Sgt. Kate Muriel Monday, To some she is a talented mathematician, To some she is the original, and To the adolescent boys that was growing up during the time,she is the blonde bombshell that help them come of age. Whatever she is to whoever that maybe. Kate’s time with Mathnet will forever be overshadowed with the biggest cliffhanger since who shot J.R. Her sudden disappearance!
What Do We Know?
Kate’s history is hidden in secrecy. We know very little on her childhood and early adulthood. We do know at some point she attended university before going to Mathnet. Her major in collage was probably Accounting. She also studied The Merle Fish case. Kate is also a fan of Broadway and Wrestling.
Family
Unknown, I find this to be odd but given the focus of this series there wasn’t much time to get into person stuff. She does tells us that she grew up as tomboy. Which is not saying much!
Mathnet
Partner
Det. George Frankly
Bosses
Chief . Thad Green ( Los Angeles), Asst Chief. Rosa Morales ( Los Angeles), Capt. Joe Grecco ( New York)
Partners Against Crime
Gennie Carlson ( Los Angeles Pilot only), Debra Wilson ( Los Angeles ) , Steve and Sam ( Los Angeles), Bennie Pill ( New York), Sgt. Abruzzi ( New York )
Kate over the years at Mathnet went though a genesis of sorts. Starting out as a straight laced sergeant to a easy going detective was not a easy transition. With the help of George with his strange but brilliant ways and near-death experience at the hands of a crazy clock maker made Kate see things a little bit differently. Also, She saw George in a new light as well that in someways took their relationship in a whole different direction. As we the viewer was getting to see this new side of Kate in the New York episodes. Kate disappears by season four without no explanation. It seemed also that sometime has passed we find George with a new partner and it is business as usual. We could only hope that Kate was reassigned and nothing else.
Episode I recommend
Here is some of the best “Kate” episodes I recommend 
Music that I feel best describes Kate…….
Square One Television 
July 10, 2016 at 2:50 pm
Kate will always be my favorite Mathnetter. I wanted to be her growing up. She inspired me so much. I grew up in a very traditional household where women were expected to marry and settle down and that was the goal. I wasn’t always sure I wanted that and seeing women like Kate on screen made me feel like I could do anything. I also loved Beverly Leech’s ability to show the genesis of Kate, like you mentioned. She starts out so smart and tough and while she never loses her professional edge, I like that we see her grow and change into someone who is still smart and professional, but also we see that she’s sensitive and at times not at perfect, and it’s still all okay. Leech was so, so good at showing all of those layers. I credit her wonderful acting as part of why Kate was such a great character. She infused her with so much.
Now I also always felt it was clear Kate adored George, especially starting in season 2, but my thoughts on that will eventually go in your pairings section instead. I’ll simply say that the chemistry between Leech & Howard was magic. They just played so well off of each other. Even when Kate was supposed to be the serious one to George’s goofball, there was still always a great balance and respect between the two characters.
As to her disappearance, I hated it so much as a kid and I still do. I always assumed Kate was reassigned back to Los Angeles, maybe even with a promotion. I never understood why the writers didn’t at least put in a tiny mention; could have even been a one-sided phone call from George to Kate just to say hi. Their characters had been so close for so long (and again, pairing/shipping here, but by the end of the NY Kate era it really does feel like something was going on between them) so to never mention her seemed odd. The only other thing I could think of was that Kate was in danger and had to go into witness protection, or else (sadly) died in the line of duty.
Anyway, enough of my rambling, I could go on and on. Kate Monday forever. She’s one of my favorite TV characters and always will be.
July 11, 2016 at 4:42 pm
One thing we do know about Kate: one of her hobbies is amateur photography. In Rear Terrace, when he sits on her camera, George doesn’t ask, “Are you into photography?” He simply asks, “You get a new lens?” He’s seen her camera before. And since he’s never been to her apartment until
that episode (based on the dialogue in the same scene) it’s a fair assumption that she’s brought the camera either to work or to social events they’ve both been to.
May 10, 2018 at 9:45 am
Rebecca,
Not sure if you’ll get this since it’s been a couple of years since your posts, but I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed reading your Mathnet comments. I missed your input on the last two Kate Monday episodes. Maybe you can go back and comment on them at a future time.
Like you, Kate Monday is my favorite. I first saw Mathnet in junior high school and have just started watching it again on YouTube. The comedy is still priceless, but watching it as an adult I picked up something I did not watching it as a kid and that’s the amazing chemistry between George and Kate. Not sure if the writers planed it that way or if it just magically happened. I’m sure if the writers had known beforehand, the character of Martha would have never been invented.
I too wish for some sort of reunion but, after 30 years, it seems highly unlikely at this point. I’d be happy if they would only release the episodes on DVD. I guess my fantasy reunion would be that Kate and George are now back in L.A. and are in charge of the Mathnet bureau. Both are now widowers with Kate’s daughter and George’s (and the late Martha’s) son now doing the footwork. I think Wonder Years star Danica Mckellar would be perfect as the role of Kate’s daughter. She is a mathematician in real life and I think she would be perfect. Anyway, sparks fly between Kate and George and there might be some romantic feelings between Kate’s daughter and George’s son. Not sure where Pat would come in. Although I have nothing against Pat, or the actress who played her, it’s just that Mathnet without Kate Monday was never the same.
Anyway, That’s just my two cents.
November 18, 2023 at 9:48 pm
I love mathnet its sad that theres no mare episodes anymore! 😦