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Mr. Monk and the Airplane
"Mr. Monk and the Airplane "
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"Mr. Monk and the Airplane is the thirteenth episode of
the first season of Monk, and serves as the first season fi-
Monk episode nale.
Jason Gray-Stanford listed the episode among his fa-
vorites.[1]
Plot summary
Sharona leaves to fly to New Jersey to visit her aunt.
Monk is forced to brave the skies, as he is unable to live
Sharona speaks to Tim Daly without Sharona. While at San Francisco International
Airport, Monk sees Barbara Chabrol stand on her toes to
Episode no. Season 1
Episode 13 kiss her husband Stephen Chabrol.
Aboard the plane, an annoying extension cord sales-
Directed by Rob Thompson man named Warren Beach (Garry Marshall) ("if it doesn’t
Written by David M. Stern reach, call Warren Beach!") does little to assuage Monk’s
fears. Monk quickly becomes suspicious of Stephen
Production code T-1111
Chabrol after he notices that Barbara Chabrol no longer
Original air date October 18, 2002 needs to stand on her toes to kiss him, has "forgotten"
that she ordered the vegetarian meal, knows nothing
Guest stars
about air travel despite a frequent-flyer label, and claims
Brooke Adams as Leigh Harrison to have "forgotten how to" speak French when an old
Tim Daly as Himself family friend, Bernard, meets them onboard. More dig-
Garry Marshall as Warren Beach
ging convinces Monk he is on to something. Monk quick-
Carl Marotte as Stefan Chabrol
Jennifer Dale as Barbara Chabrol ly annoys everyone and a fellow passenger informs
Robin Duke as Aunt Minn Chabrol of Monk’s suspicions.
Meanwhile, Bernard turns up dead, supposedly due to
Season 1 episodes
a heart attack but Monk is not so sure. He steals Bernard’s
July 2002 – October 2002 cup and, with a lighter Beach has, proceeds to burn away
1. "Mr. Monk and the Candidate" (Part One) the wine. Unfortunately, the flight attendant, Leigh Har-
2. "Mr. Monk and the Candidate" (Part Two) rison, catches him just as Monk finds a mysterious liquid
3. "Mr. Monk and the Psychic"
4. "Mr. Monk Meets Dale the Whale" at the bottom. She confiscates the lighter and throws the
5. "Mr. Monk Goes to the Carnival" remainder down the sink.
6. "Mr. Monk Goes to the Asylum" Monk calls Disher and explains what he thinks hap-
7. "Mr. Monk and the Billionaire Mugger" pened.
8. "Mr. Monk and the Other Woman
9. "Mr. Monk and the Marathon Man
10. "Mr. Monk Takes a Vacation Here’s What Happened
11. "Mr. Monk and the Earthquake" Stephen Chabrol and his mistress murdered Barbara
12. "Mr. Monk and the Red-Headed Stranger" Chabrol and the mistress disguised herself as Barbara.
13. Mr. Airplane"
"Mr. Monk and the Airplane
The mistress did the job in a bathroom at the airport.
Episode chronology Stephen Chabrol, being a pilot, then used his valid iden-
tification card and its virtually unlimited access to hide
← Previous Next → the body at a construction site at the airport. The con-
"Mr. Monk and the Red- "Mr. Monk Goes Back
struction workers poured concrete over the corpse, un-
Headed Stranger" to School"
wittingly destroying the evidence.
Monk (season 1) When Monk and Sharona’s flight lands at Newark Lib-
List of Monk episodes erty International Airport, Monk stalls Chabrol’s con-
necting flight to Paris by wittingly saying that the cap-
tain of the Paris flight is drunk. This allows Disher and
the construction crew to excavate and find the body. The
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Newark Police Department shows up, and Chabrol and Butterfield in the season 5 episode "Mr. Monk Visits a
his mistress are led away in handcuffs. Farm", and Edith Capriani in the season 8 episode "Mr.
Monk and the Badge".
Production
Tim Daly stars as himself. He and Tony Shalhoub were
References
in the NBC TV show Wings which aired from 1990-1997. [1] "Monk Cast Favorites Marathon". USA Network.
Their fellow co-star, Steven Weber, later appeared in the http://www.usanetwork.com/series/monk/
season 5 episode "Mr. Monk Is On The Air." community/castfavorites/index.html. Retrieved
Brooke Adams, the real-life wife of Tony Shalhoub, 2007-01-01.
also stars in this episode as the flight attendant Leigh
Harrison. Adams reprised her role in "Mr. Monk’s 100th
Case". Brooke Adams also plays Abigail Carlyle in the sea-
External links
son 3 episode "Mr. Monk and the Kid," Sheriff Margie • USA Network page for "Mr. Monk and the Airplane"
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