Monk and his colleagues travel to New York City to interview someone connected to Trudy's murder. While they are waiting, Monk helps solve the murder of the Latvian ambassador.

Monk reluctantly takes on the investigation of a home intruder who was killed by a woman who helps Monk find out what the intruder was after.

Monk investigates the brutal murder of a late kung-fu star's biographer, whose scandalous book has left the icon's fans kicking and screaming; Natalie wages a battle on Monk.

The FBI coop Monk up in a remote cabin with Stottlemeyer and Natalie after the jittery gumshoe witnesses a murder; meanwhile, Disher tries to get cozy with a new flame.

Monk, Natalie and Julie become snarled in a traffic jam after an environmentalist winds up on a deadly collision course with a gangster.

While in Sin City for a bachelor party, Stottlemeyer enlists Monk to prove a casino mogul's wife death wasn't accidental.

Natalie's campaign to be elected to the school board is interrupted by a sniper. Monk's life is endangered as well when he begins to investigate.

A severed finger turns up in the park, and Monk's only source of information is the two-year-old boy who found the finger.

Monk is called to a crime scene where a pet seems to be the killer: Ian Blackburn is found in his the panic room, shot four times and his pet chimp holding the weapon. Did the chimp do it?

A blackout puts half of San Francisco in the dark for a few minutes. When the police discover it wasn't an accident, Monk gets involved to try and figure out why.

Karen Stottlemeyer films a documentary of Captain Stottlemeyer's division. Despite the Commissioner's objections, Monk helps solve the case of a headless corpse, a fatal fire at a wig factory, and a hat thief all in one fell swoop.

A mob boss needs Monk's help to figure out who murdered some members of the family. Monk reluctantly takes the case when the FBI offers to help get him reinstated in exchange for the information he gathers.

Sharona takes a break from Monk so that she can concentrate on her creative writing class, but gets caught up in a twisted murder plot that causes her to question her sanity. Meanwhile, Monk is distracted by Sharona's replacement,...

Monk crosses paths with his old partner when he investigates the death of a dedicated store employee.

Monk is called upon by Trudy's dad to solve a mystery of a winning contestant on his game show in Los Angeles.

Monk's new medication causes problems when he investigates a suicide and simultaneous shooting of Captain Stottlemeyer.