Mr. Monk Gets Jury Duty

"Mr. Monk Gets Jury Duty" is an episode of the USA Network series Monk. While Capt. Stottlemeyer and Lt. Disher celebrate their successful capture of drug lord Miguel Escobar, Monk receives the news that he has been selected for jury duty. Although Monk protests that he works alone, Natalie thinks it will be good for him to work as a team. After an unsympathetic judge dismisses Monk's plea that he couldn't share a toilet with eleven other people... more

"Mr. Monk Gets Jury Duty" is an episode of the USA Network series Monk. While Capt. Stottlemeyer and Lt. Disher celebrate their successful capture of drug lord Miguel Escobar, Monk receives the news that he has been selected for jury duty. Although Monk protests that he works alone, Natalie thinks it will be good for him to work as a team. After an unsympathetic judge dismisses Monk's plea that he couldn't share a toilet with eleven other people, Monk finds himself sitting in on the case of a young man accused of stabbing a man in the thigh then stealing the money he is carrying. The other jurors are convinced of the accused's guilt, but Monk shows how the stab wound and the hole in the victim's jeans show the victim was sitting not standing when attacked. The wound was self-inflicted and the knife placed in the accused's hand while he was sleeping so he could pocket the money himself. Several of the jury members change their vote, but Monk is distracted by a dog sniffing around a... less