Mr. Monk Goes to a Rock Concert
- Episode aired Aug 25, 2006
- TV-PG
- 42m
Monk and Natalie are sidetracked into a homicide investigation at a local music festival when a roadie turns up dead, due to a suspected overdose.Monk and Natalie are sidetracked into a homicide investigation at a local music festival when a roadie turns up dead, due to a suspected overdose.Monk and Natalie are sidetracked into a homicide investigation at a local music festival when a roadie turns up dead, due to a suspected overdose.
- Kendra Frank
- (as Tamara Feldman)
- Annie
- (as Benita Marti)
- Security Officer
- (as Craig 'Fig' Figueiredo)
- Guy Freak
- (as Cameron Carter)
- Bikini Girl
- (as Tanya Sinovec)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe bands Novillero, Munkafest, and Trusty all appear as themselves.
- GoofsMonk is wearing a green wristband pass for the concert on one arm, but one of Monk's many obsessions is symmetry. For example, he once hurt his hand in an earlier episode, and he put bandages on both hands. There are many other occasions where Monk deals with symmetry and especially symmetry of human body and his own. Monk should be wearing two wristbands, one for each arm.
- Quotes
[Monk reaches out to touch a heat lamp while leaving the acupuncture tent]
Natalie Teeger: Mr. Monk, no! No-no-no-no! That's 400 watts!
[Monk pulls his hand away before he touches the superhot bulb. But as he starts walking away, he turns around and reaches back for the bulb. Natalie attempts to restrain his right arm. Monk resorts to touching the lamp with his left pointer finger]
Adrian Monk: Ow!
[after burning his left finger, Monk is sure to touch it again with his right finger so that his hands are even]
- ConnectionsReferenced in Monk: Mr. Monk's Favorite Show (2009)
The case, a "roadie" being murdered by one of the rock stars who made it look like the victim OD'd, just didn't get enough air time. We also get the typical Hollywood parent-apologizing- to- child-despite-the-fact-the-kid-is-in-the-wrong routine. Since when is tough-guy cop Ted Levine (Stottlemeyer) wimpy? Only here, with his kid, who had skipped school to attend the concert. In TV and movies, parents are shown as bad guys more than good guys and the kids are usually smarter. Well, thankfully, my parents were smarter than me when I was 15 and yours were, too....but not in shows like this.
It's usually fun to see the arrogant killer get caught. That was true here, too, with the singer (who couldn't sing, either) who was shown to have no redeeming qualities as to make it even more satisfying. The problem was that Monk came up with the answers too fast and with no credibility. I mean, the rock star pretends he's the road and the acupuncture lady, who works right nearby, doesn't know the difference? Come on!
Many times these are far-fetched just to get laughs, and I appreciate that, but this was a very weak effort with few laughs and a story that had no believability. Hey, they can't all be winners.
- ccthemovieman-1
- Aug 3, 2007
Details
- Runtime42 minutes
- Color