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 him of crippling pain.

Monk agrees to undergo hypnotic therapy as treatment for his OCD and reverts to a different persona.

As Monk and his friends watch a TV news magazine piece on the solution of his hundredth case, he realizes that one of the victims was murdered by a different killer.

When Monk develops a crush on a model who is accused of murder, he is determined to prove her innocence, even though she confessed.

A friend of Natalie’s ex-husband seemingly commits suicide aboard a locked cabin on a submarine. Monk agrees to investigate, despite his phobia about being on–and beneath–the water.

Monk finds a new lease on life after giving up his hope of reinstatement to the SFPD.

Monk has to help out Natalie when she becomes involved in a lotto scandal.

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

Monk finds himself forced to move into what he hopes will be his dream house… which is anything but.

Stottlemeyer must keep up the pretense that Monk is dead, while Adrian tries to determine who framed him for murder.

Monk is arrested for murder, and finds that he has to go on the lam to clear himself.

Monk decides to take up painting as a hobby, and discovers an ardent admirer willing to buy anything he produces.

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

One of Monk’s treasured possessions is stolen from a safety deposit box, and he’ll go to any length to solve the case.

Monk joins a cult to solve a murder case, but becomes entranced by the cult’s charismatic leader.

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 Christmas.

Mr. Monk takes a walk when he can’t sleep, but ends up running into a murder.

When a man he sent to prison years ago is cleared based on new evidence, a guilty Monk tries to help him adjust to life on the outside.

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

Monk digs up trouble after following a treasure map brought to him by Dr. Kroger’s son Troy.

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

Monk’s friendship with Captain Stottlemeyer is put to the test when Monk suspects the captain’s girlfriend of murder.

Monk must confront his prejudice against nudists when he’s called to investigate a murder on a nude beach.

Monk is hired to clear the name of a famous rap star who is accused of murder.

When Marci Maven is accused of a bizarre crime, she turns to the object of her obsession for help – Adrian Monk.

Monk goes to the emergency room for a bloody nose, but when a doctor in the hospital turns up dead, Monk joins the murder investigation, and soon his own life is in grave danger.

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.

When Lt. Disher inherits a farm from an uncle who committed suicide, he decides to quit the police force and start a new life in the country. But Disher soon suspects that his uncle was murdered, so Monk joins him on the farm to investigate.

Monk goes toe to toe with a popular radio shock jock who is suspected of killing his wife.

When Natalie suspects foul play in the deaths of her parents’ wealthy neighbors, Monk goes undercover as a butler to investigate.

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 up to something?

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 film noir. Episode originally aired in black and white.

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.

Monk goes to a rock concert to look for Captain Stottlemeyer’s son and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation.

When Dr. Kroger retires after his cleaning lady is killed, it’s up to Monk to solve the case and get Dr. Kroger back to work.

Monk attends his college reunion and uncovers a complex murder plot against one of his former classmates.

When Natalie convinces Monk to go into business as a private eye, his first case is a seemingly innocuous fender bender that leads to a far more dangerous investigation.

When Monk goes to his firehouse to get his smoke detectors inspected, the crew is quickly called away to a fatal house fire in which a young woman is killed. Minutes later, a mysterious intruder walks into the firehouse, lethally bludgeons a veteran fireman, blinds Monk with cleaning acid, then escapes. Despite Monk losing his eyesight, Stottlemeyer coaxes him to continue investigating, and Monk soon finds that the fire and his attack are connected.

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

Monk finds himself adrift in an ocean of filth when a garbage strike brings San Francisco to a halt…and Adrian to near-paralysis.