Two years before being cast as Dwight Schrute in the American remake of The officeRainn Wilson starred in an episode of Monk who had one of the most bizarre cases on the program. Monk was a very smart cop for the most partand while it had a lot of tropes, it always tried to come up with fun and creative cases for its titular character to solve. Adrian Monk has been described as the greatest detective of his time, which means the series has always had to present him with equally complex cases.
One of the ways Monk It turned out that what stood out from other cops and cop shows was often revealing the killer’s identity openly. The real problem for many MonkThe best episodes weren’t “who did it” but rather how or why they did it. That being said, Monk there were several episodes where neither the audience nor Adrian were sure who did it until the end. For example, “Mr. Monk Goes to the Ballgame” hid the killer’s identity until the end of the episodeand he was played by Rainn Wilson.
Rainn Wilson’s monk character had one of the show’s wildest plans
Browning killed two people to ensure a ball wouldn’t lose its value
Rainn Wilson played Walker Browning in Monkwho is revealed to be the killer of a billionaire and his wife. Monk season 2, episode 3, “Mr. Monk Goes to the Ballgame” begins with a masked man ambushing Lawrence Hammond and his wifethe car and started shooting them both to death. Although Lawrence survived long enough to call for help, his wife, Erin, was shot multiple times and died there. Monk quickly deduced that Erin was the target, not her billionaire husband, but couldn’t figure out why.
Police finally had access to security footage that revealed the killer’s face. Adrian was sure he had seen that face before, he just didn’t remember where or when. After Monk discovered that Erin was having an affair with a famous baseball player, he began to uncover the case. Erin’s death was supposed to affect her lover, Scott Gregorio, who was supposed to break a baseball record in his next game. It was then that Monk remembered where he had seen the killer’s face – Walker Browning had saved the ball from the previous home run record.
Browning had not yet sold the ball for the estimated price of $3 million, but he knew it would be worthless once the previous record was broken by Gregorio. The office The star’s character had tried to attack Gregório and break his arm, but he couldn’t, and as the famous player had a lot of security, he would never reach him again. Knowing that Gregory was having an affair, Browning devised a plan – he would kill Erin Hammond so that the news would take Gregorio’s mind off the game.
Rainn Wilson’s success on The Office makes rewatching his Monk episode even better
Rainn Wilson is one of the many familiar faces you’ll find on Monk
“Mr. Monk Goes to the Ballgame” is a quintessential Monk episode that perfectly illustrates what most cases in the series are like. Although it had some plot flaws and inconsistencies, it was a smart detective story with a surprising twist at the end. The fact that Rainn Wilson, who would star The office two years later plays the killer makes viewing this episode even better in retrospect. Browning may not have been one of the best Monk villains, but his plan was one of the most elaborate in the series.