Monk

Episodes

Season 2 · 16 episodes

• E1 Mr. Monk Goes Back to School
  Jun 20, 2003 45 min

  Monk takes a job as a substitute high school teacher at Trudy's alma mater to determine whether an English teacher really jumped from a clock tower while committing suicide, or was murdered by her boyfriend, a popular science teacher (Andrew McCarthy).

• E2 Mr. Monk Goes to Mexico
  Jun 27, 2003 44 min

  When a skydiver on vacation in San Macros, Mexico jumps out of an airplane, his chute malfunctions and he dies on impact in the desert. But the coroner finds water in the skydiver's lungs, saying that the boy drowned in midair. Monk is brought to Mexico, where the phrase "don't drink the water" takes on a whole new meaning.

• E3 Mr. Monk Goes to the Ballgame
  Jul 11, 2003 44 min

  When a ruthless CEO and his wife are lured to an industrial park and are shot dead in their car, Monk connects their murders to a star baseball player's (Christopher Wiehl) quest for the single season home run record.

• E4 Mr. Monk Goes to the Circus
  Jul 18, 2003 45 min

  When a circus ringmaster is shot dead by a high flying acrobat at a restaurant, Monk immediately suspects the man's vengeful ex-wife (Lolita Davidovich) of the murder. But before Monk can find out how the pretty trapeze artist committed the murder with a broken foot, he must get Sharona to overcome her fear of elephants.

• E5 Mr. Monk and the Very, Very Old Man
  Jul 25, 2003 45 min

  Captain Stottlemeyer must take a page from the Book of Monk when his wife nags him into looking into the murder of the world's oldest man. First on-screen appearance of Karen Stottlemeyer (Glenne Headly).

• E6 Mr. Monk Goes to the Theater
  Aug 1, 2003 45 min

  Sharona's sister Gail (Amy Sedaris) lands a part in a local play that any actress would kill for. But when the actor playing her love interest literally dies on stage after Gail apparently stabs him with a real knife that was switched with a prop knife, the police are convinced she's taken her role a little too far. Sharona and her mother (Betty Buckley) urge Monk to step into the spotlight and find the real killer before the curtain falls on Gail for good.

• E7 Mr. Monk and the Sleeping Suspect
  Aug 8, 2003 45 min

  Monk suspects a guy of murdering his sister with a mail bomb. The only problem: his primary suspect is in a coma. Meanwhile, Sharona is visited by her ex-husband Trevor (Frank John Hughes).

• E8 Mr. Monk Meets the Playboy
  Aug 15, 2003 45 min

  When the publisher of the high-powered glamour Sapphire Magazine is strangled and killed on his exercise weights under mysterious circumstances, all clues lead to the infamous swinging party palace, Sapphire Mansion, and the playboy (Gary Cole) behind the magazine. But while a weekend behind the gates of the legendary estate may be every man's fantasy, it is Monk's worst nightmare, especially after his suspect threatens to release embarrassing photos from Sharona's past.

• E9 Mr. Monk and the 12th Man
  Aug 22, 2003 44 min

  When a rash of unusual attacks and murders strike, Monk is called upon to find the link between the victims and stop the killer before the next murder.

• E10 Mr. Monk and the Paperboy
  Jan 16, 2004 44 min

  When Monk's paperboy is murdered on his doorstep by a guy looking to steal his newspapers, Monk turns to the pages of the newspaper for clues to solve the baffling crime.

• E11 Mr. Monk and the Three Pies
  Jan 23, 2004 44 min

  During the investigation into a carjacking over a cherry pie, Adrian is called by his estranged agoraphobic brother Ambrose (John Turturro), who is convinced that his next-door neighbor murdered his wife. Adrian must rebuild his relationship with Ambrose while investigating the neighbor at the same time.

• E12 Mr. Monk and the T.V. Star
  Jan 30, 2004 44 min

  Monk suspects the star (Billy Burke) of a popular CSI-based TV crime show of killing his ex-wife so that he doesn't have to share his enormous paychecks with her.

• E13 Mr. Monk and the Missing Granny
  Feb 6, 2004 44 min

  A law student (Rachel Dratch) offers to get Monk reinstated to the police force in exchange for his help in finding the kidnappers of her beloved grandmother.

• E14 Mr. Monk and the Captain's Wife
  Feb 13, 2004 43 min

  A tow truck driver is shot dead by a roadside sniper. His truck then careens off the road and crashes into Karen Stottlemeyer's (Glenne Headly) oncoming van, leaving her in a coma. Monk, most interested by the fact that the shooter and the driver were barefoot, must find out what really happened and keep Leland from doing something that could cost him his badge.

• E15 Mr. Monk Gets Married
  Feb 27, 2004 44 min

  When Randy's mother gets married to an antiques store dealer (Nestor Carbonell), Randy becomes suspicious of his new stepfather and asks Monk and Sharona to look into him.

• E16 Mr. Monk Goes to Jail
  Mar 5, 2004 44 min

  When a death row inmate is poisoned to death 45 minutes before his scheduled execution, Monk is brought in to find out why and runs into his nemesis, Dale the Whale (Tim Curry), who will offer Monk information about Trudy if he finds who killed the inmate. The suspects, however, are endless, including the prison librarian (Kathy Baker), another inmate (Danny Trejo), and even neo-Nazis.