Mr. Monk and the Garbage Strike
- Episode aired Jul 14, 2006
- TV-PG
- 44m
IMDb RATING
8.5/10
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A city-wide garbage strike throws Monk completely off his game as he tries to solve the murder of a union boss.A city-wide garbage strike throws Monk completely off his game as he tries to solve the murder of a union boss.A city-wide garbage strike throws Monk completely off his game as he tries to solve the murder of a union boss.
Chi McBride
- Mayor Ray Nicholson
- (as Chi Mcbride)
David DeLuise
- Larry Cutler
- (as David Deluise)
Darlene Conte
- Reporter #1
- (as Darlene Kegan)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen a delusional Monk believes that Alice Cooper is the killer, he states that Cooper's motive was to steal an antique chair because "rock-and-roll stars love to collect antiques." Cooper does indeed collect antique timepieces.
- GoofsMonk and Stottlemeyer would never have been permitted to enter a fabrication room, the "cleanest room in the world" that is "100% germ-free", without some sort of masks over their noses and mouths.
- Quotes
Adrian Monk: Dr. Kroger?
Dr. Charles Kroger: Adrian. Have you been sending me your trash?
- SoundtracksMonk Theme (Series Version)
Performed by Jeff Beal
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Mr. Monk faces a true test of the courage of his convictions
This is a surreal episode of Monk, with San Francisco facing a possibly prolonged garbage collection strike over the contract of the sanitation workers. Naturally this greatly disturbs Monk, who wishes the president of the sanitation workers' union dead. The next day he gets his wish as the union head is found dead in his office, shot through the temple, a gun in his hand. It's ruled a suicide by the police and the sanitation workers refuse to continue contract negotiations, believing that their union president was murdered. The union leaders thus approach Monk and say that they don't think their president was the kind of guy who would ever kill himself. Thus they want to hire Monk to decide independently if it was suicide or murder, and if it's suicide they'll go back to the bargaining table. If it is murder, will Monk have the courage of his convictions and say something that will delay the removal of these mountains of garbage? Watch and find out.
This is one great episode with bags of garbage being dropped from the offices above Dr. Kroger's as Monk describes his fear of being buried alive by garbage along with plot points that include an architectural oddity called the "Whispering Spot", a possibly menacing mayor, and even a cameo by Alice Cooper.
This is one great episode with bags of garbage being dropped from the offices above Dr. Kroger's as Monk describes his fear of being buried alive by garbage along with plot points that include an architectural oddity called the "Whispering Spot", a possibly menacing mayor, and even a cameo by Alice Cooper.
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- Filming locations
- Intersection of Scott Avenue and McDuff Street, Los Angeles, California, USA(garbage vigilante scene)
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- Runtime44 minutes
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