16 episodesFirst aired 18 July 2008
Facing a fear of starting over with a new therapist, Adrian struggles with his phobias while finding new friends and trying to get back on the force.
E1Jul 200843m
When his neighbor's child plays the piano too loud, Monk decides it's time to move.
E2Jul 200843m
Monk goes up against a Bobby Fisher-type chess genius who always appears to be two steps ahead of Monk.
E3Aug 200843m
Monk has to help out Natalie when she becomes involved in a lotto scandal.
E4Aug 200843m
Monk finds a new lease on life after giving up his hope of reinstatement to the SFPD.
E5Aug 200843m
A former friend of Mitch's dies in a locked room aboard a submarine and everyone cries suicide. When Monk and the crew investigate, the ship suddenly descends and Monk finds himself trapped on-board, underwater.
E6Aug 200843m
When Monk develops a crush on a model who is accused of murder, he is determined to prove her innocence, even though she confessed.
E7Sept 200843m
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.
E8Sept 200843m
After Monk seeks a new form of therapy (hypnosis), he finds himself reverting to his 9-year old personality.
E9Nov 200843m
When three homeless men seek out Monk's services at the holidays, Natalie convinces him to investigate the death of their friend.
E10Jan 200943m
When Monk's delinquent half-brother, Jack Jr., escapes from prison and breaks into Monk's apartment, he manipulates Monk into helping him find the person he claims framed him for murder.
E11Jan 200942m
When Natalie unwittingly helps a thief steal the bicycle of a biotech CEO, she ropes Monk into solving a crime straight out of "Encyclopedia Brown" -- until Monk learns the hard way how dangerous this thief really is.
E12Jan 200943m
While investigating a murder at a museum of oddities, Monk befriends a warm older woman, but he has trouble believing the friendship comes without a catch.
E13Jan 200942m
Monk has scored tickets to the biggest football game of the year, but he and Captain Stottlemeyer can't go inside until they figure out who tried to blow up a fan in the parking lot.
E14Feb 200943m
When a childhood bully who terrorized Monk hires the detective to trail his wife, whom he suspects of infidelity, Monk relishes the opportunity to prove him right — and things get even sweeter when the bully is accused of murder.
E15Feb 200943m
Monk goes head-to-head with a magician he suspects of murder.
E16Feb 200943m
Monk becomes involved in the disappearance of a city official that could have ramifications concerning Trudy's murder.