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 fate ...

Natalie's daughter Julie appears in a play. When a critic give her a bad review, Natalie sets out to prove that he didn't watch her performance. At the same time Monk is ...

Monk's Christmas spirit, or lack thereof, is challenged when he takes a case from three homeless men who believe their friend was murdered, and Leland's epiphany sends hi ...

Monk and Natalie are approached by Linda Kloster, wife of renowned chess grand master Patrick Kloster, who she believes is planning to murder her for the insurance money. ...

Natalie is frantic, to the detriment of Stottlemeyer's new car, when it appears a mad man is targeting his victims based solely on their name - Julie Teeger. ...

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. ...

The feud between Monk and Harold Krenshaw is still going on. A costumed daredevil known as the Frisco Fly is going around climbing buildings and jumping off them. When so ...

Sports agent Rob Sherman hires a career burglar, Dewey Jordan, to burglarize his house as part of an insurance scam, which turns out to be his cover up for a murder. As s ...

Monk and Stotllemeyer are investigating the death of a woman. But suddenly another murder occurs wherein the person was killed in an unusual manner. And a note is left on ...

When Monk suddenly acquires a new friend who rarely leaves his side, everyone is suspicious but him. ...

Monk deals with leprosy on two fronts as he's called to testify that a leper is indeed alive so that his money isn't given away. ...

It's Christmas time and Monk gets a call to go to the station. When he arrives he is told that his father whom he hasn't seen in 39 years has been arrested. Monk learns t ...

Julie plays on her high school basketball team, and she and her teammates are coached by the popular Lynn Hayden. However, following a practice a week prior to the high s ...

Despite everyone's disbelief that a hero making the news is actually a coldblooded killer, Adrian tries to prove that a celebrity astronaut is responsible, despite an air ...

While trying to buy a new shirt, Monk senses something is wrong with his preferred shirt inspector, #8, when he notices a flaw in one of her shirts. Upset that her son ha ...

When an officer dies after drinking poisoned wine sent to Captain Stottlemeyer as a Christmas gift, the captain suspects Frank Prager, who tried to shoot him outside a ba ...

Needing a date for her brother's rehearsal dinner, Natalie resorts to asking Lt. Disher. Soon after their arrival at the hotel, Disher is run down and seriously injured b ...

When Natalie finally catches up with the pizza guy who mistakenly left her $50 in change, she finds him dead in his car. She feels compelled to solve the murder but Monk, ...

On Halloween, an armored car driver is shot several times with his own gun. Monk is called from the crime scene by Ambrose, who says that their father is coming to visit, ...

Monk has stiff competition solving the case of a murdered jewelry store owner from a second-rate PI with a loser reputation who suddenly displays skills even more amazing ...

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. ...

Natalie's campaign to be elected to the school board is interrupted by a sniper. Monk's life is endangered as well when he begins to investigate. ...

A motley assortment of commuters, including Monk and the gang, are stuck on the highway after a fatal car accident brings traffic to a dead halt. But Monk doesn't think i ...

Monk is in denial about Sharona leaving him. But Kroeger convinces him to accept the fact that she is gone and that he needs to find a new assistant. So he tries to inter ...