History Recap / MonkS8E14MrMonkAndTheBadge

* DirtyCop: Monk suspects [=DiMarco=] of working with Mikhail Almonov and getting the reward money of catching the Pickaxe Killer. Monk is correct, but [[CassandraTruth the department doesn’t believe him until it’s too late]]. It’s subverted a bit since [=DiMarco=] did find the Pickaxe Killer fair and square and his plot wasn’t especially immoral, he simply had a(n apparent) friend take credit for the arrest so they could collect the reward money that a civilian would have been entitled to.

* FalseFriend: DiMarco played softball with Almonov and they trusted each other enough for DiMarco to seek his assistance getting the reward money. Almonov shoots him first chance he gets so he can keep it all.

* DirtyCop: Monk suspects [=DiMarco=] of working with Mikhail Almonov and getting the reward money of catching the Pickaxe Killer. Monk is correct, but [[CassandraTruth the department doesn’t believe him until it’s too late]].

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Monk finally does get reinstated. However, instead of being put on the case of a five man serial killer, he finds himself riding the desk. When he's finally allowed to run investigations, Monk finds that the burden of proof is different, as shown when a police officer is killed and Monk suspects that he may have been on the take. Because of the Blue Code of Silence[[note]]an unwritten rule that exists among police officer culture to not to report on a colleague's errors, misconducts, or crimes[[/note]], Monk is told to keep his mouth shut unless he's 110% sure on his theories. He also finds himself ostracized by his colleagues for refusing to drop his suspicions about the officer.

* TheShowOfTheBooks: An abridged adaptation of the tie-in novel "Mr. Monk and the Blue Flu" which drops the police strike plotline.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Monk has a hard time fitting into his department. Because they aren’t familiar with his quirks or his intellect.

* DirtyCop: Monk suspects [=DiMarco=] of working with Mikhail Almonov and getting the reward money of catching the Pickaxe Killer. Monk is correct, but the department doesn’t believe him until it’s too late.

* BaitAndSwitch: Monk thinks the woman who called about bet cat trying to “smother” her was calling about another cat the second time around. It turns out a man did break into her apartment and was trying to kill her.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Monk finally does get reinstated. However, instead of being put on the case of a five man serial killer, he finds himself riding the desk. When he's finally allowed to run investigations, Monk finds that the burden of proof is different, as shown when a police officer is killed and Monk suspects that he may have been on the take. Because of the Blue Code of Silence[[note]]an unwritten rule that exists among police officer culture to not to report on a colleague's errors, misconducts, or crimes[[/note]], Monk is told to keep his mouth shut unless he's 105% sure on his theories. He also finds himself ostracized by his colleagues for refusing to drop his suspicions about the officer.

* SurprisnglyRealisticOutcome: Monk finally does get reinstated. However, instead of being put on the case of a five man serial killer, he finds himself riding the desk. When he's finally allowed to run investigations, Monk finds that the burden of proof is different, as shown when a police officer is killed and Monk suspects that he may have been on the take. Because of the Blue Code of Silence[[note]]an unwritten rule that exists among police officer culture to not to report on a colleague's errors, misconducts, or crimes[[/note]], Monk is told to keep his mouth shut unless he's 105% sure on his theories. He also finds himself ostracized by his colleagues for refusing to drop his suspicions about the officer.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Monk fights off Mikhail Almonov on an unstable window-washing platform and ''stabs the man in the leg with the badge'' to keep him from shooting him.

* RealityEnsues: Monk finally does get reinstated. However, instead of being put on the case of a five man serial killer, he finds himself riding the desk. When he's finally allowed to run investigations, Monk finds that the burden of proof is different, as shown when a police officer is killed and Monk suspects that he may have been on the take. Because of the Blue Code of Silence[[note]]an unwritten rule that exists among police officer culture to not to report on a colleague's errors, misconducts, or crimes[[/note]], Monk is told to keep his mouth shut unless he's 105% sure on his theories. He also finds himself ostracized by his colleagues for refusing to drop his suspicions about the officer.

* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Monk realizes his goal of being reinstated in the SFPD, only to find that nothing about policing was familiar to him anymore and the episode end with him retiring from the force.

* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Monk realizes his goal of being reinstated in the SFPD, only to find that nothing about policing was familiar to him anymore and the episode ends with him retiring from the force.

* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Monk realizes his goal of being reinstated in the SFPD, only to find that nothing about policing was familiar to him anymore and the episode end with him retiring from the force.

* {{Adorkable}}: Monk gets adorably gleeful after it sinks in that he's been accepted back onto the force.