The English teacher Beth Landow is the secret lover of the Science teacher Derek Philby and is pressing him to end his marriage with his wife. He schedules a meeting with Beth on the next morning to tell her about his discussion with his wife. On the next morning, Derek is giving a test to his students, and Beth apparently commits suicide falling from the clock tower of the school on Derek's car that activates the alarm. The principal Arleen Cassady was Trudy's best friend and asks Monk and Sharona to investigate the case. Monk accepts the case without any charge since it is Trudy's high school, and the place gives recollections to him. He questions the school janitor, but the man tells him that he did not see anything strange on that morning. Monk investigates the crime scene and finds that Derek's car was opened and alarmed. Then he interviews the teachers and concludes Derek is the murderer of Beth. But the police found a badly written suicide note and believes Beth committed suicide and the case is closed. Monk accepts to be substitute teacher to investigate Derek further and looks for a failure in his alibi.
"Mr. Monk Goes Back to School" is a good episode of "Monk", since the viewer (and Monk) knows who the killer is, but his alibi is too strong. But the weird character brilliantly resolves the case again. There are funny scenes, but the best one is certainly when Monk blends the coffee jars to make them be in the same level of liquid. The theme song of the Second Season is capable to be worse than the one played in the First Season. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Monk na Escola" ("Monk in School")
"Mr. Monk Goes Back to School" is a good episode of "Monk", since the viewer (and Monk) knows who the killer is, but his alibi is too strong. But the weird character brilliantly resolves the case again. There are funny scenes, but the best one is certainly when Monk blends the coffee jars to make them be in the same level of liquid. The theme song of the Second Season is capable to be worse than the one played in the First Season. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Monk na Escola" ("Monk in School")