Mr. Monk and the Leper
- Episode aired Dec 22, 2006
- TV-PG
- 44m
Monk deals with leprosy on two fronts as he's called to testify that a leper is indeed alive so that his money isn't given away.Monk deals with leprosy on two fronts as he's called to testify that a leper is indeed alive so that his money isn't given away.Monk deals with leprosy on two fronts as he's called to testify that a leper is indeed alive so that his money isn't given away.
- Mandy Bronson
- (as Sarah Brown)
- Judge Lawrence Barr
- (as Lawrence O'Donnell Jr.)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaOn its original airing, this episode was presented first in black & white and then in color. USA Network then held an on-line poll for viewers to indicate which version they preferred. The episode opened with Tony Shalhoub providing an intro from the set about how it would be airing in black & white. It closed with Ted Levine and Jason Gray-Stanford introducing the color version, with Ted insisting it was better in color and Jason preferring to agree with Tony.
- GoofsWhen Derek Bronson is playing the piano, his hands remain in a very short range of keys on the piano, mainly below middle C. At the same time, the music heard is playing up and down the keys, well above the range that Derek's hands are seen playing.
- Quotes
Adrian Monk: [seeing Julie making fries as a snack] Oh no. No no no no no. I promised your mother. No junk food.
[takes the plate of fries away from Julie]
Julie Teeger: You promised?
Adrian Monk: Yeah. I *am* the babysitter.
[throws Julie an apple]
Julie Teeger: Uhm. I don't think so! My mom said I was babysitting *you*.
Adrian Monk: [laughs in disbelief] O-oh-kay
Julie Teeger: Are you getting paid?
Adrian Monk: Yeah.
Julie Teeger: How much?
Adrian Monk: You know, that is between your mother and me...
[makes move to throw the fries away]
Adrian Monk: ... why, how much are you getting?
Julie Teeger: [smiles] Eight dollars an hour
Adrian Monk: an *hour* ?
[silent for a moment]
Adrian Monk: I guess you're the sitter.
[hands the plate to Julie]
Adrian Monk: Enjoy your fries.
- ConnectionsReferences Ben-Hur (1959)
The star of this show, actor Tony Shalhoub, greets us in a first-ever pre-introduction and explains that this show has all the elements of a film noir and so they filmed it in black-and-white. Sit back and enjoy, he says.....and I did. That opening segment has some of the best photography I've ever seen and it is truly great film cinematography. Monk meets a rich man who has disappeared for seven years and then tells (and shows himself, out of the shadows) as a man who has leprosy!!
After the commercial, we see the germ-conscious Adrian Monk freaking out and the film shifts to comedy for a bit until it settles into the story featuring deception, a femme fatal and all the other goodies of good noir.....yet, at the same time keeping it's comedy close by.
We also find Natalie getting a boy friend, a dermatologist played by Englishman Paul Blackthorn. He's the guy who played a terrorist in the series '24."
It got a little silly in the end and, for once, I had the crime solved before Monk figured it out. Kudos to the show for this unique black-and-white presentation. It was nice to see.
- ccthemovieman-1
- Aug 3, 2007
Details
- Runtime44 minutes
- Color