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3. Mr. Monk and the Blackout

A blackout puts half of San Francisco in the dark for a few minutes. When the police discover it wasn't an accident, Monk gets involved to try and figure out why.

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A bombing at a power plant leads to a citywide blackout in which three people die, and the prime suspect is an activist who has apparently been dead for nine years. The case is further complicated by a second bombing and blackout, the death of a protester ( Judge Reinhold ) at a construction site, and a power company spokeswoman ( Alicia Coppola ) who takes a romantic interest in Monk.

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