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Mr. Monk Gets Drunk
While on vacation for his anniversary, Mr Monk chats with an intrusive but well-intentioned man at dinner. But when he wakes up the next day, everyone insists that the man was never there., To celebrate his and Trudy’s anniversary, Monk makes a nostalgic visit to wine country, but his sentimental journey turns sour when he gets mixed up with a mob hit man targeting an embezzler., To celebrate his and Trudy’s anniversary, Monk makes a nostalgic visit to wine country, but his sentimental journey turns sour when he gets mixed up with a mob hit-man targeting an embezzler., Accompanied by Natalie (Traylor Howard), Monk (Tony Shalhoub) goes on his annual pilgrimage to wine country, there to check in at the same bed and breakfast where he and his late wife Trudy spent their honeymoon. But this sentimental journey is interrupted by an obnoxious guest named Larry Zwibell (Daniel Roebuck), and by Monk’s uncharacteristic display of drunkenness. Upon sobering up, Monk is amazed to learn that no one else has seen the intrusive Mr. Zwibell; indeed, it is highly likely that the man never existed! As it turns out, this little mystery is interwoven with a murder in which the victim was a mob accountant (Larry Clarke)–and inevitably, Monk must put his vacation on hold to solve both cases (but not before getting drunk a second time!), Adrian Monk is a highly gifted detective whose career is jeopardised by his overwhelming fear of germs, crowds, small places, and almost everything else…(although he’s making progress on milk). Monk’s disorder was triggered by the murder of his beloved wife, Trudy, which continues to haunt him as the only unsolved mystery in his career. Ordered to take a leave of absence from the police department, Monk hires Sharona, a nurse who helps him try to get reinstated on the force, and in the process, becomes an unlikely Dr. Watson to his Sherlock Holmes. When the police department find themselves unable to crack a high-profile case, they have no choice but to bring back the only man for the job…phobias and all., Natalie accompanies Monk on a nostalgic visit to the inn where he spent his honeymoon with Trudy, but their stay is interrupted by the mysterious disappearance of a garrulous fellow guest.
