Mr. Monk Meets His Dad
- Episode aired Nov 17, 2006
- TV-PG
- 41m
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7.7/10
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Monk meets his long lost father after 39 years.Monk meets his long lost father after 39 years.Monk meets his long lost father after 39 years.
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Did you know
- TriviaThe guest actress who plays the waitress Sara Jo in the diner scene was Catherine Bach who famously played another waitress, Daisy Duke on The Dukes of Hazzard (1979) from 1979-1985.
- GoofsWhen Adrian & his dad are in the 18-wheeler, they can't stop the truck because the brake line broke. 18-wheelers actually use an air brake system, not fluids. As soon as the line opened, the brake system would have depressurized, and the brakes would have engaged.
- Quotes
Jack Monk: ...and he sends me on this wild goose chase. Son of...
[swears]
Jack Monk: [swears again] 'scuse my language.
Adrian Monk: It's okay, we're truckers.
- SoundtracksThe Twelve Days of Christmas
(uncredited)
Traditional
Performed by Jason Gray-Stanford, Traylor Howard, and Ted Levine
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Mr. Monk is on the road with an implausible Santa
Stottlemeyer tells Monk that his father, who abandoned the family when Monk was eight, is in the local jail and is asking for him. Apparently, he got stopped for running a red light, got belligerent and hit the officer. After Monk gets him out of jail, his father, Jack Monk, tells him he is a long haul big rig driver and asks him to come on the road with him. They'll be back in three days. Monk reluctantly agrees.
While on the road, Monk notices some strange things. First, Jack's boss back in Texas is demanding that he take the longest route possible rather than going straight through on the highway. Plus his destinations are orphanages where he is supposed to deliver Christmas presents. But the Christmas presents are the kind of miscellaneous junk you get in the dollar store to the point where even the orphans are rebelling against the presents. Monk finds out that, contrary to what Jack's boss said, he had never been in the care of any of the orphanages Jack is being instructed to visit. So what goes on here? Complications ensue.
Dan Hadaya plays Jack Monk, Monk's dad in this Christmas episode. He usually played gruff characters and is perfect in this part. It's good entertainment watching him and Monk bond over the solving of the mystery of Jack's strange instructions while watching Monk work out his demons concerning his dad's abandonment of the family 40 years ago and his continuing absence up to this point.
While on the road, Monk notices some strange things. First, Jack's boss back in Texas is demanding that he take the longest route possible rather than going straight through on the highway. Plus his destinations are orphanages where he is supposed to deliver Christmas presents. But the Christmas presents are the kind of miscellaneous junk you get in the dollar store to the point where even the orphans are rebelling against the presents. Monk finds out that, contrary to what Jack's boss said, he had never been in the care of any of the orphanages Jack is being instructed to visit. So what goes on here? Complications ensue.
Dan Hadaya plays Jack Monk, Monk's dad in this Christmas episode. He usually played gruff characters and is perfect in this part. It's good entertainment watching him and Monk bond over the solving of the mystery of Jack's strange instructions while watching Monk work out his demons concerning his dad's abandonment of the family 40 years ago and his continuing absence up to this point.
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