Monk 3x09 Mr. Monk Takes His Medicine

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Monk - 03x09 Mr. Monk Takes His Medicine

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First Aired: Aug. 20, 2004 on USA

Summary: Feeling depressed and helpless after Captain Stottlemeyer is shot by an unknown assailant, Monk decides to try a new medication that eliminates his phobias. But it also makes him unbearably egotistical.

Main Characters in this Episode

Guest Stars

Lester Highsmith	played by Ken Marino
Trudy Monk	played by Melora Hardin
Dewey Albert	played by Jeremy Roberts
Scat	played by Nate Mooney
Officer Cooper	played by Dwayne L. Barnes
Undercover Cop	played by James Intveld
Officer Hensley	played by Grant Garrison (II)
Officer Salvatore	played by Nick Spano

Episode Quotes

Adrian Monk: You're bringing the Monk down, man.

Adrian Monk: [screams at Sharona who is racing to a crime scene] A "Stop" sign is not a suggestion!
Sharona Fleming: Yes, it is!

Adrian Monk: Lester! Drop the gun!
Lester Highsmith: You!

Lester Highsmith: Is that a water pistol?
Adrian Monk: No.

Adrian Monk: Maybe.

Adrian Monk: It's... scalding! It's scalding hot water!

Mistakes/Goofs

Goof (continuity error): When Monk is checking out the apartment, he says "back off" with his index finger and pinky of his right hand raised. In the very next shot, however, only his index finger is raised.
Goof (continuity error): Monk gets ketchup on his shirt while eating his food. In the next shot his shirt is clean.
Goof (continuity error): When Monk is threatening Lester Highsmith with his water pistol, the passenger-side door of Monk's Mustang is open. After the police arrive to arrest Lester and his partner, the door is seen closed, then open again in subsequent shots.
Goof (factual errors): The water pistol Monk uses to bluff Lester Highsmith is jet black, possibly with a brown handle. Because of child-safety laws, all toy guns have to be brightly colored or have a bright orange cap on the tip of the barrel so children will be safe when holding one. However, this particular pistol is missing both of these features.
Goof (factual errors): When Monk rubs chalk powder on the place mat to see Marlene Highsmith's original suicide note there is no other writing. Yet, in the summation, there is a shot of Lester writing his fake suicide note on the same place mat. So when Monk rubbed the chalk powder, Lester's version of the note would have appeared over Marlene's version of the note.

Trivia

This episode was Bitty Schram's last appearance as a regular cast member. Upon completion, Schram left the show and her character was written out of the series.