Wether he's solving a murder, or cleaning his house, Monk will entertain. Tony Shalhoub brilliantly portrays a character of interest that everyone can relate to in one way or another. Monk always manages to deliver amazing wit in discovering murders, always surprising and never varying from his character. You get attached and feel as if you're their helping him solve the case. Just when you think you've figured it out, it'll take another swerve. Just when you think that the show will run out of idea's, Monk will be there in another embarassing situation, all for the sake of solving the case. With an excellent supporting cast, and amazing character development and wit, Monk will capture you within minutes, and will quickly become one of your favorite shows.

This episode starts off with three kids talking about Batman. One kid believes he's more than a man, like a monster or something. It eventually delves into how one kids uncle is a security guard and has an encounter with Batman. This is the tributre to the Adam West Batman, and I, being unaware of this at first, thought they had changed the joker for know apparent reason and was disappointed to not hear Mark Hamol behind the voice, but within minutes Batman flew in with Robin, and it all became clear. Through Robin's, "Holy----Batman," quotes, and the Joker's odd complection, this part of the episode was very enjoyable.
The next kid oges on to tell how Batman is in his fifties, and Robin is a girl. This is clearly the tribute to Frank Miller. Batman goes on to fight the mutant leader in a gruesome mud pit fight where he finally pins the mutant leader into the mud and quotes ,"You still don't get it son. This isn't a trash heap, it's an operating table, (you hear a crack, and a scream), AND I'M THE SURGEON!" I was shocked to see this in a cartoon, though it was my favorite part of the episode. If you listen to the commentary of the episode on the DVD, you'll see that the creators were also surprised they got away with it.
The rest of the episode is somewhat dull, after seeing the unique versions of Batman, the normal Batman fighting the Firefly is nothing special. The creators also agrreed with me on that.