Mr. Monk Goes Back to School
- Episode aired Jun 20, 2003
- TV-PG
- 44m
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An English teacher's suicide is questionable when Monk is called to investigate.An English teacher's suicide is questionable when Monk is called to investigate.An English teacher's suicide is questionable when Monk is called to investigate.
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Bobby Brewer
- Kyle
- (as Bob Brewer)
Charleigh Stelly
- Second Kid
- (as Kristin Bryant)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen Monk is looking at the teacher mail slots, one of them is labeled Brooke Adams. In real life, she is Tony Shalhoub's wife.
- GoofsWhen Monk explains that the suicide letter could not have been written by an English teacher, he cites one reason being the incorrect use of "whomever" stating the letter reads "To whomever it may concern." He argues that the correct usage would be "to whoever it may concern." However, because the verb in the sentence (concern) is performed by the subject "it" coupled with the fact that the pronoun in question follows "to" means that the pronoun must be objective. "Whomever" is the objective form of the nominative pronoun "whoever" and so "whomever" actually is correct.
- Quotes
Derek Philby: If that mouse vanished, you could think the snake did it. I mean, he has motive, he's hungry, he likes to eat mice! But he's in a seperate cage. There's no way the snake could have done it. It is one of the immutable laws of Physics, Mr. Monk; Nothing can be in two places at the same time. Any Thoughts?
Adrian Monk: I think the snake did it.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Monk: Mr. Monk and His Biggest Fan (2007)
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Mr. Monk gets vertigo
English teacher Beth Landow tells her married lover, science teacher Derek Kilby, that he must tell his wife about them and leave her or she will tell her. The next morning - Saturday - Kilby is proctoring the SAT when the body of Beth Landow hits Kilby's car from the observation tower and the car alarm goes off. The students get up from their desks and look out the window. Kilby doesn't make a move. Monk is asked to investigate the case by someone who works at the school, which just happens to be the same private high school that his late wife attended. To further investigate, Monk becomes a temporary English teacher, taking the place of the recently deceased Beth Landow.
You already know the "who" in this case, but what you don't know is the "how" - How did Kilby manage to kill Beth while he was proctoring the SAT across campus at the same time. This is what Monk has to figure out, and if you have seen enough murder mystery movies where the victim dies in tower such as the one shown in this episode, the clues are there. What makes it worthwhile is the comedy, such as Monk introducing himself to his new English class the first day and taking about half of that first class to write his name "Mr. Monk" when you consider his own exacting standards.
You already know the "who" in this case, but what you don't know is the "how" - How did Kilby manage to kill Beth while he was proctoring the SAT across campus at the same time. This is what Monk has to figure out, and if you have seen enough murder mystery movies where the victim dies in tower such as the one shown in this episode, the clues are there. What makes it worthwhile is the comedy, such as Monk introducing himself to his new English class the first day and taking about half of that first class to write his name "Mr. Monk" when you consider his own exacting standards.
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- Runtime44 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 16 : 9
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