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Monk :: Mr. Monk's Favorite Show (08x01)
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| Title: | Mr. Monk's Favorite Show |
| Episode #: | 08x01 |
| Original Airdate: | Friday August 07th, 2009 |
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Monk insists on being the first in line at a bookstore that will be releasing the autobiography of Christine Rapp, former child star in the 70s sitcom The Cooper Clan. Christine is scheduled to appear at the bookstore for a signing and Monk is eager to meet her. Natalie is impressed that Monk is actually excited about something and he admits that the TV show was the only important thing to him when he was growing up.
The next morning Christine and her publicity agent Kim Kelly are leaving from a radio station interview. As Christine chats with the press, she uses her car remote… and the car blows up.
At the bookstore, Monk is matching wits against a fellow fan in a game of Cooper Clan trivia. Monk, not surprisingly, both wins and annoys his rival. The bookstore owner and Monk eagerly buys the copy in his hand. However, the owner tells them that due to the murder attempt, Christine won’t be appearing. Monk goes to the radio station where Stottlemeyer and Disher are investigating the crime scene. As Monk goes over the debris, Disher and Natalie read the book and discover that it details off-screen exploits in graphic detail. They decide that Monk would be shocked to read it. Meanwhile, Monk sees Christine and goes to talk to her. Kim offers to hire him as a bodyguard and Monk eagerly agrees.
Monk goes to Christine’s home to check her security arrangements but spends most of his time watching DVDs of the show. Kim finally convinces him to tell them something useful and reveals that the station’s security cameras revealed a man lurking outside. However, he’s wearing a hood and they can’t get an identification. They go on a tour of Christine’s home and Monk tries to figure out what the mirror over the bed is for. Christine realizes that he hasn’t read her book. She does show him a gun that she keeps in her nightstand and bought for protection when she first started getting threatening letters. As Christine prepares for an interview, Kim shows Monk the Silver Globe Award that Christine won for a TV movie on anorexia. They hear a scream and run to the bathroom, where someone has written a threatening message in lipstick on the mirror.
At the station, Monk examines the mirror and thinks that the handwriting looks familiar, but can’t place it. They conclude that whoever wrote it used their left hand to disguise their handwriting. There’s no clues to identify the killer. Stottlemeyer brings in Christine’s former child co-star, Steven Dorn, who made threats against her for what she said in the book. Monk can’t believe that the innocent young boy Steven once was would threaten Christine, and Stottlemeyer orders him to read the book. That night, Monk goes into shock about Christine’s sordid past. The worst part is page 73… which Natalie takes out and eats rather than let Monk read it.
Christine puts on a disguise and checks in at a motel. As she goes upstairs, a man follows her. The motel clerk hears a gunshot and calls the police. Monk and Natalie arrive as well and discover that Christine shot the stalker in self-defense when he came at her with a knife. Stottlemeyer confirms that the dead man, Victor Timlinson, went through a variety of jobs, including Taco Bell manager and accountant, but never had a police record. He has more threatening letters in his pockets and the handwriting matches the handwriting on the first letters and on the mirror. Realizing that Monk is upset, Christine apologizes and admits that as a child, she was lonely and sought comfort with men. A lot of men. Monk says that his childhood has been ruined, now that he knows what she’s really like.
The next day, Natalie tries to cheer Monk up by calling Ambrose and finding out what Monk’s childhood snacks were, and then putting in a DVD of The Cooper Clan. Monk initially isn’t interested, until Natalie stumbles across an episode where Cathy Cooper, Christine’s character in the show, has a cast on her right hand and has to sign it with her left. Monk recognizes the handwriting: it’s the same that was on the mirror and the letters. He realizes that Christine set up the entire thing and framed Timlinson as a stalker.
Monk and Natalie break in to Timlinson’s apartment to look for clues. Monk notes that there’s no signs that Timlinson was a fan of the series. They search Timlinson’s messy apartment and Monk finds an anomaly: a book on interior decorating. It has a secret compartment containing ballots for the Silver Globe Awards for the year that Christine won. Monk goes to find Natalie, but Christine jumps out of the closet and knocks him unconscious.
Monk dreams that he’s the oldest brother in the Cooper Clan, and that someone has broken a vase. Monk Cooper is more interested in explaining how Cathy/Christine committed the crime. Here’s what happened: thirty-five years ago, Christine needs to win the Silver Globe to make her career. She met Timlinson, a fan, who was working as an accountant at the firm that counted the votes. Christine convinced Timlinson to rig the voting so that she won. However, Timlinson kept the rigged ballots as evidence. When Christine released her book, Timlinson tried to blackmail her for money. Realizing he’d keep blackmailing her, Christine framed him as a stalker, faking the car explosion and planting the letters. Cathy/Christine points out that he has no evidence but Monk points out that he has the rigged ballots. He’s interrupted when Mrs. Cooper calls for help…
… and wakes up, realizing that Natalie is calling for help after Christine attacked her. Monk grabs Christine’s gun and takes her prisoner.
Later, Monk tries to return Christine’s book at the bookstore. He gets his money back, including the change, but the owner points out that page 73 has been replaced with a page from Oliver Twist. Monk insists replacing it made the book better. As he leaves, Natalie tries to cheer him up but Monk points out that she isn’t as funny as the Coopers.
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