Monk
Mr. Monk and the Daredevil
TV Flash files “Mr. Monk and the Daredevil” as hour 83 of 124 in the TV Flash guide — Monk (2002–2009) on USA, season 6, episode 7, aired 2007-08-24, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S06E07: listed hour 83 of 124 in the Monk guide, hour 7 of 16 in season 6. It aired 2007-08-24 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Mr. Monk and the Buried Treasure” (S06E06). Next is “Mr. Monk and the Wrong Man” (S06E08).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Monk's arch-nemesis, Harold Krenshaw, catapults to fame after he falls from a tower and survives. Now Monk must figure out if he's the real Frisco Flyer before someone dies.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Mr. Monk and the Daredevil sit in the Monk guide?
S06E07 is listed hour 83 of 124 — hour 7 of 16 in season 6, season 6 episode 7.
When did Monk S06E07 air?
Mr. Monk and the Daredevil aired 2007-08-24 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Is Monk a joke about OCD?
No. Tics are treated as method, not a running gag at the detective's expense. Humor and pathos: he solves it between panics, and the grief does not close.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Tony Shalhoub's Adrian Monk wipes down the crime scene in his head, then solves it between panics and a grief he cannot close. Monk is USA's gentle-procedural mascot — feel-good mystery, Emmy pathos, and tics treated as method, not a running gag at the detective's expense.
Adrian Monk wipes the crime scene down in his head before the camera finishes the establishing shot. That is the silhouette: Tony Shalhoub in USA's gentle-procedural tailoring, OCD as method rather than a gag at the detective's expense, grief for Trudy as the garment he never takes off. Andy Breckman's Monk (2002–2009) is feel-good mystery with Emmy pathos — Bitty Schram's Sharona, Traylor Howard's Natalie, Jason Gray-Stanford, Ted Levine's Stottlemeyer, Stanley Kamel — tics treated as craft. Multiple Emmys for…
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- Traylor Howard as Natalie Teeger
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- Stanley Kamel as Charles Kroger
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