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S4.E11
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Mr. Monk Bumps His Head

  • Episode aired Jan 20, 2006
  • TV-14
  • 44m
IMDb RATING
8.2/10
1.6K
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Robert Catrini in Monk (2002)
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After a vicious truck stop attack, Monk awakens with amnesia in a desert hamlet, married to a domineering loon, and suspicious of the circumstances surrounding the hasty departure of a waitr... Read allAfter a vicious truck stop attack, Monk awakens with amnesia in a desert hamlet, married to a domineering loon, and suspicious of the circumstances surrounding the hasty departure of a waitress.After a vicious truck stop attack, Monk awakens with amnesia in a desert hamlet, married to a domineering loon, and suspicious of the circumstances surrounding the hasty departure of a waitress.

  • Director
    • Stephen Surjik
  • Writer
    • Andy Breckman
  • Stars
    • Tony Shalhoub
    • Traylor Howard
    • Jason Gray-Stanford
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.2/10
    1.6K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Stephen Surjik
    • Writer
      • Andy Breckman
    • Stars
      • Tony Shalhoub
      • Traylor Howard
      • Jason Gray-Stanford
    • 12User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Tony Shalhoub
    Tony Shalhoub
    • Adrian Monk
    Traylor Howard
    Traylor Howard
    • Natalie Teeger
    Jason Gray-Stanford
    Jason Gray-Stanford
    • Lieutenant Randy Disher
    Ted Levine
    Ted Levine
    • Stottlemeyer
    Laurie Metcalf
    Laurie Metcalf
    • Cora Little
    Charles Napier
    Charles Napier
    • Sheriff Bates
    Bre Blair
    Bre Blair
    • Debbie Barnett
    Jim Parrack
    Jim Parrack
    • Roger Zisk
    Gregg Daniel
    Gregg Daniel
    • Truck Driver
    Michael Shalhoub
    • Ned the Beekeeper
    Robert Bagnell
    Robert Bagnell
    • Kirby the Barber
    Robert Catrini
    Robert Catrini
    • Teddy Mulligan - Informant
    Stanley Kamel
    Stanley Kamel
    • Dr. Charles Kroger
    Keith Oney
    Keith Oney
    • Local Mechanic
    Mel Fair
    Mel Fair
    • State Trooper
    Rebecca Field
    Rebecca Field
    • Gail
    Steve Nave
    Steve Nave
    • Second State Trooper
    Chris Krauser
    • State Trooper
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Stephen Surjik
    • Writer
      • Andy Breckman
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    stratus_phere

    Hilarious Episode

    This one is pretty funny. I won't give away any spoilers, but it's great to see Monk out of his environment. Laurie Metcalf is great in this, playing her usual type of character. Without clicking the "spoilers" button for this review, I can't say much else.
    Miike_Maniac

    Monk Overboard!

    It's like Overboard and Monk had a baby, with Aunt Jackie as Kurt Russell and Monk playing Goldie Hawn. Fun!
    9Hitchcoc

    Amnesia

    Monk is ambushed and struck on the head. He falls onto the back of a truck and ends up in Wyoming. He gets a new identity while he searches for his past. This leads to some interesting developments. I remember this episode from years ago and really enjoyed it once again. I liked that while he could have been seen as insane, he was embraced, in a way, by the locals.
    9AlsExGal

    Mr. Monk in misery

    Monk meets a man who says he has information about Trudy's death. The man is willing to say what he knows in return for cash. When Monk smells a scam, the man hits Monk on the head, takes the money anyway along with Monk's wallet, and throws Monk into the back of a truck which then departs, with the driver knowing nothing about what happened. Monk wakes up when the rig arrives in a small town in Wyoming. The driver just thinks Monk is some bum and gives him five dollars to buy a meal. Monk doesn't know he's Monk. He has amnesia, and without his wallet has no way to know who he is.

    In this same Wyoming town, a middle-aged woman (Laurie Metcalf) is living Eleanor RIgby's life - nobody even noticed she was gone on a cruise for three months, and people try to have as short a conversation as possible with her. And then she spots Monk, hears about his amnesia, and sees his wedding ring. She convinces him that he is her husband and that they met on the cruise. Monk still remembers to be polite and kind, but he doesn't find her attractive, finds her house to be a mess, and is being forced to do chores such as roof repair that mess with his phobias. He may have amnesia, but those phobias are a part of him and are still there.

    And then a waitress in the town disappears suddenly while leaving all her possessions behind, including a beloved pet, and Monk's detective instincts surface even though he doesn't remember being one. Back in San Francisco, Monk's friends and associates are working to find out what happened to him.

    I felt sorry for Metcalf's character. She was overbearing, rude, and manipulative, but she was also alone in the world and thought she could grab a little happiness for herself as she was drowning in her loneliness.
    1snickzella

    Bang Bang this episode is dead on arrival

    First off, the whole idea of being knocked on the head and developing amnesia is a complete fantasy. There is precedence for it happening, however it's not that simple. Amnesia is a defect caused by brain damage or by drug induced side effects, and of course diseases. In this episode monk get hit on the head and forgets who he is, and winds up in a town where he is taken advantage of by a crazy lady played by Laurie Metcalf. I hate amnesia plots, or at least bad amnesia plots. This one is bad, with it's comedy and it's mystery. Also Monk gets covered with bee's and the jerks around him do nothing. What a bunch of A-Holes. Also I should inform everyone that Amnesia in the real world has a lot of physical after effects such as motor and cognitive which are really life altering and can take years to recover from. When superman gets bumped on the head and developed amnesia why stopping a comet, that was entertaining and fun. This episode of monk, was just a slog to get through and I hate it.

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    Mystery

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    • Trivia
      Ned the beekeeper is played by Tony Shalhoub's (Monk's) real-life brother Michael Shalhoub.
    • Goofs
      At the end, Cora is standing outside holding her cat, while Lt. Randy Disher, Captain Leland Stottlemeyer, and Natalie Teeger are standing a few feet from her, but Randy doesn't have an allergic reaction. In Mr. Monk and the Missing Granny (2004)(#2.13) he said he was allergic to cats.

      But Disher is standing on the passenger side of the car with Stottlemeyer on the driver's side, both never moving from those locations, and he is never closer than about 30 feet from Cora.
    • Quotes

      Adrian Monk: I- I'm a roofer?

      Cora: That's your job... I'll tell you what, tiger. You fix the roof and then later on tonight, p-p-pt!

      [motions up the stairs]

      Cora: Show you how much I appreciate it.

    • Connections
      Featured in The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2006)
    • Soundtracks
      It's a Jungle Out There
      (uncredited)

      Written by Randy Newman

      Performed by Randy Newman

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    • Release date
      • January 20, 2006 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • 3962 Center Street, Piru, California, USA(Warring Water Service . Dora watching Monk eat from across the street; exteriors)
    • Production companies
      • MORATIM Produktions
      • Mandeville Films
      • Touchstone Television
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      • 44m
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