, could you make it an even million?
- ConnectionsReferences The Fugitive (1993)
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Homage rather than theft
I found the plot of this episode to contain more homage than theft. I am most familiar with "The Fugitive," so I'll limit my references to the similarities between "Monk" and "Fugitive": Sheriff Rawlins is what Gerrard mistakenly calls the Sheriff on the scene of the train wreck in the movie and the sheriff in "Monk" is named Rawlins; the flight through the woods was similar in both works; the search perimeter set up in both works is the same; the similarities between the searches demanded by Rawlins and Gerrard are evident ("every dog house, hen house. . ." "every tricycle . . ."); the request for a helicopter sounds similar in both pieces; the exhortation to search hospitals sounds similar in both as well. I've only seen this episode once, so I can't add more, but view the shared material as something that the writers did for fun rather than out of laziness.
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- kpatrick-6
- Dec 31, 2008
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