- Title: Monk – Mr. Monk and the Marathon Man
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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).
The murder of the week also introduces a personal hero for monk in the marathon runner Tonday Mawwaka (Zakes Mokae) as well as another example of Monk’s condition ruining a perfect moment for him as he ends up missing Tonday racing by while obsessed with someone’s sweater in the crowd. However, Monk would get to meet his hero as part of the investigation and eventually figure out how the killer was able to fake his time in the marathon long enough to leave and reenter the race giving him an alibi for the crime.
