According to Hy Conrad, one script that never got filmed was an episode called "Mr. Monk Is At Sea". It would have been aired in 2004 as part of season 3 (likely taking the place of Detective Monk: Mr. Monk and the Game Show (2004)) and would have involved Monk and Sharona investigating a set of murders on a cruise ship. While USA Network approved of the script, it never got filmed because cruise lines were pretty sensitive about the notion of a murder being committed on their ships or someone falling overboard. They wouldn't budge, even when the writing team tried changing the killer's identity and lowered the body count. Even attempting to use the floating Queen Mary hotel in Long Beach for shooting fell through. Although the script was still brought up whenever the writing team was running short on ideas, it became the team's white whale, "Episode 126". Only in 2013 did Conrad contact Daniel Dratch, who acquired the "Mr. Monk Is At Sea" script from the vault. The script was thus rewritten and published as Mr. Monk Gets on Board, with Natalie taking Sharona's place, some new subplots were written in, and the cruise makes a visit to Mexico that allows for Captain Alameda from Detective Monk: Mr. Monk Goes to Mexico (2003) to get involved. The concept of Monk investigating a murder at sea itself would be used in season 7 for Detective Monk: Mr. Monk Is Underwater (2008).
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