Monk

2002 • USA

4.8

1.76K reviews

TV-14

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Season 4 episodes (16)

1 Mr. Monk and the Other Detective

7/8/05

Harold Gumbal robs his own jewelry store and delivers the loot to two thugs who have taken his dog hostage. When a security guard shows up, one of the thugs panics and kills him. With Gumbal now a witness to the murder, the shooter turns to Gumbal and kills him, too, in cold blood. Monk is called in to investigate. Before he can make any progress, a disheveled, second-rate detective named Marty Eels (Jason Alexander) shows up. But today, Marty's detective skills are far from second rate. In fact, he's amazing. He's even better than Monk. He seems to be solving the case by magic. Monk, meanwhile, is convinced that Marty Eels is cheating.

2 Mr. Monk Goes Home Again

7/15/05

When an armored car driver is shot to death outside a grocery store, Monk is called in to investigate. Witnesses saw the shooter, who used the driver's own gun for the shooting. Monk looks for clues, but before he can get too deep into the case, he gets a phone call from his brother, Ambrose. Apparently, their long-lost father called and is coming to Ambrose's house that night for a visit. Monk is skeptical, but he decides to go see Ambrose anyway.

3 Mr. Monk Stays in Bed

7/22/05

When a pizza deliveryman mistakenly gives Natalie $50 in extra change, Natalie decides to do a good deed. She follows him, intending to return the money, but is shocked to find his car on a deserted street, with the deliveryman beaten to death in the driver's seat. Stottlemeyer and Disher arrive to assess the situation, but they're soon called away to a bigger case. With the authorities distracted, Natalie feels obligated to champion the cause of the dead deliveryman. She goes to Monk for help, but he's feeling sick, and soon finds himself stuck in bed with the flu. Natalie is now on a mission to get to the bottom of things.

4 Mr. Monk Goes to the Office

7/29/05

When a masked man kills a parking garage attendant and breaks the right hand of stock analyst Warren Kemp, Monk is called in to investigate. The most baffling question: why would somebody want to break the right hand of a stock analyst? Warren Kemp wants answers, so he hires Monk to work undercover at his office.

5 Mr. Monk Gets Drunk

8/5/05

Monk and Natalie are traveling to wine country to celebrate Monk and Trudy's anniversary. Every year, Monk goes to the same bed and breakfast where he and Trudy spent their honeymoon. After Monk and Natalie check in, Monk sits down to eat dinner alone, with an open seat reserved for Trudy. It's a touching moment - until Monk is interrupted by Larry Zwibell, a loquacious guest who rudely seats himself in Trudy's chair. After noticing that Monk is woozy after having just taken a sip of wine, Zwibell tells Monk to find him later for a great hangover cure and then leaves. The next day, Monk is indeed hung over and seeks out Zwibell for that cure. Much to his surprise, Zwibell is gone, and nobody has any recollection whatsoever of a Larry Zwibell...

6 Mr. Monk and Mrs. Monk

8/12/05

Natalie is out running errands for Monk when she can't believe her eyes: crossing right in front of her in a restaurant is a woman who appears to be Trudy Monk! Trudy is meeting with an older man named Zach Ellinghouse, and Natalie overhears her telling Zach that she faked her own death to protect her family from a dangerous extremist group that was the subject of a newspaper story she was writing. Natalie tries to warn Monk about Trudy, but he's in such a good mood, she doesn't have the heart to tell him the disturbing news.

7 Mr. Monk Goes to a Wedding

8/19/05

When Natalie needs a last-minute date to her brother Jonathan's wedding, she reluctantly agrees to let Lieutenant Disher accompany her. The wedding is being held at a posh resort, and everything seems to be going fine - until Disher gets run over by a car in the resort's parking lot. Disher suffers serious injuries and barely survives the horrible incident. Captain Stottlemeyer and Monk show up to investigate, and they quickly determine that the driver of the car, who fled the scene, must be a member of Natalie's family. But why would one of Natalie's relatives try to kill Lieutenant Disher?

8 Mr. Monk and Little Monk

8/26/05

Monk and Natalie are cleaning Monk's apartment when they get an unexpected knock on the door. It's Sherry Judd, who went to junior high school with Monk. Intruders have murdered her housekeeper and defaced a painting of her grandmother, and she'd like Monk to investigate. Monk had a big crush on Sherry when they were young, and seeing her again unleashes a flood of memories and emotions. Monk agrees to help her.

9 Mr. Monk and the Secret Santa

12/2/05

It's the annual Christmas party at police headquarters, and everyone is full of holiday cheer. Monk, Natalie, Captain Stottlemeyer, and Lieutenant Disher are all there. When it comes time to exchange Secret Santa presents, Captain Stottlemeyer has a problem: he's unable to find the gift he bought for his friend, Detective Chasen. At the suggestion of Alice Westergren, another police officer, Captain Stottlemeyer takes a bottle of port that he received from an auto body shop and re-gifts it to Chasen. Detective Chasen drinks the port, collapses and dies. The port was poisoned!

10 Mr. Monk Goes to a Fashion Show

1/13/06

When Monk starts noticing imperfections in his shirts, he seeks out the woman who inspects them to make sure nothing is wrong. When Monk meets the woman, Maria Ortiz, he learns that something is wrong. Maria's beloved son, Pedro, is in jail for the murder of a fashion model named Clea Vance, and Maria has been living under great duress ever since. She knows her son isn't guilty, and Monk agrees to look into the case

11 Mr. Monk Bumps his Head

1/20/06

It's late, and Monk and Natalie are at a deserted highway rest area. They're there to meet a man who claims to have information about Trudy's murder. Monk has brought an envelope of reward money, and he makes Natalie hide so he can meet the man alone. When the man turns out to be a phony, Monk refuses to give him the cash. A struggle ensues. The man clunks Monk over the head, steals the reward money and Monk's wallet, and dumps Monk's unconscious body on a flatbed truck. When Natalie reappears, Monk and the man are both gone.

12 Mr. Monk and the Captain's Marriage

1/27/06

Monk and Natalie join Captain Stottlemeyer at a junkyard to investigate the murder of a small-time drug dealer named Chicklet. While Monk looks around, a cocky young police sergeant named Ryan Sharkey implies that he's having an affair with the captain's wife, Karen. Stottlemeyer punches Sharkey in the face, and then leaves in a huff. Karen emphatically denies having the affair. The captain, still suspicious of Karen, asks Monk to follow her and find out whether or not she's having an affair.

13 Mr. Monk and the Big Reward

2/3/06

Monk and Natalie go to police headquarters to ask Captain Stottlemeyer for a raise. While they are there, Lieutenant Disher brings in Warren Landis, a security guard from a local museum, for questioning. The world-famous Alexander diamond has been stolen from the museum, and the police are interrogating all museum employees. When Monk notices some chemical residue on Landis' fingers, Disher arrests the security guard on drug charges. When Natalie hears that there's a million dollar reward for the diamond, she convinces Monk to use his detective skills to try to find the stolen gem.

14 Mr. Monk and the Astronaut

3/3/06

Civilian test pilot Steve Wagner is a national hero, but not everyone admires him. His old flame, Joanne Raphelson, is about to publish a tell-all book that details the abuse she endured during their relationship. Wagner can't let Joanne's story get out, so he pays her a visit. He makes her one of his signature drinks, a "Spacewalk," and adds a little something extra: a powerful dose of barbiturates. When her housekeeper arrives the following week, she finds Joanne hanging from the ceiling with a noose around her neck. Captain Stottlemeyer, Lieutenant Disher, Monk and Natalie go to Joanne's house to investigate. It appears to be suicide, but the captain and Monk spot some clues that point to murder.

15 Mr. Monk Goes to the Dentist

3/10/06

After an armored car heist, Monk and Natalie arrive on the scene to join Capt. Stottlemeyer and Lt. Disher in the investigation. While Monk picks up clues, Lt. Disher complains of a horrible toothache. Capt. Stottlemeyer insists that Lt. Disher visit a dentist immediately. Disher goes to the office of Dr. Oliver Bloom, and soon finds himself under sedation while Dr. Bloom extracts a tooth. Then, something strange happens: while floating in and out of consciousness, Lt. Disher sees - or thinks he sees - Dr. Bloom and his assistant kill an intruder. But the Captain doesn't believe him. Nobody does.

16 Mr. Monk Gets Jury Duty

3/17/06

Monk receives some bad news: he's been called for jury duty. Monk loathes the idea of being stuck in a room with 11 other people, but he has no choice when he's selected as a juror in a minor robbery trial. When time comes for the jury to deliberate, everyone votes "guilty" except for Monk. It's 11 vs. 1, but Monk is sure that the defendant is innocent. While Monk tries to win over his fellow jurors by picking apart the evidence, he looks out the window of the jury room and begins to suspect that there is a dead body in a garbage dumpster near the courthouse. Monk gets Stottlemeyer and Disher to check it out, and sure enough, there's a dead woman's body in the dumpster!

About this show

Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub) was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using unconventional means to solve the department's most baffling cases. But after the tragic and still-unsolved murder of his wife, Trudy, the devastated Monk becomes obsessive-compulsive. His psychological disorder has caused him to develop an abnormal fear of virtually everything: germs, heights, crowds... even milk. Monk's condition costs him his job, but he's back as a police consultant despite the unique challenges he encounters in his everyday life. These challenges lead Monk to hire a personal nurse, Sharona Fleming (Bitty Schram), who is always there to offer her assistance, even with the simplest of tasks (like organizing his sock drawer). Sharona is Monk's own "Girl Friday," an unlikely Dr. Watson to his Sherlock Holmes. Her less-than-subtle prodding keeps the "defective detective" on track in his investigations, as well as in his efforts to convince Captain Stottlemeyer (Ted Levine) to allow him to return to the force.

Ratings and reviews

4.8

1.76K reviews

Helen Read

April 6, 2014

I saw most of Monk on its original USA Network run, and when I got a Chromecast last summer, it was the first thing I looked for. I chased it across Netflix and Hulu Plus (both of which yanked it after I got part way in), and finally to Google Play, where I bought all 8 seasons and watched start to finish over a period of about 6 months. I just love this show. Tony Shalhoub is simply brilliant in his portrayal of the heroic and very human Monk, who struggles with his OCD, phobias and grief over the death of his wife, while carrying on as best he can and solving crimes that stump everyone else. The show is touching or heartbreaking one minute, funny the next, and you are always rooting for Monk, who can be nearly paralyzed by fear, but when the chips are down he does what needs to be done to catch the bad guys. I am OCD enough to be bothered by continuity errors here and there (and especially with a major error in the timeline in the finale), and one or two (out of 126) episodes were downright clinkers, but I just loved this series. After watching obsessively, I'm sad it's over. I'll probably wait a while then start over.

107 people found this review helpful

Amanda Pancake

January 31, 2021

Love this show I do wish the ending was different. (So no spoilers) the way he loved Trudy the ending of series made me both mad and happy i have mixed feelings I guess u could say about ending but for every other episode was amazing I laughed cryed I bought the DVD box set and I watch it all the time. As far as family friendly shows this one is one of the best. You can watch with your children without worrying. Monk will always be one of my favorite shows of all time

msfabre'82 allday

August 26, 2017

This show was hilarious! He was afraid of everything, accept solving a crime. His phobias were so ridiculous that you couldn't help but laugh. This was by far one of the best comedy detective shows I've ever seen. I saw every rerun on the ION channel before they took it off for criminal minds.

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