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Monk tries to deduce the identity of the person who killed maintenance man BRADLEY FOSTER and attorney RICHARD MECKLER, while Natalie tries to arrange a surprise party for the World’s Wariest Detective…

[T.K. JOHANSON] An attractive woman in her 40s, she is sharp and bemused, with a wry sense of humor and a cool refusal to be easily intimidated. A journalist with Consumer Currents Magazine who covers new household appliances, she meets Stottlemeyer during an investigation, and soon has a smitten Police Captain on her hands. Not at all upset with the notion of a suitor with a big badge, she refuses to reveal her first name to him, a move that has “cool romantic ploy” written all over it. She appears to be more than willing to pair off with him, and ultimately reveals that her first name is Trudy…GUEST STAR (12) RECURRING ROLE; PLEASE SUBMIT ALL ETHNICITIES

[KURT PRESSMAN] 30s to 40s, bookish, an amateur inventor, Kurt is a large guy, the inventive genius who devised the first self-cleaning vacuum. Having created an invention that transforms Monk’s life for the better, Kurt finds that he has a doting, starry-eyed fan named Adrian Monk — who can’t leave him alone when his vacuum cleaner breaks down. But in fact, Kurt is a man with a secret: he’s a front man for the real inventor, and killed the two men who already know his secret. He decides to add Adrian Monk to his list of victims…GUEST STAR (10)

[RICHARD MECKLER] 30S to 40s, a bit of a hustler, Meckler is a patent attorney who works in the same building as Bradley Foster — only Meckler has an office and a sizable income. While announcing the invention of the self-cleaning vacuum, Meckler is given a lethal dose of poison in a cup of diet soda — a complex murder that’s ultimately solved by Mr. Monk…GUEST STAR (10)

[BRADLEY FOSTER] A small, wiry guy, 40s to 50s, Bradley is a friendly, decent, hard-working maintenance man in a downtown office building. A guy with a drinking problem and a degree in Engineering from MIT, Bradley is brutally murdered while at work, pulped by a trash compactor. After he’s killed, he’s revealed to be the mechanical genius who invented the self-cleaning vacuum cleaner…NICE CO-STAR (1)

[MRS. MECKLER] 30s to 40s, the wife of Richard Meckler, she attends the launch party for the self-cleaning vacuum, and watches in horror as her husband collapses and dies of a fast-acting poison…NICE CO-STAR (11)

[MISTER PAUL WAXMAN] 40s to 50s, the building manager who employed the late Bradley Foster, he’s understandably shaken up after finding Foster’s horribly mangled body, and wrongly thinks it was all a terrible accident…POSSIBLE ONE DAY GUEST STAR (8) PLEASE SUBMIT ALL ETHNICITIES

[COWBOY HANK IN 1969] 30ish, John Wayne type, he’s a not very talented actor, seen wearing chaps, a lasso, and a six shooter. A performer at kids’ birthday parties, he does rope tricks at the party for 10 year old Adrian Monk…no lines, 1 scene (18)
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[COWBOY HANK IN 2009] Now in his 70s, John Wayne type, still in his full costume, still performing at birthday parties, Cowboy Hank shows up at the party for Adrian Monk’s 50th birthday, and calls him “the birthday boy”.sptv050769..1 speech & 2 lines, 2 scenes (18)