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* BoulderBludgeon: Theresa knocks out Frank with a rock from a bowl in the sap before pushing him into the mud.
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* EpicFail: Monk drapes cellophane over a birthday cake for Disher in order to create a spittle shield when he blows out the candles. When Disher blows, it ends up setting the cake on fire.
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* SuspiciousSpending: Well, "Suspicious ''Planned'' Spending. Lt. Bristo notes to Stottlemeyer that in his talking to Frank Ruttle's sister, he discovered he was looking into buying a house despite being broke and living paycheck to paycheck.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Jonathan's bride is cute and friendly, and has a record of marrying rich men and murdering them.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Jonathan's bride is cute and friendly, friendly and has a record of marrying rich men and murdering them.them...as well as anyone else who gets in the way.
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* {{Irony}}: Natalie's parents already have a picture of Teresa (a black widow) up with their family photos and yet haven't put up Mitch's photo, even long after his death. After Teresa is arrested, Natalie's mother takes her picture down and puts up one of Mitch.
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* {{Irony}}: Natalie's parents already have a picture of Teresa (a black widow) widow who isn't even married to their son yet) up with their family photos and yet haven't put up Mitch's photo, even long after his death. After Teresa is arrested, Natalie's mother takes her picture down and puts up one of Mitch.
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* MeaningfulEcho: Before meeting her parents, Natalie designates a "safe phrase", "What time is it?", that means Randy needs to get her out of there. A few minutes later, when Randy puts his foot in his mouth, he says, "What time is it?"
* OverlyLongGag: Monk trying to delay the newlyweds' departure juxtaposed with Stottlemeyer trying to bring Randy to the reception, both of which take a very long time.
* OverlyLongGag: Monk trying to delay the newlyweds' departure juxtaposed with Stottlemeyer trying to bring Randy to the reception, both of which take a very long time.
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* MeaningfulEcho: Before meeting her parents, Natalie designates a "safe phrase", "What time is it?", that means Randy needs to get her out of there. A few minutes later, after their arrival, when Randy puts his foot in his mouth, he says, "What time is it?"
* OverlyLongGag: Monk trying to delay the newlyweds' departure is juxtaposed with Stottlemeyer trying to bring the injured Randy to thereception, reception to identify Theresa, both of which take a very long time.
* OverlyLongGag: Monk trying to delay the newlyweds' departure is juxtaposed with Stottlemeyer trying to bring the injured Randy to the
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* ProdigalFamily: Natalie is forced to face her forceful parents --they all but engaged her with Paul Buchanan, whom she abhors-- because she's been invited to her brother's wedding. Predictably, the ceremony is disastrous even though she brings a plus one to act as a buffer.
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* ProdigalFamily: Natalie is forced to face her forceful parents --they all but engaged pushy parents, who are snobby and disrespectful to her with Paul Buchanan, whom she abhors-- husband's memory, because she's been invited to her brother's wedding. Predictably, the ceremony is disastrous even though she brings a plus one to act as a buffer.
* RevealingCoverup: Monk and Stottlemeyer get involved because Theresa tried to run over Randy out of fear that he would recognize her as a potential BlackWidow bride. Given that Randy was there as Natalie's plus-one, he may not have been in "work mode" enough to make the connection if the murder attempt hadn't convinced him something was going on. Monk and Stottlemeyer weren't even ''at'' the wedding before the hit-and-run.
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* SomethingWeForgot: Brief, but still notable. When Randy tells Stottlemeyer that he doesn't need the wheelchair to get to the reception and ID Teresa, Stottlemeyer races out of there...and had to double back because of Randy.
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* SomethingWeForgot: Brief, but still notable. When Randy tells Stottlemeyer that he doesn't need the wheelchair to get to the reception and ID Teresa, Stottlemeyer races out of there...and had has to double back because of upon realizing he forgot Randy.
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* AFatherToHisMen: Captain Stottlemeyer is protectively outraged when Randy gets targeted in a hit-and-run, insisting that it's his case even though it's out of his jurisdiction.
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* ProdigalFamily: Natalie is forced to face her forceful parents --they all but engaged her with Paul Buchanan, whom she abhors-- because she's been invited to her brother's wedding. Predictably, the ceremony is disastrous even though she brings a plus one to act as a buffer.
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* StripperCopConfusion: Inverted. Monk mistakes the cop costume of a male stripper for a real uniform.
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* StripperCopConfusion: Inverted. Monk mistakes the cop costume of a male stripper for a real uniform.
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* CannotTellAJoke: Monk makes an excruciatingly painful attempt at stand-up comedy while stalling Teresa.
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* ContinuitySnarl: Stottlemeyer claims he met his wife at a wedding, in "[[Recap/MonkS2E14MrMonkAndTheCaptainsWife Mr. Monk And The Captain's Wife]]", he claimed they were childhood sweethearts.
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Natalie tells Randy how her family pressured her to date the right guys in high school. She responded by dating all the wrong guys.
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Natalie tells Randy how her family pressured her to date the right guys in high school. She responded by dating all the wrong guys.
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* ContinuitySnarl: Stottlemeyer claims he met his wife at a wedding, in "[[Recap/MonkS2E14MrMonkAndTheCaptainsWife Mr. Monk And The Captain's Wife]]", he claimed they were childhood sweethearts.
sweethearts. They could have grown apart and reacquainted at the wedding, however.
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Natalie tells Randy how her family pressured her to date the right guys in high school. Sheresponded by dating dated all the wrong guys.
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Natalie tells Randy how her family pressured her to date the right guys in high school. She
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* EpicFail: Stottlemeyer somehow failed to unfold a wheelchair. To be fair, he was acting frantic and in a hurry.
* FailedASpotCheck: The usually-attentive Monk mistakes a stripper for an actual police officer, asking him to go to a crime scene. Natalie had to spell it out to Monk that his nametag is a pun on the guy's "true" job.
* FailedASpotCheck: The usually-attentive Monk mistakes a stripper for an actual police officer, asking him to go to a crime scene. Natalie had to spell it out to Monk that his nametag is a pun on the guy's "true" job.
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* StripperCopConfusion: Inverted. Monk mistakes the cop costume of an obvious male stripper for a real uniform.
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* StripperCopConfusion: Inverted. Monk mistakes the cop costume of an obvious a male stripper for a real uniform.
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* ContinuitySnarl: Stottlemeyer claims he met his wife at a wedding, in ''[[Recap/MonkS2E14MrMonkAndTheCaptainsWife Mr. Monk And The Captain's Wife]]'' claimed they were childhood sweethearts.
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* ContinuitySnarl: Stottlemeyer claims he met his wife at a wedding, in ''[[Recap/MonkS2E14MrMonkAndTheCaptainsWife "[[Recap/MonkS2E14MrMonkAndTheCaptainsWife Mr. Monk And The Captain's Wife]]'' Wife]]", he claimed they were childhood sweethearts.
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* AdultFear: It's discovered midway through the episode that Teresa Scott is hiding a past as a black widow, putting Jonathan at risk from a serial killer on a day that is supposed to be joyous.
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* BridalCarry: Played for laughs; Stottlemeyer briefly carries Randy in his arms while rushing him to identify Teresa.
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* BridalCarry: Played for laughs; Stottlemeyer briefly carries Randy in his arms while rushing him to identify Teresa.Teresa, before giving up and loading him on a luggage cart.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Jonathan's bride is cute and friendly, and has a record of marrying rich men and murdering them.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: At the bachelorette party, Teresa says "I've been a ''bad'' girl". Turns out she has been, what with having killed four men and plans on killing another.
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** When she’s asking about Disher’s condition, Teresa calls him “sergeant”. In the past, Randy’s former title was sergeant and the only way she knew that was because he worked on a previous case that focused on her.
** At the bachelorette party, Teresa says "I've been a ''bad'' girl". Turns out she has been, what with having killed four men and plans on killing another.
** When she’s asking about Disher’s condition, Teresa calls him “sergeant”. In the past, Randy’s former title was sergeant and the only way she knew that was because he worked on a previous case that focused on her.
** At the bachelorette party, Teresa says "I've been a ''bad'' girl". Turns out she has been, what with having killed four men and plans on killing another.
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* RunningOverThePlot: Monk and Stottlemeyer get involved in the plot not because of the wedding photographer’s death, but because the killer tries to run over Disher in the parking lot. This becomes vital to the plot because the killer is a BlackWidow who Disher arrested previously and she was worried he would recognize her once he saw her, which he does in the climax.
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* Foreshadowing: At the bachelorette party, Teresa says "I've been a ''bad'' girl". Turns out she has been, what with having killed four men and plans on killing another.
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* OverlyLongGag: Monk trying to delay the newlyweds' departure juxtaposed with Stottlemeyer trying to bring Randy to the reception, both of which take a very long time.
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* DisneyVillainDeath: Mr. Gaffney, Teresa's first husband, died when Teresa threw him off a balcony.
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* DisneyVillainDeath: Mr. Gaffney, Coolidge, one of Teresa's first husband, husbands, died when Teresa threw him off a balcony.
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* ContinuitySnarl: Stottlemeyer claims he met his wife at a wedding, in ''[[Recap/MonkS2E14MrMonkAndTheCaptainsWife Mr. Monk And The Captain's Wife]]'' claimed they were childhood sweethearts.
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* BlackmailBackfire: The wedding photographer figured out Teresa's secret and blackmailed her over it. He found out the hard way why it's a dangerous thing to blackmail a murderess.
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* BlackmailBackfire: The Frank Ruttle, the wedding photographer figured out Teresa's secret and blackmailed her over it. He found out the hard way why it's a dangerous thing to blackmail a murderess.
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* BodyInABreadbox: The investigating police find the missing photographer dead in a mud bath.
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* BodyInABreadbox: The investigating police One of the women at the resort find the missing photographer dead in a mud bath.
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* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Natalie tells Randy how her family pressured her to date the right guys in high school. She responded by dating all the wrong guys.
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* ContinuitySnarl: Stottlemeyer claims he met his wife at a wedding, in ''[[Recap/MonkS2E14MrMonkAndTheCaptainsWife Mr. Monk And The Captain's Wife]]'' claimed they were childhood sweethearts.
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Natalie tells Randy how her family pressured her to date the right guys in high school. She responded by dating all the wrongguys.guys.
* DisneyVillainDeath: Mr. Gaffney, Teresa's first husband, died when Teresa threw him off a balcony.
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Natalie tells Randy how her family pressured her to date the right guys in high school. She responded by dating all the wrong
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* Foreshadowing: At the bachelorette party, Teresa says "I've been a ''bad'' girl". Turns out she has been, what with having killed four men and plans on killing another.
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* TapOnTheHead: Frank Ruttle is knocked out by his blackmail victim with a rock. It's not what kills him. That would be the mud bath the killer pushes him into.
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* FailedASpotCheck: The usually-attentive Monk mistakes a stripper for an actual police officer, asking him to go to the crime scene. Natalie had to spell it out to him that his nametag is a pun on the guy's "true" job.
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* FailedASpotCheck: The usually-attentive Monk mistakes a stripper for an actual police officer, asking him to go to the a crime scene. Natalie had to spell it out to him Monk that his nametag is a pun on the guy's "true" job.
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* SpotTheThread: Teresa says her parents (and her uncle) died in 1995 on a Pan-Am flight, but Monk notes that airline had gone out of business four years before that.
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* SpotTheThread: SpottingTheThread: Teresa says her parents (and her uncle) died in 1995 on a Pan-Am flight, but Monk notes that airline had gone out of business four years before that.
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* FailedASpotCheck: The usually-attentive Monk mistakes a stripper for an actual police officer, asking him to go to the crime scene. Natalie had to spell it out to him that his nametag is a pun on the guy's "true" job.
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* EpicFail: Stottlemeyer somehow failed to unfold a wheelchair. To be fair, he was acting frantic and in a hurry.
* FreezeFrameBonus: Randy still has a bushy mustache in the old newspaper clipping, which was first glimpsed when he showed his old ID way back in "[[Recap/MonkS1E10MrMonkAndTheEarthquake Mr. Monk and the Earthquake]]".
* FreezeFrameBonus: Randy still has a bushy mustache in the old newspaper clipping, which was first glimpsed when he showed his old ID way back in "[[Recap/MonkS1E10MrMonkAndTheEarthquake Mr. Monk and the Earthquake]]".
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* SerialKiller: Teresa is a BlackWidow-type, having claimed three previous husbands (the third of which was an old case for Randy) and Jonathan was the fourth.
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* SomethingWeForgot: Brief, but still notable. When Randy tells Stottlemeyer that he doesn't need the wheelchair to get to the reception and ID Teresa, Stottlemeyer races out of there...and had to double back because of Randy.
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* ContinuitySnarl: Stottermyer claims he met his wife at a wedding, in ''[[Recap/MonkS2E14MrMonkAndTheCaptainsWife Mr. Monk And The Captain's Wife]]'' claimed they were childhood sweethearts.
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* ContinuitySnarl: Stottermyer Stottlemeyer claims he met his wife at a wedding, in ''[[Recap/MonkS2E14MrMonkAndTheCaptainsWife Mr. Monk And The Captain's Wife]]'' claimed they were childhood sweethearts.
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* ContinuitySnarl: Stottermyer claims he met his wife at a wedding, in ''[[Recap/MonkS2E14MrMonkAndTheCaptainsWife Mr.Monk And The Captain's Wife]] claimed they were childhood sweethearts.
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* ContinuitySnarl: Stottermyer claims he met his wife at a wedding, in ''[[Recap/MonkS2E14MrMonkAndTheCaptainsWife Mr. Monk And The Captain's Wife]] Wife]]'' claimed they were childhood sweethearts.
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* ContinuitySnarl: Stottermyer claims he met his wife at a wedding, in ''[[Recap/MonkS2E14MrMonkAndTheCaptainsWife Mr.Monk And The Captain's Wife]] claimed they were childhood sweethearts.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Natalie can put a serial killer in a painful hold if one is threatening her little brother.
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* {{Irony}}: Natalie's parents already have a picture of Teresa (a black widow) up with their family photos and yet haven't put up Mitch's photo, even long after his death.
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* {{Irony}}: Natalie's parents already have a picture of Teresa (a black widow) up with their family photos and yet haven't put up Mitch's photo, even long after his death. After Teresa is arrested, Natalie's mother takes her picture down and puts up one of Mitch.
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* BigSisterInstinct: Natalie ends up taking down Teresa when the latter takes her brother hostage. She twists the latter's arm to get her to drop the knife, and pins her to the floor with her heels.
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* ChekhovsGun: Teresa calls Randy a sergeant. Randy was a sergeant when he was investigating a potential wedding murder six years ago, when she was also the bride.
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* ChekhovsGun: Teresa calls Randy a sergeant. Randy was a sergeant when he was investigating a potential wedding murder six years ago, when she was also the bride. Stottlemeyer gets him to the wedding to identify her.
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* HoldingTheFloor: Monk does a long-winded toast to hold Jonathan Davenport's Black Widow bride at bay until Stottlemeyer can bring Randy down to identify her.
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* HoldingTheFloor: Monk does a long-winded toast to hold Jonathan Davenport's Black Widow bride at bay until Stottlemeyer can bring Randy down to identify her. It barely works.
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* LetsGetDangerous: Natalie when Randy identifies her sister-in-law as a black widow. Stottlemeyer isn't close enough to rescue her brother from a knife at his throat, so Natalie ambushes Teresa by twisting her arm, making her drop the knife, and knocking her to the ground.
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* PapaWolf: When Teresa grabs a knife, Monk's first instinct is to pull Julie away from her.
* RelationshipSalvagingDisaster: Natalie saving her brother's life is what allows her to reconcile with her parents.
* RelationshipSalvagingDisaster: Natalie saving her brother's life is what allows her to reconcile with her parents.
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* SkewedPriorities: During the investigation, Natalie's mother takes Randy's bloodied pants because she doesn't like the shade of the tablecloths and wants to show the person in charge the shade she wants (crimson, from the blood).
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* SkewedPriorities: During the investigation, Natalie's mother takes Randy's bloodied pants (which are evidence, as Natalie points out) because she doesn't like the shade of the tablecloths and wants to show the person in charge the shade she wants (crimson, from like the blood).
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* TermsOfEndangerment: Teresa calls Mr. Davenport "dad" as she holds a knife to Jonathan's throat and demands the company airplane to escape in after she's outed as a black widow.
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* TermsOfEndangerment: Teresa calls Mr. Davenport "dad" as she holds a knife to Jonathan's throat and demands the company airplane to escape in after she's outed as a black widow.widow.
* WorstWeddingEver: Natalie's brother Jonathan invites her to his wedding, but the photographer turns up dead in a mud bath, Randy (who had come along as a "buffer" between her and her estranged parents) ends up severely injured after being hit by a car, and the bride ultimately gets revealed as a BlackWidow, almost ending with her escaping using her new husband as a hostage.
* WorstWeddingEver: Natalie's brother Jonathan invites her to his wedding, but the photographer turns up dead in a mud bath, Randy (who had come along as a "buffer" between her and her estranged parents) ends up severely injured after being hit by a car, and the bride ultimately gets revealed as a BlackWidow, almost ending with her escaping using her new husband as a hostage.
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* SkewedPriorities: During the investigation, Natalie's mother takes Randy's bloodied pants because she doesn't like the shade of the tablecloths and wants to show the person in charge the shade she wants (crimson).
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* SkewedPriorities: During the investigation, Natalie's mother takes Randy's bloodied pants because she doesn't like the shade of the tablecloths and wants to show the person in charge the shade she wants (crimson).(crimson, from the blood).
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* {{Irony}}: Natalie's parents already have a picture of Teresa (a black widow) up with their family photos and yet haven't put up Mitch's photo, even long after his death.
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* AdultFear: It's discovered midway through the episode that Teresa Scott is hiding a past as a black widow, putting Jonathan at risk from a serial killer on a day that is supposed to be joyous.
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* ChekhovsGun: Teresa calls Randy a sargeant. Randy was a sargeant when he was investigating a potential wedding murder six years ago, when she was also the bride.
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* ChekhovsGun: Teresa calls Randy a sargeant. sergeant. Randy was a sargeant sergeant when he was investigating a potential wedding murder six years ago, when she was also the bride.
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Wedding bells are ringing for Natalie's brother Jonathan. Needing a "buffer" to deal with her estranged parents, Natalie asks Randy along as her date, but soon has more to worry about when Randy is hit by a car. As clues pile up, the situation turns into a police investigation, and it appears that Jonathan's special day may not turn out to be so special after all.
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* BlackmailBackfire: The wedding photographer figured out Teresa's secret and blackmailed her over it. He found out the hard way why it's a dangerous thing to blackmail a murderess.
* BlackWidow: Natalie's brother was about to marry a bride who had repeatedly killed her earlier husbands. According to Randy, who investigated her, she had at least three, not counting Jonathan Davenport.
* BodyInABreadbox: The investigating police find the missing photographer dead in a mud bath.
* BridalCarry: Played for laughs; Stottlemeyer briefly carries Randy in his arms while rushing him to identify Teresa.
* CannotTellAJoke: Monk makes an excruciatingly painful attempt at stand-up comedy while stalling Teresa.
* ChekhovsGun: Teresa calls Randy a sargeant. Randy was a sargeant when he was investigating a potential wedding murder six years ago, when she was also the bride.
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Natalie tells Randy how her family pressured her to date the right guys in high school. She responded by dating all the wrong guys.
* FullNameUltimatum: Downplayed; Peggy calls Natalie by her first and middle name when chastising her.
* HoldingTheFloor: Monk does a long-winded toast to hold Jonathan Davenport's Black Widow bride at bay until Stottlemeyer can bring Randy down to identify her.
* IHaveManyNames: A third-person variation; Teresa Scott Davenport has gone by several different names over her years as a black widow. Randy lists a couple of them off when he identifies her.
* IsThatAThreat: Teresa denies Monk's allegations but points out that if she was really a black widow, it would be foolish to get in her way. Monk responds by asking if she's threatening him.
* MeaningfulEcho: Before meeting her parents, Natalie designates a "safe phrase", "What time is it?", that means Randy needs to get her out of there. A few minutes later, when Randy puts his foot in his mouth, he says, "What time is it?"
* SkewedPriorities: During the investigation, Natalie's mother takes Randy's bloodied pants because she doesn't like the shade of the tablecloths and wants to show the person in charge the shade she wants (crimson).
* SpeakNowOrForeverHoldYourPeace: {{Subverted|Trope}}; Stottlemeyer does find evidence that Teresa is bad news, but he does not arrive until after the officiant has already pronounced Jonathan and Teresa man and wife. The wedding goes off without objection; it's the ''reception'' where things go haywire.
* SpotTheThread: Teresa says her parents (and her uncle) died in 1995 on a Pan-Am flight, but Monk notes that airline had gone out of business four years before that.
* TermsOfEndangerment: Teresa calls Mr. Davenport "dad" as she holds a knife to Jonathan's throat and demands the company airplane to escape in after she's outed as a black widow.
!!This episode includes examples of the following tropes:
* BlackmailBackfire: The wedding photographer figured out Teresa's secret and blackmailed her over it. He found out the hard way why it's a dangerous thing to blackmail a murderess.
* BlackWidow: Natalie's brother was about to marry a bride who had repeatedly killed her earlier husbands. According to Randy, who investigated her, she had at least three, not counting Jonathan Davenport.
* BodyInABreadbox: The investigating police find the missing photographer dead in a mud bath.
* BridalCarry: Played for laughs; Stottlemeyer briefly carries Randy in his arms while rushing him to identify Teresa.
* CannotTellAJoke: Monk makes an excruciatingly painful attempt at stand-up comedy while stalling Teresa.
* ChekhovsGun: Teresa calls Randy a sargeant. Randy was a sargeant when he was investigating a potential wedding murder six years ago, when she was also the bride.
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Natalie tells Randy how her family pressured her to date the right guys in high school. She responded by dating all the wrong guys.
* FullNameUltimatum: Downplayed; Peggy calls Natalie by her first and middle name when chastising her.
* HoldingTheFloor: Monk does a long-winded toast to hold Jonathan Davenport's Black Widow bride at bay until Stottlemeyer can bring Randy down to identify her.
* IHaveManyNames: A third-person variation; Teresa Scott Davenport has gone by several different names over her years as a black widow. Randy lists a couple of them off when he identifies her.
* IsThatAThreat: Teresa denies Monk's allegations but points out that if she was really a black widow, it would be foolish to get in her way. Monk responds by asking if she's threatening him.
* MeaningfulEcho: Before meeting her parents, Natalie designates a "safe phrase", "What time is it?", that means Randy needs to get her out of there. A few minutes later, when Randy puts his foot in his mouth, he says, "What time is it?"
* SkewedPriorities: During the investigation, Natalie's mother takes Randy's bloodied pants because she doesn't like the shade of the tablecloths and wants to show the person in charge the shade she wants (crimson).
* SpeakNowOrForeverHoldYourPeace: {{Subverted|Trope}}; Stottlemeyer does find evidence that Teresa is bad news, but he does not arrive until after the officiant has already pronounced Jonathan and Teresa man and wife. The wedding goes off without objection; it's the ''reception'' where things go haywire.
* SpotTheThread: Teresa says her parents (and her uncle) died in 1995 on a Pan-Am flight, but Monk notes that airline had gone out of business four years before that.
* TermsOfEndangerment: Teresa calls Mr. Davenport "dad" as she holds a knife to Jonathan's throat and demands the company airplane to escape in after she's outed as a black widow.
