The best episodes of Monk
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- 01
Monk tries to link the eleven victims of a serial killer before he strikes again.
- 02
Mr. Monk Is on the Run Part II
Stottlemeyer tries to find proof against the man who framed Monk, and Natalie may ruin everything when she learns the truth.
- 03
When a powerful CEO and his wife are shot to death in a deserted parking lot, the police investigate the husband's enemies. But Monk thinks it's all about the wife and the affair she was having with a handsome young ballplayer.
- 04
Monk and his colleagues travel to New York City to interview someone connected to Trudy's murder. While they are waiting, Monk helps solve the murder of the Latvian ambassador.
- 05
Monk is called to the scene where a pet seems to be a killer: Ian Blackburn is found in his the panic room with 4 shots and his pet chimp holds the weapon. Is the animal really guilty???
- 06
Monk is charged with the murder of the man who killed Trudy, and manages to escape custody in order to figure out what really happened.
- 07
An investigation draws Monk back to the place where he first heard about Trudy's murder - but his fate has been unfortunately sealed as he retraces his steps on that fateful day.
- 08
When an author of a book debunking the career of a popular martial-arts movie star is killed, the evidence points to the star himself, despite the fact that he has been dead for years! Monk takes the case and also gets a chance to prove to Natalie that he is not as selfish as he seems.
- 09
A severed finger turns up in the park, and Monk's only source of information is the two-year-old boy who found the finger.
- 10
The department flies into action after one of their own is poisoned by a secret Santa gift at their very own Christmas party.
- 11
Mr. Monk and the Man Who Shot Santa Claus
Monk's less than holiday mood is only worsened when he's accused of shooting Santa and becomes the most hated man in the city.
- 12
Mr. Monk and the Lady Next Door
Monk's recent, transforming friendship with a neighbor feels suspicious after he's brought in to consult on two murders.
- 13
Monk suspects the owner of a notorious playboy magazine is responsible for the death of his CFO, who died alone in a locked room of an apparent accident. So, how did he do it?
- 14
Monk's agoraphobic brother Ambrose asks for his help, convinced his neighbor has been killed by her husband. But all the husband seems focused on is winning the pies at the local fair.
- 15
A T.V. star charms Monk's entire team with the VIP treatment. But Monk is convinced he murdered his wife.
- 16
A mob boss needs Monk's help to figure out who murdered some members of the family. Monk reluctantly takes the case when the FBI offers to help get him reinstated in exchange for the information he gathers.
- 17
Mr. Monk and the Employee of the Month
Monk goes undercover at a department store to investigate the mysterious death of a popular store employee. In the process he also gains valuable insights into the life of his former partner, who happens to be the store's head of security.
- 18
A woman commits suicide and minutes later Captain Stottlemeyer is shot nearby. Monk needs to determine if the two events are related, but his new medication has turned him into an obnoxious jerk who can't concentrate on the case.
- 19
Monk is having a hard time finding a new assistant, and Natalie might be just what he is looking for. But first he has to take her case and solve the mystery of the intruder who seems inordinately interested in her daughter's pet fish.
- 20
As sole witness to a murder, Monk is shuffled off to a safe location until he can give a deposition. When a man is killed by lightning while fishing on the lake outside his cabin, however, Monk believes there's more to the man's death than meets the eye.
- 21
While in Sin City for a bachelor party, Stottlemeyer enlists Monk to prove a casino mogul's wife death wasn't accidental.
- 22
On Halloween, Monk visits his brother Ambrose in his childhood home to await a visit from his long-absent father, but things take a strange turn when a masked trick-or-treater repeatedly tries to steal Halloween candy from Ambrose's house.
- 23
For the first time in years, Monk has made progress in therapy. But when Natalie discovers that Trudy may be alive, she risks unraveling her boss completely.
- 24
Lt. Disher and Captain Stottlemeyer capture a "Most Wanted", Columbian criminal, Miguel Escobar, who's wanted for drug trafficking crimes in multiple states, and arrest him for a local homicide. Escobar is notorious for escaping custody, so Stottlemeyer must take extra precautions to ensure that this does not happen while Escobar is in his custody. Captain Stottlemeyer learns that the US Attorney General is ordering him to turn over Escobar to the Federal Government, and is to do nothing more than detain their prisoner until the hand-off, following an extradition hearing. This takes place in the same courthouse where, much to his dismay, Mr. Monk is unable to talk his way out of jury duty, and finds himself forced to hear the case of a robbery/stabbing of a man out to make a bank deposit. During the course of deliberating the robbery case, however, Monk is inadvertently pulled into the Escobar saga.
- 25
Mr. Monk and the Garbage Strike
A city-wide garbage strike throws Monk completely off his game as he tries to solve the murder of a union boss.
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He's smart, he's good looking, and he's got a great sense of humor.
