There is a suicide watch on Monk. Outside of his wife's death, one of the worst things that could ever happen has happened: his nemesis, "Harold Crenshaw" has become a famous hero. Monk is so depressed over this that he's beside himself. Talk about two extreme wackos! "The Frisco Flyer" has been scaling tall buildings and such and become a local hero in San Francisco for his daredevil exploits.
One day, the Flyer falls and is injured and hospitalized. It's discovered, when his green costume is removed, that it is Crenshaw. Monk freaks out when he hears this. He totally disbelieves it, but when friends tell him it must be real, some heavy depression sets in.
Obviously, Crenshaw - who is as nuts and probably more than Monk - isn't the real daredevil. How this is determined includes a recent car crash and a several big deceptions, along with a man who is trying to get Crenshaw killed! Tim Bagley stars as "Crenshaw."
A fairly-clever running sidegag in this story involves the "Capt. Stottlemeyer" and "Lt. Disher" and word games between the two.
Obviously, this is a silly-but-very-entertaining episode. It always is when these two nutcases go at each other. In the middle is poor "Dr. Kroger," the psychiatrist who treats these two guys. No one has ever said it, but - come to think of it - Kroger must not be very good at what he does since he seems to never make any progress with these regular patients!
One day, the Flyer falls and is injured and hospitalized. It's discovered, when his green costume is removed, that it is Crenshaw. Monk freaks out when he hears this. He totally disbelieves it, but when friends tell him it must be real, some heavy depression sets in.
Obviously, Crenshaw - who is as nuts and probably more than Monk - isn't the real daredevil. How this is determined includes a recent car crash and a several big deceptions, along with a man who is trying to get Crenshaw killed! Tim Bagley stars as "Crenshaw."
A fairly-clever running sidegag in this story involves the "Capt. Stottlemeyer" and "Lt. Disher" and word games between the two.
Obviously, this is a silly-but-very-entertaining episode. It always is when these two nutcases go at each other. In the middle is poor "Dr. Kroger," the psychiatrist who treats these two guys. No one has ever said it, but - come to think of it - Kroger must not be very good at what he does since he seems to never make any progress with these regular patients!