Funny how certain things stick in the head after fifteen years - I remember clearly Monk being unable to drink any other than his favourite brand of water in Mexico episode, Q remembered the snake moment where he has to stand on the table.
Some of these stories are far-fetched, to say the least, but always fun, such as The Odd Couple episode where Stottlemeyer - or what ever his name is - comes to stay and they drive each other nuts. Man who delivers time delayed mail bomb, using ketchup bottles glued to the ceiling to work out his timing, is genius.
We also meet Monk's brother, John Turturro, who teaches us the difference between sarcastic (use of irony to mock or show contempt) and sardonic (grimly mocking or cynical).
In ingenious story of prospector's hidden gold (it's in gold ink in his hundreds of journals) we see early appearance by Jane Lynch... but Nestor Carbonell is not Will & Grace's Eric McCormack (although he does appear in a later series). Also funny in that Sharona and Monk have to pretend to be married.
Season finale has Monk in prison as 'Dale the Whale' (Tim Curry) has promised him information about Trudi's killer. There he gets on the right side of Danny Trejo by making his bed, finding a better hiding place for his shiv, retaping the handle, and finding the thief of his watch! Also with Kathy Baker.
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