# Question about the 2/6/04 Monk - unboxed spoilers herein **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 10, 2004, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-2-6-04-monk-unboxed-spoilers-herein/228540 "2004-02-10T23:38:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-2-6-04-monk-unboxed-spoilers-herein/228540/1 "2004-02-10T23:38:53Z")
Okay, this was the second episode ever I’ve watched of _Monk_. Kudos to Tony Shalhoub for getting me to watch a mainstream, prime-time television series - something I haven’t done since _Frasier_ first aired. However: who was the individual in the law library that lured Monk upstairs and then tipped a bunch of bookcases onto him? I don’t see how it was one of the “kidnappers” - they weren’t even on to the fact that Monk was sniffing them out that early. Or did I miss something? ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-2-6-04-monk-unboxed-spoilers-herein/228540/2 "2004-02-11T00:51:06Z")
You missed something. When Monk’s “client” brought her grandmother out of the hospital, she was interviewed by a TV news crew. During the interview, she stated quite loudly and emphatically that Adrian Monk, SF’s greatest detective, was on the case, and that he wouldn’t rest until he figured out why her grandmother was kidnapped. There was a shot of a mysterious person watching this interview on TV. After that was the attempt on his life. You can see the connection now, I presume. ---
**Author:** ![sevenwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sevenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sevenwood)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-2-6-04-monk-unboxed-spoilers-herein/228540/3 "2004-02-11T01:30:41Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > There was a shot of a mysterious person watching this interview on TV. …and said mysterious person was listening to an opera while watching that interview, as I recall. ---
**Author:** ![sevenwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sevenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sevenwood)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-2-6-04-monk-unboxed-spoilers-herein/228540/4 "2004-02-11T01:37:07Z")
AARRGGHH!! Please disregard that previous post. I was thinking of the wrong episode. Maybe even the wrong show. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-2-6-04-monk-unboxed-spoilers-herein/228540/5 "2004-02-11T01:41:07Z")
Nono, I think you’re correct, **sevenwood**. If not, what you said certainly fits into the episode’s plot. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-2-6-04-monk-unboxed-spoilers-herein/228540/6 "2004-02-11T03:22:45Z")
> [@sevenwood](#): > > …and said mysterious person was listening to an opera while watching that interview, as I recall. I think you’re right, despite what you said later. I’m pretty sure that’s how it happened. By the way, anyone who hasn’t, grab the DVD of the pilot ep. It’s great!