Mr. Monk and the Bad Girlfriend

Season 6, Episode 4, Aired

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Monk suspects that Linda, Captain Stottlemeyer's girlfriend, is a murderer.
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  • Awesome Episode!

    10
    "Perfect"
    By gopink, Sep 16, 2011
    It is really cool that Monk quickly suspected Linda as murderer! WOW! But I love Linda's character On Monk. I am going to miss her, because she is off the show or kill off characters in the this show. It is very awesome episode every I watched because it made me motives for who is suspect for murderer or people who did it! Linda killed him because he is making his own business and plans to quit working with Linda. Linda is smart enough have a ablili on her and truck rental. Monk and Natalie are great characters on MONK. I love it!moreless

  • Best Monk since Natalie came along (no offense to Natalie)

    10
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    By relaets2, Jan 08, 2011
    A rather sad episode, how much more heartbreak is Leeland going to have to take? Thank goodness for Randy at the end providing a little comic relief in the midst of sadness.

    Nonetheless, best Monk since Natalie came along, no offense to Natalie but this was the first time it felt like they had any chemistry between them. The motorcycle scene was one of my favorites, she seemed more laid back, and Monk seemed, still like Monk, and they just seemed to go together so well.

    Mystery was predictable and obvious, but still good, not far fetched or unsatisfying.

    Overall, superb, I hope to see many many more like this.moreless

  • Not really a big surprise

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    By naldro, Oct 08, 2010
    When she first appeared I didn't get a good feeling off of her. I mean in the episode, Mr. Monk, P.I. she hired Monk to find the man who dented her car doesn't that make extremely egocentric. So it didn't surprise me that she would commit murder, I knew it was a matter of time. It's just too bad for the Captain, he found someone he thought he could spend the rest of his life with and this happens. Monk did this a lot with Sharona when he exposed her boyfriends' quirks, so why would he stop at her. I'm surprised he hasn't done it with Natalie.moreless

  • Great Episode!

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    By lineas, Apr 25, 2010
    "Monk and the Bad Girlfriend" makes me remember why I like to watch Monk. A great balance of mystery and comedy with tons of nice touches. I liked Monk on the motorcycle, Monk fending of a sexual advance. The solution to the mystery was improbable, but entertainingly so. The episode was full of great performances. The actor who played Stottlemeyer was particularly good, first in love, then in denial, and then the look on his face as his girlfriend says Monk came on to her and he realizes that "she's the guy." The actor who plays Randy was very funny throughout the episode. Keep giving us episodes like this!moreless

  • Gimmicky and predictable, but a little character development helped (but just a little).

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    By skaizun, Aug 05, 2007
    From the very beginning, it was obvious that something was not quite right with Stottlemeyer's girlfriend, who appeared on his computer screen at a set time every night.

    We then saw the murder of her partner by a hooded individual, who had a woman's build, who did not kill two witnesses, for the sole purpose of the female witness to tell police that the murderer wore a particular shade of lipstick, which the girlfriend happens to wear.

    Later, Monk discovers a flower at the scene of the crime that was worn by the girlfriend.

    Despite all these clues, I really didn't know whether she was guilty or not; after all, someone who knew her very well could have easily framed her. But, then she attempted to seduce Monk in a bizarre, quasi-rape scene. Why didn't they just hit us on the head with a sledgehammer?

    As soon as Monk declared her guilt, very early on in the show, my initial reaction was, "He's framing another innocent for the fourth week in a row?!?!" When it was all over, my subsequent reaction was, "They spent the first three weeks planting that idea in viewers' heads as a contrived plot device for *this* episode?!?!"

    The girlfriend was clever enough to set the whole thing up, apparently long before she met Stottlemeyer, but dumb enough to leave behind so many clues???

    The only "positives" to this episode were: seeing that Natalie is an experienced motorcyclist (never mind how hard to believe it may be!); Stottlemeyer's understandable, if not childish, reactions to Monk's accusations about his girlfriend; and Randy expressing his feelings that he, Natalie, Stottlemeyer, and Monk, are like a family.

    The "negatives" are too many to list, but the two biggest ones were at the end when Stottlemeyer has a Bogart-like moment telling the self-confessed, guilty girlfriend that they could have made it, and, later, tosses a diamond engagement ring into the ocean (on a cop's salary???).

    Monk started as a good comedy/drama; now, it has become a near comic-book version of itself. What a shame.moreless
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