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* EveryoneHasStandards: In an argument between Monk and the drifter suspect about their respective wives' deaths (car bomb and pneumonia), Monk asks Natalie which death is more worse. Understandably, she is hesitant to answer the question for fear of offending the widower she chooses against.
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** Sparky, the firehouse Dalmatian, becomes retired firefighter Rusty.
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** Sparky, the firehouse Dalmatian, Dalmatian of the novel, becomes retired firefighter Rusty.
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* FiveStagesOfGrief: Initially Monk spends most of his time near-catatonic with depression, but when he realizes blindness allows him to ignore a lot of disgusting things, he lightens up near-instantly. The skipping of three stages worries Dr. Kroger, who thinks Monk is using the disorder to isolate himself from the world and that the backlash when his glee lessens will be significant.
* FoundTheKillerLostTheMurderer: Monk finds Eddie Murdoch, the man who attacked him at the firehouse and killed Rusty, at Peter Breen's construction site. Murdoch, in trying to chase Monk, ends up falling down a shaft to his death. They identify him as the man who killed Rusty and Stefanie Preston, but Monk doesn't believe that Murdoch had any reason to kill the girl (his reason for killing Rusty could be that he panicked), and realizes that Peter Breen must have paid Murdoch to do the killing. [[SubvertedTrope Then Breen comes after Monk and Stottlemeyer to get back the incriminating keys, allowing Monk to bag the murderer as well.]]
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: There's at least one shot in an alleyway where you can see a prostitute standing behind Monk, though she has her back turned and she isn't paying attention to the heroes.
* FoundTheKillerLostTheMurderer: Monk finds Eddie Murdoch, the man who attacked him at the firehouse and killed Rusty, at Peter Breen's construction site. Murdoch, in trying to chase Monk, ends up falling down a shaft to his death. They identify him as the man who killed Rusty and Stefanie Preston, but Monk doesn't believe that Murdoch had any reason to kill the girl (his reason for killing Rusty could be that he panicked), and realizes that Peter Breen must have paid Murdoch to do the killing. [[SubvertedTrope Then Breen comes after Monk and Stottlemeyer to get back the incriminating keys, allowing Monk to bag the murderer as well.]]
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: There's at least one shot in an alleyway where you can see a prostitute standing behind Monk, though she has her back turned and she isn't paying attention to the heroes.
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* FiveStagesOfGrief: Initially Monk spends most of his time near-catatonic with depression, but when he realizes blindness allows him to ignore a lot of disgusting things, he lightens up near-instantly. The skipping over of three the intermediate stages worries Dr. Kroger, who thinks Monk is using the disorder to further isolate himself from the world and that the backlash when his glee lessens will be significant.
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* FoundTheKillerLostTheMurderer: Monk finds Eddie Murdoch, the man who attacked him at the firehouse and killed Rusty, at Peter Breen's construction site. Murdoch, in trying to chase Monk, ends up falling down a shaft to his death. They identify him as the man who killed Rusty and Stefanie Preston, but Monk doesn't believe that Murdoch had any reason to kill thegirl arson victim (his reason for killing Rusty could be that he panicked), and realizes that Peter Breen must have paid Murdoch to do the killing. [[SubvertedTrope Then Breen comes after Monk and Stottlemeyer to get back the incriminating keys, allowing Monk to bag the murderer as well.]]
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: There's at least one shot in an alleyway where you can see a prostitute standing behind Monk, though she has her back turned and she isn't paying attention to theheroes.good guys.
* FoundTheKillerLostTheMurderer: Monk finds Eddie Murdoch, the man who attacked him at the firehouse and killed Rusty, at Peter Breen's construction site. Murdoch, in trying to chase Monk, ends up falling down a shaft to his death. They identify him as the man who killed Rusty and Stefanie Preston, but Monk doesn't believe that Murdoch had any reason to kill the
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: There's at least one shot in an alleyway where you can see a prostitute standing behind Monk, though she has her back turned and she isn't paying attention to the
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* HeroicBSOD: Zigzagged. Monk is initially broken-hearted that he's possibly lost his sight, convinced that he's presently the most miserable man on earth. Then he starts to see the silver lining in his blindness, to the point where he becomes proud of it. However, Monk's new-found confidence in his blindness plummets after an embarrassing incident, where he panicked panics while mistaking mistakingly thinking [[ThePrecariousLedge he was he's up high on a cross beam without a floor]].floor]] (when the cross beam is actually sitting on the ground).
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* CrimeAfterCrime: Construction foreman Peter Breen bribes Eddie Murdoch to kill his girlfriend Stefanie Preston. Breen gives Murdoch a house key to get in. Murdoch strangles Stefanie, spills alcohol to make it look like she had been drinking, then sets her house on fire by lighting a pile of old newspapers with a cigarette. However, as he is walking away, Murdoch realizes he's lost the keys (one of which is for Breen's Ferrari) and can't retrieve them without being spotted. He goes to the closest firehouse, intending to steal some firefighting gear for a disguise. Monk and an ex-firefighter named Rusty are there when Murdoch walks in, and Rusty confronts him. Murdoch strikes Rusty a killing blow to the head with a nearby shovel. Monk runs over to investigate the noise and Murdoch grabs a container of cleaning solution off the workbench and throws it into Monk's face, blinding him. While Monk is incapacitated, Murdoch grabs his gear and makes it back to Stefanie's burning house to successfully grab the keys. So he goes for double murder, arson, assault and battery, and impersonating a firefighter for what should have just been a single murder and arson...or he ''would'' have gone for all of this had Breen not killed ''him'' afterwards. But Breen will likely go down for all of this by proxy plus additional attempted murder charges.
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* CrimeAfterCrime: Construction foreman Peter Breen bribes Eddie Murdoch to kill his girlfriend mistress Stefanie Preston. Breen Preston, and gives Murdoch a house key Eddie his keys (including one to her house) so he can get in. Murdoch strangles Stefanie, spills alcohol rum to make it look like she had been drinking, then sets her house on fire by lighting a pile of old newspapers with a cigarette. However, as he is walking away, After leaving, though, Murdoch realizes that he's lost left the keys (one of which is for Breen's Ferrari) behind. In order to be able to sneak in and can't retrieve them without being spotted. He goes to the closest firehouse, intending get them, he plans to steal some firefighting gear for a firefighter's coat and helmet from the nearest firehouse and use them as a disguise. Monk and an ex-firefighter named Rusty are there when Murdoch walks in, and Rusty confronts him. Murdoch strikes Rusty a He ends up killing blow to the head a man and blinding Monk with a nearby shovel. Monk runs over to investigate the noise and Murdoch grabs a container of cleaning solution off the workbench and throws it into Monk's face, blinding him. While Monk is incapacitated, Murdoch solvent, grabs his gear a coat and makes it back to Stefanie's burning house to successfully grab helmet, and later discards them after retrieving the keys. So he He either falls or gets pushed by Breen off the top of a building framework to his death, and Breen goes for double murder, arson, on to assault Stottlemeyer before Monk shoots and battery, and impersonating a firefighter for what should have just been a single murder and arson...or he ''would'' have gone for all of this had kills him. The final tally: one arson, two murders (three, if Breen not killed ''him'' afterwards. But Breen will likely go down for all pushed Murdoch), two assault-and-batteries (one against an active police officer), one petty larceny, and one impersonation of this by proxy plus additional attempted murder charges.a firefighter.
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* ItsPersonal: The SFPD treats the murder of a fireman with the same level of seriousness as they would the murder of a cop.
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* CompressedAdaptation: ''Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse'' was a much longer book and was about Monk investigating the death of a firehouse dalmatian and an arson murder that turned out to be connected, while having to temporarily live with Natalie and Julie as his apartment is being fumigated. Understandably, a lot of that material can't fit into a 42 minute episode, so the plot is streamlined to just the core of the murder mystery.
* CrimeAfterCrime: Construction foreman Peter Breen bribes Eddie Murdoch to kill his girlfriend Stefanie Preston. Breen gives Murdoch a house key to get in. Murdoch strangles Stefanie, spills alcohol to make it look like she had been drinking, then sets her house on fire by lighting a pile of old newspapers with a cigarette. However, as he is walking away, Murdoch realizes he's lost the keys and can't retrieve them without being spotted. He goes to the closest firehouse, intending to steal some firefighting gear for a disguise. Monk and an ex-firefighter named Rusty are there when Murdoch walks in, and Rusty confronts him. Murdoch strikes Rusty a killing blow to the head with a nearby shovel. Monk runs over to investigate the noise and Murdoch grabs a container of cleaning solution off the workbench and throws it into Monk's face, blinding him. While Monk is incapacitated, Murdoch grabs his gear and makes it back to Stefanie's burning house to successfully grab the keys. So he goes for double murder, arson, assault and battery, and impersonating a firefighter for what should have just been a single murder and arson...or he ''would'' have had Breen not killed ''him'' afterwards. But Breen will likely go down for all of this by proxy plus additional attempted murder charges.
* CrimeAfterCrime: Construction foreman Peter Breen bribes Eddie Murdoch to kill his girlfriend Stefanie Preston. Breen gives Murdoch a house key to get in. Murdoch strangles Stefanie, spills alcohol to make it look like she had been drinking, then sets her house on fire by lighting a pile of old newspapers with a cigarette. However, as he is walking away, Murdoch realizes he's lost the keys and can't retrieve them without being spotted. He goes to the closest firehouse, intending to steal some firefighting gear for a disguise. Monk and an ex-firefighter named Rusty are there when Murdoch walks in, and Rusty confronts him. Murdoch strikes Rusty a killing blow to the head with a nearby shovel. Monk runs over to investigate the noise and Murdoch grabs a container of cleaning solution off the workbench and throws it into Monk's face, blinding him. While Monk is incapacitated, Murdoch grabs his gear and makes it back to Stefanie's burning house to successfully grab the keys. So he goes for double murder, arson, assault and battery, and impersonating a firefighter for what should have just been a single murder and arson...or he ''would'' have had Breen not killed ''him'' afterwards. But Breen will likely go down for all of this by proxy plus additional attempted murder charges.
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* CompressedAdaptation: ''Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse'' was a much longer book and was about Monk investigating the death of a firehouse dalmatian Dalmatian and an arson murder that turned out to be connected, while having to temporarily live with Natalie and Julie as his apartment is being fumigated. Understandably, a lot of that material can't fit into a 42 minute episode, so the plot is streamlined to just the core of the murder mystery.
* CrimeAfterCrime: Construction foreman Peter Breen bribes Eddie Murdoch to kill his girlfriend Stefanie Preston. Breen gives Murdoch a house key to get in. Murdoch strangles Stefanie, spills alcohol to make it look like she had been drinking, then sets her house on fire by lighting a pile of old newspapers with a cigarette. However, as he is walking away, Murdoch realizes he's lost the keys (one of which is for Breen's Ferrari) and can't retrieve them without being spotted. He goes to the closest firehouse, intending to steal some firefighting gear for a disguise. Monk and an ex-firefighter named Rusty are there when Murdoch walks in, and Rusty confronts him. Murdoch strikes Rusty a killing blow to the head with a nearby shovel. Monk runs over to investigate the noise and Murdoch grabs a container of cleaning solution off the workbench and throws it into Monk's face, blinding him. While Monk is incapacitated, Murdoch grabs his gear and makes it back to Stefanie's burning house to successfully grab the keys. So he goes for double murder, arson, assault and battery, and impersonating a firefighter for what should have just been a single murder and arson...or he ''would'' have gone for all of this had Breen not killed ''him'' afterwards. But Breen will likely go down for all of this by proxy plus additional attempted murder charges.
* CrimeAfterCrime: Construction foreman Peter Breen bribes Eddie Murdoch to kill his girlfriend Stefanie Preston. Breen gives Murdoch a house key to get in. Murdoch strangles Stefanie, spills alcohol to make it look like she had been drinking, then sets her house on fire by lighting a pile of old newspapers with a cigarette. However, as he is walking away, Murdoch realizes he's lost the keys (one of which is for Breen's Ferrari) and can't retrieve them without being spotted. He goes to the closest firehouse, intending to steal some firefighting gear for a disguise. Monk and an ex-firefighter named Rusty are there when Murdoch walks in, and Rusty confronts him. Murdoch strikes Rusty a killing blow to the head with a nearby shovel. Monk runs over to investigate the noise and Murdoch grabs a container of cleaning solution off the workbench and throws it into Monk's face, blinding him. While Monk is incapacitated, Murdoch grabs his gear and makes it back to Stefanie's burning house to successfully grab the keys. So he goes for double murder, arson, assault and battery, and impersonating a firefighter for what should have just been a single murder and arson...or he ''would'' have gone for all of this had Breen not killed ''him'' afterwards. But Breen will likely go down for all of this by proxy plus additional attempted murder charges.
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* EyeScream: Monk gets splashed with a detergent and acid solution, which temporarily blinded him. There was also a GrossUpCloseUp of his damaged eye when it got examined.
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* IgnoranceIsBliss: Due to being blind, Monk is unable to see everything that would disgust or aggravate him, leading to feel this was upside to being blind. As he put it 'Out of sight, out of mind'.
* MiseryPoker: Monk and the drifter try to trump each other's misfortunes (no home, no hot meals, wife died of pneumonia vs. acid thrown in face, wife died by car bomb). Monk insists he wins and yells that he'll take on the whole department at once, as he couldn't possibly lose. Then he breaks down crying.
* MiseryPoker: Monk and the drifter try to trump each other's misfortunes (no home, no hot meals, wife died of pneumonia vs. acid thrown in face, wife died by car bomb). Monk insists he wins and yells that he'll take on the whole department at once, as he couldn't possibly lose. Then he breaks down crying.
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* IgnoranceIsBliss: Due to being blind, Monk is unable to see everything that would disgust or aggravate him, leading to feel this was upside to being blind. blind was good. As he put it 'Out "Out of sight, out of mind'.
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* MiseryPoker: Monk and the drifter try to trump each other'smisfortunes (no home, no hot meals, wife died of pneumonia vs. acid thrown in face, wife died by car bomb).misfortunes. Monk insists he wins and yells that he'll take on the whole department at once, as he couldn't possibly lose. Then he breaks down crying.
* MiseryPoker: Monk and the drifter try to trump each other's
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* CrimeAfterCrime: Construction foreman Peter Breen bribes Eddie Murdoch to kill his girlfriend Stefanie Preston. Breen gives Murdoch a house key to get in. Murdoch strangles Stefanie, spills alcohol to make it look like she had been drinking, then sets her house on fire by lighting a pile of old newspapers with a cigarette. However, as he is walking away, Murdoch realizes he's lost the keys and can't retrieve them without being spotted. He goes to the closest firehouse, intending to steal some firefighting gear for a disguise. Monk and an ex-firefighter named Rusty are there when Murdoch walks in, and Rusty confronts him. Murdoch strikes Rusty a killing blow to the head with a nearby shovel. Monk runs over to investigate the noise and Murdoch grabs a container of cleaning solution off the workbench and throws it into Monk's face, blinding him. While Monk is incapacitated, Murdoch grabs his gear and makes it back to Stefanie's burning house to successfully grab the keys. So he goes for double murder, arson, assault and battery, and impersonating a firefighter for what should have just been a single murder and arson...or he ''would'' have had ''he' not died chasing Monk afterwards. Fortunately, Breen will likely go down for all of it by proxy plus additional attempted murder charges.
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* CrimeAfterCrime: Construction foreman Peter Breen bribes Eddie Murdoch to kill his girlfriend Stefanie Preston. Breen gives Murdoch a house key to get in. Murdoch strangles Stefanie, spills alcohol to make it look like she had been drinking, then sets her house on fire by lighting a pile of old newspapers with a cigarette. However, as he is walking away, Murdoch realizes he's lost the keys and can't retrieve them without being spotted. He goes to the closest firehouse, intending to steal some firefighting gear for a disguise. Monk and an ex-firefighter named Rusty are there when Murdoch walks in, and Rusty confronts him. Murdoch strikes Rusty a killing blow to the head with a nearby shovel. Monk runs over to investigate the noise and Murdoch grabs a container of cleaning solution off the workbench and throws it into Monk's face, blinding him. While Monk is incapacitated, Murdoch grabs his gear and makes it back to Stefanie's burning house to successfully grab the keys. So he goes for double murder, arson, assault and battery, and impersonating a firefighter for what should have just been a single murder and arson...or he ''would'' have had ''he' Breen not died chasing Monk killed ''him'' afterwards. Fortunately, But Breen will likely go down for all of it this by proxy plus additional attempted murder charges.
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* DisneyVillainDeath: Eddie Murdoch dies from this while trying to chase Monk.
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* DisneyVillainDeath: Eddie Murdoch dies from this while trying to chase Monk.Monk, courtesy of being pushed by his boss.
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* HeroicBSOD: Zigzagged. Monk is initially broken-hearted that he's possibly lost his sight, convinced that he's presently the most miserable man on earth. Then he starts to see the silver lining in his blindness, to the point where he becomes proud of it. However, Monk's new-found confidence in his blindness plummets after an embarrassing incident, where he panicked while mistaking he was up high on a cross beam without a floor.
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* HeroicBSOD: Zigzagged. Monk is initially broken-hearted that he's possibly lost his sight, convinced that he's presently the most miserable man on earth. Then he starts to see the silver lining in his blindness, to the point where he becomes proud of it. However, Monk's new-found confidence in his blindness plummets after an embarrassing incident, where he panicked while mistaking [[ThePrecariousLedge he was up high on a cross beam without a floor. floor]].
* IgnoranceIsBliss: Due to being blind, Monk is unable to see everything that would disgust or aggravate him, leading to feel this was upside to being blind. As he put it 'Out of sight, out of mind'.
* IgnoranceIsBliss: Due to being blind, Monk is unable to see everything that would disgust or aggravate him, leading to feel this was upside to being blind. As he put it 'Out of sight, out of mind'.
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* CrimeAfterCrime: Construction foreman Peter Breen bribes Eddie Murdoch to kill his girlfriend Stefanie Preston. Breen gives Murdoch a house key to get in. Murdoch strangles Stefanie, spills alcohol to make it look like she had been drinking, then sets her house on fire by lighting a pile of old newspapers with a cigarette. However, as he is walking away, Murdoch realizes he's lost the keys and can't retrieve them without being spotted. He goes to the closest firehouse, intending to steal some firefighting gear for a disguise. Monk and an ex-firefighter named Rusty are there when Murdoch walks in, and Rusty confronts him. Murdoch strikes Rusty a killing blow to the head with a nearby shovel. Monk runs over to investigate the noise and Murdoch grabs a container of cleaning solution off the workbench and throws it into Monk's face, blinding him. While Monk is incapacitated, Murdoch grabs his gear and makes it back to Stefanie's burning house to successfully grab the keys. So he goes for double murder, arson, assault and battery, and impersonating a firefighter for what should have just been a single murder and arson...or he ''would'' have had Breen not killed ''him'' afterwards. But Breen will likely go down for all of this by proxy plus additional attempted murder charges.
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* CrimeAfterCrime: Construction foreman Peter Breen bribes Eddie Murdoch to kill his girlfriend Stefanie Preston. Breen gives Murdoch a house key to get in. Murdoch strangles Stefanie, spills alcohol to make it look like she had been drinking, then sets her house on fire by lighting a pile of old newspapers with a cigarette. However, as he is walking away, Murdoch realizes he's lost the keys and can't retrieve them without being spotted. He goes to the closest firehouse, intending to steal some firefighting gear for a disguise. Monk and an ex-firefighter named Rusty are there when Murdoch walks in, and Rusty confronts him. Murdoch strikes Rusty a killing blow to the head with a nearby shovel. Monk runs over to investigate the noise and Murdoch grabs a container of cleaning solution off the workbench and throws it into Monk's face, blinding him. While Monk is incapacitated, Murdoch grabs his gear and makes it back to Stefanie's burning house to successfully grab the keys. So he goes for double murder, arson, assault and battery, and impersonating a firefighter for what should have just been a single murder and arson...or he ''would'' have had Breen ''he' not killed ''him'' died chasing Monk afterwards. But Fortunately, Breen will likely go down for all of this it by proxy plus additional attempted murder charges.
* FoundTheKillerLostTheMurderer: Monk finds Eddie Murdoch, the man who attacked him at the firehouse and killed Rusty, at Peter Breen's construction site. Murdoch, in trying to chase Monk, ends up falling down a shaft to his death. They identify him as the man who killed Rusty and Stefanie Preston, but Monk doesn't believe that Murdoch had any reason to kill the girl (his reason for killing Rusty could be that he panicked), and realizes that Peter Breen must have paid Murdoch to do the killing. [[SubvertedTrope Then Breen comes after Monk and Stottlemeyer to get back the incriminating keys, allowing Monk to bag the murderer as well.]]
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* FoundTheKillerLostTheMurderer: Monk finds Eddie Murdoch, the man who attacked him at the firehouse and killed Rusty, at Peter Breen's construction site. Murdoch, in trying to chase Monk, ends up falling down a shaft to his death. They identify him as the man who killed Rusty and Stefanie Preston, but Monk doesn't believe that Murdoch had any reason to kill the girl (his reason for killing Rusty could be that he panicked), and realizes that Peter Breen must have paid Murdoch to do the killing. [[SubvertedTrope Then Breen comes after Monk and Stottlemeyer to get back the incriminating keys, allowing Monk to bag the murderer as well.]]
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* DisneyVillainDeath: Eddie Murdoch dies from this while trying to chase Monk.
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* FakingTheDead: Peter Breen hides as just another corpse in the morgue until the coast is clear and he can get his keys from Murdoch's body.
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* GroinAttack: Monk ''almost'' hits Randy with his guiding stick at one point as a quick gag.
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* AdaptationNameChange: This episode is an adaptation of the novel ''Literature/MrMonkGoesToTheFirehouse'' and most of the characters are based on book equivalents.
** Sparky, the firehouse Dalmatian, becomes retired firefighter Rusty
** Lucas Breen becomes Peter Breen
** Esther Stoval becomes Stefanie Preston
** Sparky, the firehouse Dalmatian, becomes retired firefighter Rusty
** Lucas Breen becomes Peter Breen
** Esther Stoval becomes Stefanie Preston
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* AdaptationNameChange: This episode is As an adaptation of the novel ''Literature/MrMonkGoesToTheFirehouse'' and most of the characters are based on book equivalents.
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** Sparky, the firehouse Dalmatian, becomes retired firefighter
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** Esther Stoval becomes Stefanie
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* AdaptationNameChange: This episode is an adaptation of the novel ''Literature/MrMonkGoesToTheFirehouse'' and most of the characters are based on book equivalents.
**Sparky, the firehouse Dalmatian, becomes retired firefighter Rusty
**Lucas Breen becomes Peter Breen
**Esther Stoval becomes Stefanie Preston
**Sparky, the firehouse Dalmatian, becomes retired firefighter Rusty
**Lucas Breen becomes Peter Breen
**Esther Stoval becomes Stefanie Preston
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* CrimeAfterCrime: Construction foreman Peter Breen bribes Eddie Murdoch to kill his girlfriend Stefanie Preston. Breen gives Murdoch a house key to get in. Murdoch strangles Stefanie, spills alcohol to make it look like she had been drinking, then sets her house on fire by lighting a pile of old newspapers with a cigarette. However, as he is walking away, Murdoch realizes he's lost the keys and can't retrieve them without being spotted. He goes to the closest firehouse, intending to steal some firefighting gear for a disguise. Monk and an ex-firefighter named Rusty are there when Murdoch walks in, and Rusty confronts him. Murdoch strikes Rusty a killing blow to the head with a nearby shovel. Monk runs over to investigate the noise and Murdoch grabs a container of cleaning solution off the workbench and throws it into Monk's face, blinding him. While Monk is incapacitated, Murdoch grabs his gear and makes it back to Stefanie's burning house to successfully grab the keys. So he goes for double murder, arson, assault and battery, and impersonating a firefighter for what should have just been a single murder and arson...or he ''would'' have had Breen not killed ''him'' afterwards.
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* CompressedAdaptation: ''Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse'' was a much longer book and was about Monk investigating the death of a firehouse dalmatian and an arson murder that turned out to be connected, while having to temporarily live with Natalie and Julie as his apartment is being fumigated. Understandably, a lot of that material can't fit into a 42 minute episode, so the plot is streamlined to just the core of the murder mystery.
* CrimeAfterCrime: Construction foreman Peter Breen bribes Eddie Murdoch to kill his girlfriend Stefanie Preston. Breen gives Murdoch a house key to get in. Murdoch strangles Stefanie, spills alcohol to make it look like she had been drinking, then sets her house on fire by lighting a pile of old newspapers with a cigarette. However, as he is walking away, Murdoch realizes he's lost the keys and can't retrieve them without being spotted. He goes to the closest firehouse, intending to steal some firefighting gear for a disguise. Monk and an ex-firefighter named Rusty are there when Murdoch walks in, and Rusty confronts him. Murdoch strikes Rusty a killing blow to the head with a nearby shovel. Monk runs over to investigate the noise and Murdoch grabs a container of cleaning solution off the workbench and throws it into Monk's face, blinding him. While Monk is incapacitated, Murdoch grabs his gear and makes it back to Stefanie's burning house to successfully grab the keys. So he goes for double murder, arson, assault and battery, and impersonating a firefighter for what should have just been a single murder and arson...or he ''would'' have had Breen not killed ''him'' afterwards. But Breen will likely go down for all of this by proxy plus additional attempted murder charges.
* DecompositeCharacter: In ''Literature/MrMonkGoesToTheFirehouse'', Lucas Breen personally killed Esther Stoval and Sparky. in the episode, Peter Breen hires someone else, Eddie Murdoch, to commit the murder.
* CrimeAfterCrime: Construction foreman Peter Breen bribes Eddie Murdoch to kill his girlfriend Stefanie Preston. Breen gives Murdoch a house key to get in. Murdoch strangles Stefanie, spills alcohol to make it look like she had been drinking, then sets her house on fire by lighting a pile of old newspapers with a cigarette. However, as he is walking away, Murdoch realizes he's lost the keys and can't retrieve them without being spotted. He goes to the closest firehouse, intending to steal some firefighting gear for a disguise. Monk and an ex-firefighter named Rusty are there when Murdoch walks in, and Rusty confronts him. Murdoch strikes Rusty a killing blow to the head with a nearby shovel. Monk runs over to investigate the noise and Murdoch grabs a container of cleaning solution off the workbench and throws it into Monk's face, blinding him. While Monk is incapacitated, Murdoch grabs his gear and makes it back to Stefanie's burning house to successfully grab the keys. So he goes for double murder, arson, assault and battery, and impersonating a firefighter for what should have just been a single murder and arson...or he ''would'' have had Breen not killed ''him'' afterwards. But Breen will likely go down for all of this by proxy plus additional attempted murder charges.
* DecompositeCharacter: In ''Literature/MrMonkGoesToTheFirehouse'', Lucas Breen personally killed Esther Stoval and Sparky. in the episode, Peter Breen hires someone else, Eddie Murdoch, to commit the murder.
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* HeroicBSOD: Monk's new-found confidence in his blindness plummets after an embarrassing incident, where he panicked while mistaking he was up high on a cross beam without a floor.
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* HeroicBSOD: Zigzagged. Monk is initially broken-hearted that he's possibly lost his sight, convinced that he's presently the most miserable man on earth. Then he starts to see the silver lining in his blindness, to the point where he becomes proud of it. However, Monk's new-found confidence in his blindness plummets after an embarrassing incident, where he panicked while mistaking he was up high on a cross beam without a floor.
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* HeroicBSOD: Monk's new-found confidence in his blindness plummets after an embarrassing incident, where he panicked while mistaking he was up high on a cross beam without a floor.
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* MiseryPoker: Monk and the drifter try to trump each other's misfortunes (no home, no hot meals, wife died of pneumonia vs. acid thrown in face, wife died by car bomb). Monk insists he wins and yells that he'll take on the whole department at once, as he couldn't possibly lose. Then he breaks down crying.
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While having a retired fireman check his smoke detectors, Monk witnesses a murder for what could prove the final time when the escaping killer throws an acid mixture in his face. Deprived of his sight, Monk feels useless. Can the detective crack the case and prove to himself he's still got it?
!!This episode includes examples of the following tropes:
* ColdOpen: This episode marks a rare occasion when Monk is present for the murder. The opening shows Eddie Murdoch killing Rusty and then blinding Monk when he comes to investigate.
* CrimeAfterCrime: Construction foreman Peter Breen bribes Eddie Murdoch to kill his girlfriend Stefanie Preston. Breen gives Murdoch a house key to get in. Murdoch strangles Stefanie, spills alcohol to make it look like she had been drinking, then sets her house on fire by lighting a pile of old newspapers with a cigarette. However, as he is walking away, Murdoch realizes he's lost the keys and can't retrieve them without being spotted. He goes to the closest firehouse, intending to steal some firefighting gear for a disguise. Monk and an ex-firefighter named Rusty are there when Murdoch walks in, and Rusty confronts him. Murdoch strikes Rusty a killing blow to the head with a nearby shovel. Monk runs over to investigate the noise and Murdoch grabs a container of cleaning solution off the workbench and throws it into Monk's face, blinding him. While Monk is incapacitated, Murdoch grabs his gear and makes it back to Stefanie's burning house to successfully grab the keys. So he goes for double murder, arson, assault and battery, and impersonating a firefighter for what should have just been a single murder and arson...or he ''would'' have had Breen not killed ''him'' afterwards.
* FiveStagesOfGrief: Initially Monk spends most of his time near-catatonic with depression, but when he realizes blindness allows him to ignore a lot of disgusting things, he lightens up near-instantly. The skipping of three stages worries Dr. Kroger, who thinks Monk is using the disorder to isolate himself from the world and that the backlash when his glee lessens will be significant.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: There's at least one shot in an alleyway where you can see a prostitute standing behind Monk, though she has her back turned and she isn't paying attention to the heroes.
* FoundTheKillerLostTheMurderer: Monk finds Eddie Murdoch, the man who attacked him at the firehouse and killed Rusty, at Peter Breen's construction site. Murdoch, in trying to chase Monk, ends up falling down a shaft to his death. They identify him as the man who killed Rusty and Stefanie Preston, but Monk doesn't believe that Murdoch had any reason to kill the girl (his reason for killing Rusty could be that he panicked), and realizes that Peter Breen must have paid Murdoch to do the killing. [[SubvertedTrope Then Breen comes after Monk and Stottlemeyer to get back the incriminating keys, allowing Monk to bag the murderer as well.]]
* MuggedForDisguise: Eddie Murdoch kills Stefanie Preston on the orders of his boss Peter Breen and sets her house on fire. But he leaves Breen's keys behind and doesn't realize this until it's too late to go back in. To get back to the fire scene without drawing attention, he goes to the nearest firehouse and steals a firefighter's coat and helmet to get back into the scene, killing an ex-fireman and blinding Monk on the way.
* OhNoNotAgain: When Monk enters the firehouse carrying a container full of his smoke alarms for the firefighters to test, the fire captain groans about him coming back.
* RunningGag: Early on, Natalie mentions WesternAnimation/MrMagoo as a blind person who accomplished a lot (claiming he was an inventor). The name keeps popping up through the episode.
* ShovelStrike: Eddie Murdoch walks into Fire Company 53 to steal a firefighter's coat and helmet. As he is grabbing it, a firefighter named Rusty comes around the parked fire engine to confront him. Murdoch responds by grabbing a shovel and striking Rusty over the head, killing him. Seconds later, Monk comes around investigating the audible clang caused by the first hit, and Murdoch swings the shovel at him, though Monk dodges a would-be-lethal blow so that it hits him over the back. There is a struggle, and Monk grabs the shovel, but before he can swing it at Murdoch, Murdoch throws a container of acid in his face, blinding him. Monk drops the shovel and staggers backwards against the fire engine screaming in pain.
!!This episode includes examples of the following tropes:
* ColdOpen: This episode marks a rare occasion when Monk is present for the murder. The opening shows Eddie Murdoch killing Rusty and then blinding Monk when he comes to investigate.
* CrimeAfterCrime: Construction foreman Peter Breen bribes Eddie Murdoch to kill his girlfriend Stefanie Preston. Breen gives Murdoch a house key to get in. Murdoch strangles Stefanie, spills alcohol to make it look like she had been drinking, then sets her house on fire by lighting a pile of old newspapers with a cigarette. However, as he is walking away, Murdoch realizes he's lost the keys and can't retrieve them without being spotted. He goes to the closest firehouse, intending to steal some firefighting gear for a disguise. Monk and an ex-firefighter named Rusty are there when Murdoch walks in, and Rusty confronts him. Murdoch strikes Rusty a killing blow to the head with a nearby shovel. Monk runs over to investigate the noise and Murdoch grabs a container of cleaning solution off the workbench and throws it into Monk's face, blinding him. While Monk is incapacitated, Murdoch grabs his gear and makes it back to Stefanie's burning house to successfully grab the keys. So he goes for double murder, arson, assault and battery, and impersonating a firefighter for what should have just been a single murder and arson...or he ''would'' have had Breen not killed ''him'' afterwards.
* FiveStagesOfGrief: Initially Monk spends most of his time near-catatonic with depression, but when he realizes blindness allows him to ignore a lot of disgusting things, he lightens up near-instantly. The skipping of three stages worries Dr. Kroger, who thinks Monk is using the disorder to isolate himself from the world and that the backlash when his glee lessens will be significant.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: There's at least one shot in an alleyway where you can see a prostitute standing behind Monk, though she has her back turned and she isn't paying attention to the heroes.
* FoundTheKillerLostTheMurderer: Monk finds Eddie Murdoch, the man who attacked him at the firehouse and killed Rusty, at Peter Breen's construction site. Murdoch, in trying to chase Monk, ends up falling down a shaft to his death. They identify him as the man who killed Rusty and Stefanie Preston, but Monk doesn't believe that Murdoch had any reason to kill the girl (his reason for killing Rusty could be that he panicked), and realizes that Peter Breen must have paid Murdoch to do the killing. [[SubvertedTrope Then Breen comes after Monk and Stottlemeyer to get back the incriminating keys, allowing Monk to bag the murderer as well.]]
* MuggedForDisguise: Eddie Murdoch kills Stefanie Preston on the orders of his boss Peter Breen and sets her house on fire. But he leaves Breen's keys behind and doesn't realize this until it's too late to go back in. To get back to the fire scene without drawing attention, he goes to the nearest firehouse and steals a firefighter's coat and helmet to get back into the scene, killing an ex-fireman and blinding Monk on the way.
* OhNoNotAgain: When Monk enters the firehouse carrying a container full of his smoke alarms for the firefighters to test, the fire captain groans about him coming back.
* RunningGag: Early on, Natalie mentions WesternAnimation/MrMagoo as a blind person who accomplished a lot (claiming he was an inventor). The name keeps popping up through the episode.
* ShovelStrike: Eddie Murdoch walks into Fire Company 53 to steal a firefighter's coat and helmet. As he is grabbing it, a firefighter named Rusty comes around the parked fire engine to confront him. Murdoch responds by grabbing a shovel and striking Rusty over the head, killing him. Seconds later, Monk comes around investigating the audible clang caused by the first hit, and Murdoch swings the shovel at him, though Monk dodges a would-be-lethal blow so that it hits him over the back. There is a struggle, and Monk grabs the shovel, but before he can swing it at Murdoch, Murdoch throws a container of acid in his face, blinding him. Monk drops the shovel and staggers backwards against the fire engine screaming in pain.
