Episodes

1. 

   Episode 1

   Mr Monk’s Favourite Show

   A tell-all book by actress Christine Rapp has just been published, and Monk is first in line at a local bookstore where she is scheduled to appear. As a child, Christine starred in The Cooper Clan, which was Monk’s favorite show when he was growing up. Unfortunately for Monk, Christine won’t be showing up for her appearance, as across town, her car has exploded in an attempt on her life.

2. Episode 2

   Mr Monk and the Foreign Man

   Monk is investigating a 12 day-old crime scene at the home of John and Carolyn
   Buxton, who have just returned from a vacation to find their housekeeper bludgeoned to death on their kitchen floor. Nothing is missing from the house. The victim’s gold earring is in her front pocket and a first-aid book is sitting on the counter, opened to a chapter on head injuries. Strangely, there’s blood spattered across the page, as if it had been opened before the attack took place.

3. Episode 3

   Mr Monk and the UFO

   Natalie and Monk are driving through the Nevada desert on their way back from a wedding when their car breaks down. While Natalie tries to fix the car, Monk wanders off to find cell phone reception and spots… a UFO!

4. Episode 4

   Mr Monk is someone else

   FBI agent Chris Stone has a job for Monk. A hit man named Frank DePalma has just been run over and killed while crossing a street in Los Angeles. The FBI has been tracking DePalma for years, and they want to know what he was doing in L.A. This is where Monk comes in. It turns out that Monk looks exactly like DePalma, so Agent Stone wants Monk to go undercover as the hit man to find out who hired him and who his target was.

5. Episode 5

   Mr Monk Takes The Stand

   Monk stands with the police outside the studio of artist Evan Gildea, but it isn’t the beginning of an investigation. It’s the end of one, with Monk giving one of his typical summations. But before Monk can finish explaining how the artist murdered his wife, Nancy, he’s interrupted by the arrival of Harrison Powell, Mr. Gildea’s high-priced attorney. Powell cuts Monk off and hushes his client, letting everyone know that Gildea will be doing his talking in court, where Powell has never lost a case.

6. Episode 6

   Mr Monk and the Critic

   Callie Esterhaus, a young waitress, is getting ready for a big night in a fancy hotel room
   when her date shows up early. We never see the date’s face but we watch as he leads her out to the balcony, proposes, and then…throws her over the balcony’s railing to her death.

7. Episode 7

   Mr Monk and the Voodoo Curse

   An elderly woman is walking near a little league baseball field when a foul ball hits her in
   the head, killing her. Days later, the deceased woman’s grandchildren find a package in her apartment. Postmarked days before her death, the package contains a voodoo doll dressed to look like the dead grandmother, with a tiny baseball glued to the side of the doll’s head.

8. Episode 8

   Mr Monk Goes to Group Therapy

   A young woman, Barbara O’Keefe, confides in her mother about her therapy with Dr.
   Bell while taking a bath. Suddenly a man attacks her. The next day, the pool cleaner finds Barbara’s body floating in her pool.

9. Episode 9

   Happy Birthday, Mr Monk

   Natalie tries to throw a birthday party for Monk while he investigates the mysterious death of an office building’s maintenance man.

10. Episode 10

    Mr Monk and Sharona

    Monk is cleaning his apartment when his vacuum cleaner gets jammed. In the process of fixing the vacuum, he gets a cloud of dust in his face. He panics and calls for Natalie. When the dust clears, Monk is shocked to find that someone has responded to his calls, but it’s not Natalie. It’s Sharona!

11. Episode 11

    Mr Monk and the Dog

    Steve DeWitt and Amanda Castle are asleep in bed when Steve’s dog, a stumpy-tailed
    Australian Shepherd wakes Amanda. She goes to the kitchen to cook breakfast and finds a picture of Steve and his wife hidden in a drawer. Amanda, surprised to learn that Steve is married, confronts him. They argue, he shoves her, and she hits her head on the counter. She calls 911, but before she can speak to the operator, she loses consciousness. With Amanda’s life in the balance, Steve hangs up on the call and watches her die.

12. Episode 12

    Mr Monk Goes Camping

    Monk attends a preliminary hearing for his possible reinstatement to the police force.
    Two of the three panel members are willing to reinstate Monk, but the vote needs to be unanimous, and a third member of the panel, Captain Willis, plans to vote against him.

13. Episode 13

    Mr Monk and the Best Man

    Monk and Natalie are at police headquarters when Capt. Stottlemeyer’s girlfriend, T.K.
    Jensen, shows up to meet him for their anniversary. Monk observes Stottlemeyer and deduces – for everyone to hear – that the captain is going to propose to T.K. that night! Stottlemeyer is annoyed that Monk spilled the beans, and offers to propose on the spot. T.K. won’t let him, but her emotional reaction makes it clear that her answer will be yes.

14. Episode 14

    Mr. Monk and the Badge

    Monk finds his return to the police force to be more challenging than he expected when he becomes involved in the case of a serial killer.

15. Episode 15

    Mr. Monk and the End – Part 1

    Monk is called to a crime at the location where he first heard the news of his wife’s murder and begins the most important investigation of his life.

16. Episode 16

    Mr. Monk and the End – Part 2

    Monk has been poisoned, and the man responsible has died while running from the police. Without him, doctors have no way to determine the exact nature of the poison, and so have no way to produce an antidote. With death looming, Monk has opened the Christmas gift that Trudy left for him before she died. The gift turned out to be a videotaped message from Trudy.