Andy Breckman

On their way to Doctor Kroger's office, Monk, Natalie, and Julie get stuck in a traffic jam. A man dressed as Santa Claus is throwing toys from a rooftop, and the street is clogged with people trying to catch the gifts. Annoyed by the delay, Monk gets out of the car and races into the building to stop Santa. Moments later, gunshots are heard, and Natalie and Julie rush up to the roof. What they see stuns them both ? Santa's been shot, and Monk is holding a smoking pistol!

Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub) was a stellar police detective until the death of his wife left him an obsessive-compulsive wreck. The eighth season of the mystery-comedy follows Monk as he puts his brain to work as a private consultant -- albeit one with a few quirks. The series also stars Ted Levine as Capt. Stottlemeyer, Jason Gray-Stanford as absent-minded Lt. Disher, and Traylor Howard as Natalie, Monk's long-suffering assistant.

Despite his obsessive-compulsive disorder, freelance detective Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub) continues to solve San Francisco's most puzzling crimes in this clever detective series featuring Ted Levine, Bitty Schram and Jason Gray-Stanford. Season 2 finds Monk posing as a teacher to catch a killer, facing his elephant-phobia during a circus investigation, tracking a mail-bomber and investigating the star of "Crime Lab S.F." for murder.

An actor who wants to play him in a movie and a garbage strike push obsessive-compulsive detective Adrian Monk's (Emmy winner Tony Shalhoub) buttons in the fifth season of the quirky mystery series. Accompanied by his loyal but beleaguered assistant (Traylor Howard), Monk continues to outwit the boldest of criminals even as he continues to be handicapped by his fear of just about everything. Guest stars include Stanley Tucci (with an Emmy nod) and Alice Cooper.

Emmy Award winner Tony Shalhoub returns as obsessive-compulsive San Francisco detective Adrian Monk. This season, Monk suspects Capt. Stottlemeyer's (Ted Levine) of murder, investigates a slaying at a nude beach, incurs the wrath of the city when he shoots Santa Claus, and falls victim to a charismatic cult leader (guest star Howie Mandel). Traylor Howard and Jason-Gray Stanford co-star. Snoop Dogg, Sarah Silverman and Alfred Molina guest star.

Tony Shalhoub reprises the role that helped garner him an Emmy -- that of Monk, an obsessive-compulsive San Francisco-based detective who must fight his own demons at every turn as he goes about solving the toughest cases in the city. This season, Monk ventures beyond his comfort zone to New York City to find clues to an especially perplexing crime, digs deep into the seamy underbelly of the music world, encounters a blackout and more.

Emmy winner Tony Shalhoub returns for a seventh season of this hit mystery-comedy series, reprising his role as Adrian Monk, a brilliant San Francisco detective who cracks the toughest cases, despite struggling with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Helping Monk are his trusted assistant, Natalie (Traylor Howard), and police Capt. Stottlemeyer (Ted Levine). Hector Elizondo joins the cast as Monk's new -- and desperately needed -- therapist.

Brilliant but obsessive-compulsive detective Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub, winning his third Emmy for the role) is back to crack San Francisco's toughest crimes in this hit series co-starring Ted Levine and Traylor Howard. This time around, Monk competes with a disgustingly sloppy rival detective, goes undercover as an office worker, poses as Santa Claus to catch a killer and faces the possibility that his beloved wife is still alive.

This hilarious detective series stars Tony Shalhoub (in an Emmy-winning role) as Adrian Monk, a brilliant cop who's deemed unfit for duty when he develops OCD and a variety of phobias following his wife's murder. Now working as a police consultant, Monk still tries to convince his boss (Ted Levin), who has trouble dealing with Monk's eccentricities, to let him return to the force. Bitty Schram co-stars as Monk's friend and practical nurse.

In its eighth and final season, MONK returns with Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk, the obsessive-compulsive detective. One of the critically-acclaimed and most-watched shows on cable, MONK's eighth season will continue to have creative cases, an award-winning cast and an all-star list of guest stars including Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Tim Bagley, Jay Mohr, Meat Loaf, and Bitty Schram.

In the sixth season, obsessive-compulsive detective Adrian Monk returns for more cases. He's forced to help his biggest fan (Sarah Silverman), who's accused of a bizarre crime and finds himself in a dangerous situation when he helps his psychiatrist's son follow a treasure map.