Mystery

Mr. Monk and the Earthquake

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Mr. Monk and the Earthquake

Monk Monday takes us back to San Francisco and the toils of the defective detective Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub). “Mr. Monk and the Earthquake” offers extra opportunities for Shahloub to have some fun when Monk finds himself temporarily in a dissociative state spouting gibberish while attempting to communicate. As Dr. Kroger (Stanley Kamel) suggests, the condition is temporary allowing Monk to return to normal in the middle of the episode but it does reoccur after an aftershock producing one of the more humorous sequences of the series as Monk launches into his “here’s what happened spiel” without anyone being able to understand him and struggles with directing a cabbie to Sharona‘s (Bitty Schram) apartment during the climax.

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Only Murders in the Building – Once Upon a Time in the West

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Only Murders in the Building - Once Upon a Time in the West

Picking up the story at the same party shown in last season’s finale, we get Mabel (Selena Gomez), Charles (Steve Martin), and Oliver (Martin Short) finishing their final podcast the next day before traveling to Hollywood to meet a producer interested in turning their lives into a feature film. While Charles is concerned with the absence of Sazz the podcasters won’t be on the scent of a new murder until the end of the episode, returning to New York in Charles’ apartment where the pieces begin to fit together and they discover there has been another murder in the building.

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Mr. Monk Takes a Vacation

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Mr. Monk Takes a Vacation

Monk Monday takes us back to San Francisco and the toils of the defective detective Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub). The First Season of Monk has a couple of episodes that take Monk from the comforts of San Francisco. “Mr. Monk Takes a Vacation” begins with Monk, Sharona (Bitty Schram), and Benjy (Max Morrow) already on vacation at a beach resort. While Sharona attempts to enjoy herself, Monk is miserable, at least until Benji witnesses a murder. However, when no evidence of the crime can be found, proving what happened proves nearly impossible.

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Mr. Monk and the Marathon Man

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Mr. Monk and the Marathon Man

Monk Monday takes us back to San Francisco and the toils of the defective detective Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub). “Mr. Monk and the Marathon Man” gives us a prime suspect in a murder who appears to have a perfect alibi as furniture magnate Trevor McDowell (Peter Outerbridge) was racing a marathon at the time of his mistress’ (Marie Ward) murder. While less critical of Monk’s theory, especially after dismissing any other suspects, Stottlemeyer (Ted Levine) can not figure out a way for McDowell to have committed the crime leading to some unproductive brainstorming sessions with Randy (Jason Gray-Stanford).

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The Caves of Steel

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The Caves of Steel

Throwback Tuesday takes us back more than seven decades into a futurist world of robots and murder. The first of the Robot novels, and the first full-length robot novel written by Isaac Asimov, The Caves of Steel offered the author an opportunity to meld detective and science fiction while exploring sociological elements of an overcrowded future version of Earth where humanity lived underneath the surface in great domes giving the novel its name.

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