Mr. Monk Takes Manhattan is the 30th episode of the television program Monk. It was the third season premiere, and served as another installment in the series' ongoing plotline about the murder of Monk's wife.
After receiving a tip from Dale "The Whale" Biederbeck in the preceding episode, "Mr. Monk Goes to Jail", Adrian Monk flies to New York City, accompanied by Sharona Fleming, Captain Stottlemeyer, and Lieutenant Disher, all with the same mis...
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Mr. Monk Takes Manhattan is the 30th episode of the television program Monk. It was the third season premiere, and served as another installment in the series' ongoing plotline about the murder of Monk's wife.
After receiving a tip from Dale "The Whale" Biederbeck in the preceding episode, "Mr. Monk Goes to Jail", Adrian Monk flies to New York City, accompanied by Sharona Fleming, Captain Stottlemeyer, and Lieutenant Disher, all with the same mission – to find Warrick Tennyson, who Dale said was “involved” in the murder of Monk’s wife, Trudy.
But while they are checking in at their hotel, the new Latvian ambassador and his two bodyguards are shot to death in one of the elevators. The shooter runs out of the hotel covering his face, and Monk says he can identify the man – but only by the shape of his left ear. Although Stottlemeyer says they are there to find Tennyson, NYPD Captain Walter Cage (Williamson) asks for their help in solving the ambassador’s murder, which could have dire...
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