monk monk eleventh episode second season american comedy drama detective television series monk 24th episode overall series follows private detective obsessive disorder multiple assistant episode monk brother introduced series request monk investigate neighbor suspects murdering written directed episode guest starred accepted play invite episode aired united_states january watched million viewers monk generally received critics praise performance led win emmy award outstanding guest actor comedy series plot fair woman wins cherry pie kills steals car captain dismisses gone wrong remains suspicious later gets monk brother john leave house thirty years brothers spoken seven years adrian angry called wrote adrian wife died calls adrian suspects neighbor murdering wife crystal heard noticed van gone night asked said flown argentina truck broken adrian notices truck moved recently adrian visit van pretext taking bag flour borrowed van lies wife whereabouts day van wins cherry pie adrian remembers baked cherry away fair skeptical admits pie car police got airline records confirm boarded plane argentina night murder day adrian track van fair pie won adrian explains wife corpse woman arrived collect realized shell gun found believing landed convinces search pie found inside later dinner adrian calling died taken says reason felt guilty running medicine killed blames breaks crying adrian shocked tells fault later adrian van murder realizing shell bag flour house adrian race realizing danger tries flour sees ruse locks door causing van set house fire calls fire department adrian rushes inside resort drag lieutenant arrest found body van flew argentina actually girlfriend end episode reconciled brothers visit grave production monk written directed episode guest starred longtime friends according usa_today graduated previously worked film broadway production play waiting lived working east_coast project executive producers monk time personally contacted encouraged role family declared family likes year old son likes sent episode script acceptance thought liked sound character worked series days precisely remember added reveal monk backstory commented wanted use vehicle backstory monk explore monk comes family situation thought brother character good place start noted monk shows emotion usual family tie remarked fact angry brother good way adrian abrupt sympathetic healthy thing complete saint turn said episode tone oddly touching hard find right tone tony great job mixing comedy drama performance called episode pleasure responding question possible return love character come accept especially don complete emotional breakdown recurring character returned monk goes home monk 100th case reception monk broadcast united_states est january according nielsen_media_research episode viewed estimated number million viewers household rating elected episode favorites twice medicine monk garbage strike mentioned monk medicine monk favorite ones end series selected favorite episode choice dynamic new_york_post wrote finest episodes likely year reviewer called series best written episodes remarking excellent dvd talk appointed absolute favorite episode entire series saying stunning robinson added makes monk look like normal person saying story fun watch brothers solve murder mystery said comedy hint people writer declaring rare brothers portrayed convincingly particularly field light entertainment don afraid episode moments funny pure simple writing star alan_sepinwall compared murder conducts plot plot stated plot series strong suit declared fun right real reason watch nerves witness monk childhood home according sepinwall sydney morning herald called great addition dynamic appreciated possibility return later series 56th primetime emmy awards won award outstanding guest actor comedy series acting episode
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