Right around the time of this episode, Bitsy Schram and two other supporting cast members were in the middle of trying to re-negotiate their contracts. I believe this episode was updated so the cast members in question were not needed while the searched for a new Sharona. They used Dorfman and had the show take place in LA instead of San Francisco, explaining that Sharona was out of town. Bitsy had only one more episode after this (the episodes were re-ordered or already finished (??)) as her final episode. There was no send off for her. She was just gone. She was the sacrificial lamb to get the other two supporting cast members back in line.
The episode itself was okay except for the missing cast members. They were pretty good about bringing in Monk's in-laws in a touching manner. His father in law is the producer of a game show in which he is sure the contestant is cheating but he can't figure out how. There is a murder of course. The contestant in question found out about the murder and blackmailed the host of the show into going along with the cheating.
I was never a fan of Dorfman so I would consider his part in the show as a negative.
The episode itself was okay except for the missing cast members. They were pretty good about bringing in Monk's in-laws in a touching manner. His father in law is the producer of a game show in which he is sure the contestant is cheating but he can't figure out how. There is a murder of course. The contestant in question found out about the murder and blackmailed the host of the show into going along with the cheating.
I was never a fan of Dorfman so I would consider his part in the show as a negative.