A terrible episode.
The mystery was nonexistent. Besides the culprit being immediately obvious (which is true for most Monk episodes), competent police would have found the crawl space when examining the panic room.
The character moments were ludicrous & annoying: Monk panicking in the panic room. Monk letting Darwin trash his place. Monk putting up a for sale sign. Monk calling Darwin everything but a chimpanzee. Randy giving the Captain a loaded gun. Randy searching Sharona's place like he was in danger. The Captain not checking if the gun was loaded. The Captain acting like a fool with Darwin & not talking to others when they were trying to warn him about loaded gun. Sharona chastising Benji for defending a kid being picked on. No one but Sharona caring that Darwin fired once, randomly, which is nothing like 4 on-target shots. The culprit falling for "we can't move the recording device because it might damage the chip". Etc.
The mystery was nonexistent. Besides the culprit being immediately obvious (which is true for most Monk episodes), competent police would have found the crawl space when examining the panic room.
The character moments were ludicrous & annoying: Monk panicking in the panic room. Monk letting Darwin trash his place. Monk putting up a for sale sign. Monk calling Darwin everything but a chimpanzee. Randy giving the Captain a loaded gun. Randy searching Sharona's place like he was in danger. The Captain not checking if the gun was loaded. The Captain acting like a fool with Darwin & not talking to others when they were trying to warn him about loaded gun. Sharona chastising Benji for defending a kid being picked on. No one but Sharona caring that Darwin fired once, randomly, which is nothing like 4 on-target shots. The culprit falling for "we can't move the recording device because it might damage the chip". Etc.