Monk investigates when a death-row prisoner is done in prior to his execution by a poisoned last meal. Biederbeck: Tim Curry. Sylvia Fairbourn: Kathy Baker. Spyder: Danny Trejo.
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Monk turns caretaker after Stottlemeyer's wife is apparently killed during a union dispute---a mystery the twitchy sleuth has to solve to keep the captain from going over the edge.
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A law student makes a deal with Monk: She'll work for his reinstatement to the SFPD if he'll solve the mystery behind her grandmother's disappearance.
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Monk believes a woman's murder was the work of her former husband (Billy Burke), but the oversensitive sleuth has a rough time eroding his suspect's alibi. Susan: Nicole Forester. Marci: Sarah Silverman.
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Monk's agoraphobic brother Ambrose (John Turturro) calls, for the first time in seven years, to say he thinks he has witnessed a murder.
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Monk's home becomes a crime scene when his paperboy is murdered on the doorstep, and the sleuth's ego is dented by Sharona's feats of strength. Kevin Dorfman: Jarrad Paul. Vicki: Nicole DeHuff.
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A string of seemingly unrelated murders catches Monk's attention, as does a dry cleaner, who irks him by sewing on his jacket button the wrong way. Meanwhile, Sharona basks in the glow of her new beau's status as deputy mayor.
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The arrogant proprietor (Gary Cole) of a failing skin magazine tries to force Monk to abandon his investigation of a publisher's murder by threatening to expose Sharona's past. Danny Bonaduce appears as himself. Bethany: Jennifer Lyons. Noelle: Lisa Thornhill.
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Monk thinks he knows who is behind a recent explosion of mail bombings around San Francisco. Now he just has to solve how the suspect committed the crimes while in a coma.
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Monk and Sharona investigate after Sharona's sister, an actress, stabs a fellow actor during a play with what she thought was a retractable knife. In fact, the prop turns out to be all too real and the actor ends up dead. While attempting to nab the real killer, Monk is cast in the dead man's part, and suffers a case of stage fright.
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Stottlemeyer shrugs off his wife's suspicion that her documentary subject---the world's oldest man---was murdered. That is, until Monk supports her contention after surveying the victim's living quarters.
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Monk and Sharona head for the big top when a circus ringmaster is murdered by a gymnastic assassin, but linking their suspect (who uses a wheelchair) to the killing proves a formidable feat.
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The puzzling homicides of a business magnate and his wife lead Monk to suspect the murders are linked to a baseball slugger's chase for a home-run record.
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Monk ventures across the border to Mexico to investigate the bizarre death of a skydiver who apparently drowned---in mid-air---during a parachute jump.
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Monk's murder probe at a private school is stymied by a clever science teacher (Andrew McCarthy). Coach Patterson: David Rasche. Arlene Cassidy: Rosalind Chao.
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Disher's suspicions about his mother's new husband inspire Monk and Sharona to pose as a couple to uncover why the newlyweds are honeymooning at a marriage-therapy clinic. Maria: Susan Kellerman. Dalton: Nestor Carbonell. Skinner: William Sanderson. Dr. Waterford: Jane Lynch. Sheriff Mathis: Jim Beaver.
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