Mr. Monk Takes a Vacation

"Mr. Monk Takes a Vacation" is an episode of Monk. When Sharona's son, Benjy, looks through a telescope and witnesses a murder in the hotel that he, Sharona and Monk are staying at, he reports the murder to Monk. Believing that Benjy wasn't making it up, he goes to investigate the murder, much to Sharona and the hotel manager's consternation. Monk is teamed up with a hotel security official named Bronwyn to find the culprit. Originally, they th... more

"Mr. Monk Takes a Vacation" is an episode of Monk. When Sharona's son, Benjy, looks through a telescope and witnesses a murder in the hotel that he, Sharona and Monk are staying at, he reports the murder to Monk. Believing that Benjy wasn't making it up, he goes to investigate the murder, much to Sharona and the hotel manager's consternation. Monk is teamed up with a hotel security official named Bronwyn to find the culprit. Originally, they think that a seemingly shifty man had killed his wife in the same room Benjy witnessed the murder, but that proves to be a dead end. As Monk and Bronwyn keep digging into the investigation, he starts picking up clues that point to four maids within the hotel. They also bond, as Bronwyn is one of the few people Monk has encountered to immediately take him at his word in spite of his quirks. Benjy finds a body stuffed into the back of an arcade machine, and Monk deduces it must have been that of a fifth maid. Bronwyn is attacked after discovering... less