Mr. Monk and the Actor
| "Mr. Monk and the Actor" | |
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| Monk episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 1 |
| Directed by | Randall Zisk |
| Written by |
Hy Conrad Joe Toplyn |
| Production code | #503<ref_name=usa/> |
| Original air date | July 7, 2006 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
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Stanley Tucci as David Ruskin |
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Stanley Tucci as David Ruskin
Greg Grunberg as Jack Leverett
Susan Ward as Michelle Cullman
Peter Weller as Actor Playing Stottlemeyer
Andrea Bogart as Actress Playing Disher
Carrie Chason as Actress Playing Natalie
"Mr. Monk and the Actor" is the first episode of the fifth season of the American comedy-drama detective television series Monk, and the show's 62nd episode overall. The series follows Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub), a private detective with obsessive–compulsive disorder and multiple phobias, and his assistant Natalie Teeger (Traylor Howard). In this episode, Monk has to link two different cases while an actor hired to play him in a film emotionally disturbs him.
Written by Hy Conrad and Joe Toplyn, and directed by Randall Zisk, "Mr. Monk and the Actor" guest starred Stanley Tucci. The staff envisioned the episode after imagining the possibility of Monk becoming a famous detective. When the episode first aired in the United States on the USA Network on July 7, 2006, it was watched by over 5.1 million viewers. Critics gave it positive reception, praising specially Tucci's performance. It also led Tucci to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series.
While a man, Jack Leverett (Greg Grunberg), is cheating on his wife with a woman named Michelle Cullman (Susan Ward), he finds a hidden camera and, fighting for the camera, kills her. The following day, Monk (Tony Shalhoub) announces to his therapist, Dr. Charles Kroger (Stanley Kamel), he will go on his first vacation since the murder of his wife, Trudy. Later, Monk goes to the crime scene to investigate and is informed by Captain Stottlemeyer (Ted Levine) and Lieutenant Disher (Jason Gray-Stanford) that a film about him will be produced. As method actor David Ruskin (Stanley Tucci)—set to play Monk in the film—is there to observe his mannerism, Monk tries to impress him.
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