"Mr. Monk and the Marathon Man" is an episode of Monk.
At the San Francisco marathon, Monk's obsession with a misbuttoned sweater causes him to miss a chance at seeing one of his favorite celebrities, runner Tonde Mawwaka (Zakes Mokae). Meanwhile, a runner from the same race, Trevor McDowell (Peter Outerbridge) shows up in his mistress's apartment, kills her, and throws her body out of her high-rise building and onto the street below.
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"Mr. Monk and the Marathon Man" is an episode of Monk.
At the San Francisco marathon, Monk's obsession with a misbuttoned sweater causes him to miss a chance at seeing one of his favorite celebrities, runner Tonde Mawwaka (Zakes Mokae). Meanwhile, a runner from the same race, Trevor McDowell (Peter Outerbridge) shows up in his mistress's apartment, kills her, and throws her body out of her high-rise building and onto the street below.
Monk and Sharona encounter the police team investigating the death, which Monk immediately determines to be a murder, citing the woman's half-painted toes as proof. Capt. Stottlemeyer hires Monk to the case, and suspicion quickly falls on McDowell, whom they correctly reason was sleeping with the victim.
Unfortunately for the detectives, Trevor McDowell, who turns out to be a wealthy local merchant, was in the middle of the marathon at the time of the murder. The race committee offers hard evidence: The runners are tracked by microchips affixed to...
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