After twenty-two-month-old Tommy Graser finds a severed finger and gives it to a policeman, Monk walks through the park with Tommy trying to retrace the child’s steps. He finds no…

With her daughter’s school about to be closed as a cost-cutting measure, Natalie becomes a candidate in the upcoming school board election despite Monk’s fears that she’ll desert him if…

When Monk, Natalie, and Julie get stuck in a traffic jam after a multi-car collision blocks the freeway, Monk gets out of the car to investigate. He soon deduces from…

With Sharona in New Jersey remarried to her ex-husband, Monk has been without an assistant for three months and it’s time to find a new one–if only he could find…

Monk searches for a killer who is apparently targeting women with the name Julie, a name which Natalie’s daughter shares.

Monk becomes a social pariah when he shoots a man dressed as Santa Claus. Then he must clear his name and foil a larger criminal plot, all in time for…

Monk has trouble coping with new information that he finds out about his arch-rival, Harold Krenshaw.

Monk tries to prove a sports agent is guilty of murder while helping Natalie’s teenage daughter with her love life.

When the mysterious “Six Way Killer” strikes in San Francisco, Monk matches his detective skills against the flashy forensic technology of a federal agent as they both pursue the murderer.

A fun-loving everyman named Hal bumps into Monk, and the two become fast friends. For the first time in his life, Monk appears to have a buddy. But is Hal…

A missing millionaire suffering from leprosy comes out of hiding to hire Monk, who soon finds himself in the midst of a shadowy murder plot worthy of a classic Hollywood…

When Monk’s truck driving father rolls into town at Christmastime, Monk joins him on the road, where they stumble across a very peculiar mystery.

Julie and her friends hire Monk to look into the suspicious death of their basketball coach.

When Captain Stottlemeyer suspects that a suicide is really a murder, Monk confirms his suspicions by discovering that the victim, Joanne Raphelson, was too short to have used the stool…

Monk is facing a crisis: he’s down to five shirts. But Inspector No. 8, the only shirt inspector who can meet Monk’s criteria for perfection, is not up to her…

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 bar several…

Needing a date for her brother’s rehearsal dinner, Natalie resorts to asking Lt. Disher.

Monk feels too sick to work until a case gets him out of bed.

Monk is reunited with his agoraphobic brother, Ambrose, after the murder of an armored car driver.

While Monk is immobilized by the presence of dog poo at a crime scene, slovenly private eye Marty Eels steps in, using the dog poo (and the dog) as clues…

Monk is called to a murder at the location where he first heard of his wife’s murder, and while Monk figures out who the assassin is, he doesn’t know that…

Natalie suspects a theater critic is responsible for a murder, despite the fact that he was present to review her daughter Julie’s play at the same time the victim died.

When three homeless men seek Monk’s services at the holidays, Natalie convinces him to investigate their friend’s death; Stottlemeyer’s faith is reawakened after a visit to a monastery fountain rids…

Monk must match wits against a grandmaster chess player that he suspects of murder.