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cover</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Shalhoub" title="Tony Shalhoub">Tony Shalhoub</a><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <a href="/wiki/Bitty_Schram" title="Bitty Schram">Bitty Schram</a><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><a href="/wiki/Ted_Levine" title="Ted Levine">Ted Levine</a> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Gray-Stanford" title="Jason Gray-Stanford">Jason Gray-Stanford</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of episodes</th><td class="infobox-data">16</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary" style="background-color: #ffe018; color: black; padding: 0.25em 1em; line-height: 1.5em;">Release</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Original network</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/USA_Network" title="USA Network">USA Network</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Original release</th><td class="infobox-data">June 20, 2003<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2003-06-20</span>)</span> –<br />March 5, 2004<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2004-03-05</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary" style="background-color: #ffe018; color: black; padding: 0.25em 1em; line-height: 1.5em;">Season chronology</th></tr><tr class="noprint"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="float: left;">← <b>Previous</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Monk_season_1" title="Monk season 1">Season 1</a> </div><div style="float: right;"><b>Next</b> →<br /><a href="/wiki/Monk_season_3" title="Monk season 3">Season 3</a> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Monk_episodes" title="List of Monk episodes">List of episodes</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The second season of <i><a href="/wiki/Monk_(TV_series)" title="Monk (TV series)">Monk</a></i> originally aired in the United States on <a href="/wiki/USA_Network" title="USA Network">USA Network</a> from June 20, 2003, to March 5, 2004. It consisted of 16 episodes. <a href="/wiki/Tony_Shalhoub" title="Tony Shalhoub">Tony Shalhoub</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bitty_Schram" title="Bitty Schram">Bitty Schram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ted_Levine" title="Ted Levine">Ted Levine</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jason_Gray-Stanford" title="Jason Gray-Stanford">Jason Gray-Stanford</a> reprised their roles as the main characters. A DVD of the season was released on October 11, 2004. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Crew">Crew</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monk_season_2&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Crew"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Andy_Breckman" title="Andy Breckman">Andy Breckman</a> continued his tenure as <a href="/wiki/Show_runner" class="mw-redirect" title="Show runner">show runner</a>. Executive producers for the season included Breckman and David Hoberman. <a href="/wiki/Universal_Network_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Universal Network Television">Universal Network Television</a> was the primary production company backing the show. The instrumental theme (written by <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Beal" title="Jeff Beal">Jeff Beal</a>) was replaced by "<a href="/wiki/It%27s_a_Jungle_Out_There_(song)" title="It's a Jungle Out There (song)">It's a Jungle Out There</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Randy_Newman" title="Randy Newman">Randy Newman</a>. The song received a <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Main_Title_Theme_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music">Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music</a>, making <i>Monk</i> the first show to win the award twice. 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Writers for the season included David Breckman, <a href="/wiki/Lee_Goldberg" title="Lee Goldberg">Lee Goldberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_Rabkin" title="William Rabkin">William Rabkin</a>, Hy Conrad, Daniel Dratch, Michael Angeli, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Scharpling" title="Tom Scharpling">Tom Scharpling</a>, Joe Toplyn, and Andy Breckman. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monk_season_2&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Monk_characters" title="List of Monk characters">List of Monk characters</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Monk_cast_members" title="List of Monk cast members">List of Monk cast members</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kane_ritchotte.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2e/Kane_ritchotte.jpg/250px-Kane_ritchotte.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2e/Kane_ritchotte.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="352" data-file-height="240" /></a><figcaption> Kane Ritchotte returned as <a href="/wiki/Benjy_Fleming" class="mw-redirect" title="Benjy Fleming">Benjy Fleming</a>. He portrayed the character in the <a href="/wiki/Mr._Monk_and_the_Candidate" title="Mr. Monk and the Candidate">pilot episode</a>, but <a href="/wiki/Max_Morrow" title="Max Morrow">Max Morrow</a> was given the role for the remainder of season one. Ritchotte took over for the remainder of the series.</figcaption></figure> <p>All of the main cast from the <a href="/wiki/Monk_season_1" title="Monk season 1">first season</a> returned: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Shalhoub" title="Tony Shalhoub">Tony Shalhoub</a> as <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Monk" title="Adrian Monk">Adrian Monk</a>, the "defective detective"; <a href="/wiki/Bitty_Schram" title="Bitty Schram">Bitty Schram</a> as Sharona Fleming, Monk's forceful nurse and assistant; <a href="/wiki/Ted_Levine" title="Ted Levine">Ted Levine</a> as <a href="/wiki/Captain_Leland_Stottlemeyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Captain Leland Stottlemeyer">Captain Leland Stottlemeyer</a> of the SFPD; and <a href="/wiki/Jason_Gray-Stanford" title="Jason Gray-Stanford">Jason Gray-Stanford</a> as <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Randy_Disher" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant Randy Disher">Lieutenant Randy Disher</a>. The role of <a href="/wiki/Benjy_Fleming" class="mw-redirect" title="Benjy Fleming">Benjy Fleming</a> (Sharona's son) returned to the original actor, <a href="/wiki/Kane_Ritchotte" class="mw-redirect" title="Kane Ritchotte">Kane Ritchotte</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Kamel" title="Stanley Kamel">Stanley Kamel</a> returned as Monk's psychiatrist, <a href="/wiki/Dr._Charles_Kroger" class="mw-redirect" title="Dr. Charles Kroger">Dr. Charles Kroger</a>. </p><p>Guest stars for the season included <a href="/wiki/Glenne_Headly" title="Glenne Headly">Glenne Headly</a> in two episodes as <a href="/wiki/Karen_Stottlemeyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Karen Stottlemeyer">Karen Stottlemeyer</a>, Leland's wife, and <a href="/wiki/Jarrad_Paul" title="Jarrad Paul">Jarrad Paul</a> as Monk's annoying upstairs neighbor, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Dorfman" class="mw-redirect" title="Kevin Dorfman">Kevin Dorfman</a>. <a href="/wiki/John_Turturro" title="John Turturro">John Turturro</a> guest starred as Monk's agoraphobic brother, <a href="/wiki/Ambrose_Monk" class="mw-redirect" title="Ambrose Monk">Ambrose</a>, a role that would later win him an Emmy. <a href="/wiki/Tim_Curry" title="Tim Curry">Tim Curry</a> took over the role of <a href="/wiki/Dale_%22The_Whale%22_Biederbeck" class="mw-redirect" title="Dale "The Whale" Biederbeck">Dale the Whale</a>, originally handled by <a href="/wiki/Adam_Arkin" title="Adam Arkin">Adam Arkin</a> in "<a href="/wiki/Mr._Monk_Meets_Dale_the_Whale" class="mw-redirect" title="Mr. Monk Meets Dale the Whale">Mr. Monk Meets Dale the Whale</a>". The part of <a href="/wiki/Trudy_Monk" class="mw-redirect" title="Trudy Monk">Trudy Monk</a>, Monk's deceased wife, was played again by Stellina Rusich, but after a recast <a href="/wiki/Melora_Hardin" title="Melora Hardin">Melora Hardin</a> replaced her for the role. <a href="/wiki/Amy_Sedaris" title="Amy Sedaris">Amy Sedaris</a> reprised her role as Gail Fleming, and <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Silverman" title="Sarah Silverman">Sarah Silverman</a> made her debut as Monk's biggest fan, <a href="/wiki/Marci_Maven" class="mw-redirect" title="Marci Maven">Marci Maven</a>. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Episodes">Episodes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monk_season_2&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Episodes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Monk_episodes" title="List of Monk episodes">List of Monk episodes</a></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders wikiepisodetable" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr style="color:black;text-align:center"><th scope="col" style="background:#ffe018;width:5%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr><br />overall</th><th scope="col" style="background:#ffe018;width:5%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> in<br />season</th><th scope="col" style="background:#ffe018;width:25%;color:black">Title</th><th scope="col" style="background:#ffe018;width:19%;color:black">Directed by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#ffe018;width:19%;color:black">Written by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#ffe018;width:15%;color:black">Original air date</th><th scope="col" style="background:#ffe018;width:10%;color:black">U.S. viewers<br />(millions)</th></tr><tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep14" style="text-align:center">14</th><td style="text-align:center">1</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Mr. Monk Goes Back to School"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Randall_Zisk" class="mw-redirect" title="Randall Zisk">Randall Zisk</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><i>Story by</i> : David Breckman and Rick Kronberg<br /><i>Teleplay by</i> : David Breckman</td><td style="text-align:center">June 20, 2003<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2003-06-20</span>)</span></td><td style="text-align:center">5.43<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #ffe018"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> An English teacher (Erica Yoder) falls from the clock tower at Trudy Monk's alma mater. Monk takes a job as a substitute teacher to determine whether she committed suicide or was murdered by her boyfriend, a popular science teacher (<a href="/wiki/Andrew_McCarthy" title="Andrew McCarthy">Andrew McCarthy</a>). Also stars <a href="/wiki/Rosalind_Chao" title="Rosalind Chao">Rosalind Chao</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Rasche" title="David Rasche">David Rasche</a>.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep15" style="text-align:center">15</th><td style="text-align:center">2</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Mr. Monk Goes to Mexico"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Ron_Underwood" title="Ron Underwood">Ron Underwood</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Lee_Goldberg" title="Lee Goldberg">Lee Goldberg</a> and <a href="/wiki/William_Rabkin" title="William Rabkin">William Rabkin</a></td><td style="text-align:center">June 27, 2003<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2003-06-27</span>)</span></td><td style="text-align:center">4.03<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #ffe018"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> A college student on spring break in Mexico dies in a skydiving accident, but an autopsy suggests that he drowned in midair. Monk and Sharona are called in to help with the case and must deal with stolen luggage, a lack of Monk's favorite brand of bottled water, and multiple attempts on his life. Guest stars <a href="/wiki/Tony_Plana" title="Tony Plana">Tony Plana</a>.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep16" style="text-align:center">16</th><td style="text-align:center">3</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Mr. Monk Goes to the Ballgame"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Spiller" title="Michael Spiller">Michael Spiller</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Hy Conrad</td><td style="text-align:center">July 11, 2003<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2003-07-11</span>)</span></td><td style="text-align:center">3.64<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #ffe018"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Monk comes to the aid of a star baseball player (<a href="/wiki/Christopher_Wiehl" title="Christopher Wiehl">Christopher Wiehl</a>), on the verge of breaking the home run record, after someone trying to protect the record murders the player's lover and her husband. <a href="/wiki/Rainn_Wilson" title="Rainn Wilson">Rainn Wilson</a> guest stars as Walker Browning.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep17" style="text-align:center">17</th><td style="text-align:center">4</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Mr. Monk Goes to the Circus"</td><td style="text-align:center">Randall Zisk</td><td style="text-align:center">James Krieg</td><td style="text-align:center">July 18, 2003<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2003-07-18</span>)</span></td><td style="text-align:center">4.07<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #ffe018"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Monk tries to figure out how a vengeful circus acrobat (<a href="/wiki/Lolita_Davidovich" title="Lolita Davidovich">Lolita Davidovich</a>) murdered her ex-husband, the ringmaster, with a broken foot. But Monk must also get Sharona to overcome her fear of elephants in order to disprove her accusations of insensitivity against him.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep18" style="text-align:center">18</th><td style="text-align:center">5</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Mr. Monk and the Very, Very Old Man"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Trilling" title="Lawrence Trilling">Lawrence Trilling</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Daniel Dratch</td><td style="text-align:center">July 25, 2003<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2003-07-25</span>)</span></td><td style="text-align:center">3.65<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #ffe018"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Captain Stottlemeyer's wife throws his life into disarray first by nagging him into investigating the death of the world's oldest man (<a href="/wiki/Patrick_Crenshaw" class="mw-redirect" title="Patrick Crenshaw">Patrick Crenshaw</a>), then by throwing him out so that he has no choice but to move in with Monk, and they must solve the murder as quickly as possible before they both lose their minds. First on-screen appearance of <a href="/wiki/Karen_Stottlemeyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Karen Stottlemeyer">Karen Stottlemeyer</a> (<a href="/wiki/Glenne_Headly" title="Glenne Headly">Glenne Headly</a>). Also stars <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Fuller" title="Kurt Fuller">Kurt Fuller</a>.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep19" style="text-align:center">19</th><td style="text-align:center">6</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Mr. Monk Goes to the Theater"</td><td style="text-align:center">Ron Underwood</td><td style="text-align:center"><i>Story by</i> : <a href="/wiki/Wendy_Mass" title="Wendy Mass">Wendy Mass</a> and Stu Levine<br /><i>Teleplay by</i> : <a href="/wiki/Tom_Scharpling" title="Tom Scharpling">Tom Scharpling</a></td><td style="text-align:center">August 1, 2003<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2003-08-01</span>)</span></td><td style="text-align:center">4.70<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #ffe018"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> While acting in a play, Sharona's sister <a href="/wiki/Gail_Fleming" class="mw-redirect" title="Gail Fleming">Gail</a> (<a href="/wiki/Amy_Sedaris" title="Amy Sedaris">Amy Sedaris</a>) becomes the prime suspect in the murder of her co-star and ex-boyfriend, Hal Duncan (<a href="/wiki/Marc_Vann" title="Marc Vann">Marc Vann</a>), after he dies onstage with a knife buried in his chest. At the urging of Sharona and her mother (<a href="/wiki/Betty_Buckley" title="Betty Buckley">Betty Buckley</a>), Monk begins to investigate and suspects Gail's understudy, Jenna (<a href="/wiki/Melissa_George" title="Melissa George">Melissa George</a>) murdered Hal to steal Gail's role, but finds himself stepping into the spotlight as he tries to prove it.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep20" style="text-align:center">20</th><td style="text-align:center">7</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Mr. Monk and the Sleeping Suspect"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Levine" title="Jerry Levine">Jerry Levine</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Karl_Schaefer" title="Karl Schaefer">Karl Schaefer</a></td><td style="text-align:center">August 8, 2003<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2003-08-08</span>)</span></td><td style="text-align:center">4.52<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #ffe018"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> After a woman is killed by a mail bomb, Monk becomes convinced that her brother is the culprit, despite the fact that the man has been in a coma for months. Sharona's ex-husband <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Howe" class="mw-redirect" title="Trevor Howe">Trevor</a> (<a href="/wiki/Frank_John_Hughes" title="Frank John Hughes">Frank John Hughes</a>) visits her and Benjy, claiming to have turned his life around and wanting them to move to New Jersey with him.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep21" style="text-align:center">21</th><td style="text-align:center">8</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Mr. Monk Meets the Playboy"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Tom_DiCillo" title="Tom DiCillo">Tom DiCillo</a></td><td style="text-align:center">James Krieg</td><td style="text-align:center">August 15, 2003<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2003-08-15</span>)</span></td><td style="text-align:center">2.79<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <small>(HH)</small></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #ffe018"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> A disagreement between the owner and publisher of a popular men's magazine (<a href="/wiki/Gary_Cole" title="Gary Cole">Gary Cole</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Tymchyshyn" title="Mark Tymchyshyn">Mark Tymchyshyn</a>) ends with the publisher's murder in his private gym. Monk and Sharona visit the owner's opulent party palace to investigate the crime, but Monk finds himself facing an uncomfortable choice: drop the case or watch the prime suspect ruin Sharona's life by publishing compromising photos from her past. Also guest stars <a href="/wiki/Danny_Bonaduce" title="Danny Bonaduce">Danny Bonaduce</a> as himself.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep22" style="text-align:center">22</th><td style="text-align:center">9</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Mr. Monk and the 12th Man"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Zinberg" title="Michael Zinberg">Michael Zinberg</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Angeli" title="Michael Angeli">Michael Angeli</a></td><td style="text-align:center">August 22, 2003<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2003-08-22</span>)</span></td><td style="text-align:center">4.36<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #ffe018"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Monk is called in to investigate a series of murders whose methods and victims seem to have nothing in common. Meanwhile, Sharona's new relationship with the deputy mayor (<a href="/wiki/Jerry_Levine" title="Jerry Levine">Jerry Levine</a>) has the entire police department fawning over her. Also stars <a href="/wiki/Billy_Gardell" title="Billy Gardell">Billy Gardell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ed_Marinaro" title="Ed Marinaro">Ed Marinaro</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lauren_Tom" title="Lauren Tom">Lauren Tom</a>.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep23" style="text-align:center">23</th><td style="text-align:center">10</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Mr. Monk and the Paperboy"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Fresco" title="Michael Fresco">Michael Fresco</a></td><td style="text-align:center">David Breckman and Hy Conrad</td><td style="text-align:center">January 16, 2004<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2004-01-16</span>)</span></td><td style="text-align:center">5.95<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #ffe018"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Monk's home life is thrown into turmoil after his paperboy is murdered outside the front door and his upstairs neighbor, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Dorfman" class="mw-redirect" title="Kevin Dorfman">Kevin Dorfman</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jarrad_Paul" title="Jarrad Paul">Jarrad Paul</a>), begins a whirlwind romance with a convenience store clerk. The sounds of their lovemaking keep Monk up at night. Monk is certain there is something in that particular newspaper that the killer does not want him to see. While examining it, Monk manages to solve a local hit-and-run and a murder in Paris. A related murder outside a night deposit box helps him solve his case.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep24" style="text-align:center">24</th><td style="text-align:center">11</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Mr._Monk_and_the_Three_Pies" title="Mr. Monk and the Three Pies">Mr. Monk and the Three Pies</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center">Randall Zisk</td><td style="text-align:center">Tom Scharpling and Daniel Dratch</td><td style="text-align:center">January 23, 2004<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2004-01-23</span>)</span></td><td style="text-align:center">4.94<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #ffe018"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> An investigation into the carjacking death of a woman at a town festival leads Monk to an uneasy reunion with his estranged, <a href="/wiki/Agoraphobia" title="Agoraphobia">agoraphobic</a> brother <a href="/wiki/Ambrose_Monk" class="mw-redirect" title="Ambrose Monk">Ambrose</a> (<a href="/wiki/John_Turturro" title="John Turturro">John Turturro</a>), who is convinced that his next-door neighbor (<a href="/wiki/Holt_McCallany" title="Holt McCallany">Holt McCallany</a>) murdered his wife. Also stars <a href="/wiki/Leslie_Jordan" title="Leslie Jordan">Leslie Jordan</a>.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep25" style="text-align:center">25</th><td style="text-align:center">12</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Mr. Monk and the TV Star"</td><td style="text-align:center">Randall Zisk</td><td style="text-align:center">Tom Scharpling</td><td style="text-align:center">January 30, 2004<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2004-01-30</span>)</span></td><td style="text-align:center">6.27<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #ffe018"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> The ex-wife of the star (<a href="/wiki/Billy_Burke_(actor)" title="Billy Burke (actor)">Billy Burke</a>) of a popular crime television series is stabbed to death in her home. Monk is convinced that the actor killed her, but his seemingly perfect alibi and a confession by his biggest fan leave Monk floundering in his search for the truth. First appearance of <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Silverman" title="Sarah Silverman">Sarah Silverman</a> as <a href="/wiki/Marci_Maven" class="mw-redirect" title="Marci Maven">Marci Maven</a>.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep26" style="text-align:center">26</th><td style="text-align:center">13</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Mr. Monk and the Missing Granny"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Bill" title="Tony Bill">Tony Bill</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Joe Toplyn</td><td style="text-align:center">February 6, 2004<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2004-02-06</span>)</span></td><td style="text-align:center">5.52<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #ffe018"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> A law student (<a href="/wiki/Rachel_Dratch" title="Rachel Dratch">Rachel Dratch</a>) offers to help Monk win reinstatement to the police force if he can catch her grandmother's kidnappers. A bizarre ransom demand - turkey dinners for the homeless - and the apparent involvement of a 1960s-era activist group send the case in unexpected directions as Monk anticipates returning to duty as a cop. Also stars <a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Shalhoub_(actor)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Michael Shalhoub (actor) (page does not exist)">Michael Shalhoub</a> and <a href="/wiki/Larry_Hankin" title="Larry Hankin">Larry Hankin</a>.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep27" style="text-align:center">27</th><td style="text-align:center">14</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Mr. Monk and the Captain's Wife"</td><td style="text-align:center">Jerry Levine</td><td style="text-align:center"><i>Story by</i> : <a href="/wiki/Andy_Breckman" title="Andy Breckman">Andy Breckman</a> and Beth Landou<br /><i>Teleplay by</i> : Andy Breckman</td><td style="text-align:center">February 13, 2004<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2004-02-13</span>)</span></td><td style="text-align:center">5.60<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #ffe018"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Karen Stottlemeyer is critically injured after crashing into a tow truck whose driver has been shot dead by a roadside sniper. As Monk concentrates on the fact that the shooter and victim were both barefoot, Leland puts his career at risk in an effort to tie a labor union boss to the crime, even though Monk believes the labor dispute was unrelated.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep28" style="text-align:center">28</th><td style="text-align:center">15</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Mr. Monk Gets Married"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Craig_Zisk" title="Craig Zisk">Craig Zisk</a></td><td style="text-align:center">David Breckman</td><td style="text-align:center">February 27, 2004<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2004-02-27</span>)</span></td><td style="text-align:center">4.77<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #ffe018"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Monk and Sharona pretend to be married in order to go undercover at a couples' therapy retreat and investigate Lt. Disher's new stepfather, an antiques dealer (<a href="/wiki/Nestor_Carbonell" class="mw-redirect" title="Nestor Carbonell">Nestor Carbonell</a>) over 20 years his new wife's junior. The man is obsessed with finding a cache of gold supposedly hidden on the property during the <a href="/wiki/California_Gold_Rush" class="mw-redirect" title="California Gold Rush">California Gold Rush</a>, and Disher begins to suspect him in the disappearance of his business partner (<a href="/wiki/Michael_Ensign" title="Michael Ensign">Michael Ensign</a>). <a href="/wiki/Jane_Lynch" title="Jane Lynch">Jane Lynch</a> guest stars as the therapist, and <a href="/wiki/William_Sanderson" title="William Sanderson">William Sanderson</a> as Joshua Skinner.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep29" style="text-align:center">29</th><td style="text-align:center">16</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Mr. Monk Goes to Jail"</td><td style="text-align:center">Jerry Levine</td><td style="text-align:center">Chris Manheim</td><td style="text-align:center">March 5, 2004<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2004-03-05</span>)</span></td><td style="text-align:center">5.51<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="8" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #ffe018"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> When a death row inmate is fatally poisoned 15 minutes before his scheduled execution, Monk visits the prison to investigate the case. His nemesis, <a href="/wiki/Dale_%22The_Whale%22_Biederbeck" class="mw-redirect" title="Dale "The Whale" Biederbeck">Dale the Whale</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tim_Curry" title="Tim Curry">Tim Curry</a>), offers to tell Monk everything he knows about Trudy's death if Monk finds the killer. Acting on a tip from the prison librarian (<a href="/wiki/Kathy_Baker" title="Kathy Baker">Kathy Baker</a>), Monk goes undercover as an inmate and is assigned to a cell with a quadruple murderer (<a href="/wiki/Danny_Trejo" title="Danny Trejo">Danny Trejo</a>), whom he becomes friends with.</div></td></tr></tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237879425">.mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable tr.vevent,.mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable tr.vevent th{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable .summary{text-align:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .module-episode-list-row small[style]{color:#d5d584!important;background:#333;padding:8px}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable span[style^="color"]{color:inherit!important;border-bottom:dotted 1px}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .module-episode-list-row small[style]{color:#d5d584!important;background:#333;padding:8px}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable span[style^="color"]{color:inherit!important;border-bottom:dotted 1px}}</style> <ul><li>A <small>(HH)</small> listed next to a viewership number indicates the number of household viewers. These are only used if total viewership numbers were unavailable for that particular episode.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monk_season_2&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first season received positive reviews from critics. On <a href="/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes" title="Rotten Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a>, season 2 has an approval rating of 100% based on eight reviews.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_nominations">Awards and nominations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monk_season_2&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Awards and nominations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Monk" title="List of awards and nominations received by Monk">List of awards and nominations received by Monk</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Emmy_Awards">Emmy Awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monk_season_2&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Emmy Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Outstanding Actor – Comedy Series (Tony Shalhoub, nominated)</li> <li>Outstanding Casting – Comedy Series (nominated)</li> <li>Outstanding Guest Actor – Comedy Series (<a href="/wiki/John_Turturro" title="John Turturro">John Turturro</a> for playing "Ambrose Monk" in "Mr. Monk and the Three Pies", <b>won</b>)</li> <li>Outstanding Main Title Theme Music (<a href="/wiki/Randy_Newman" title="Randy Newman">Randy Newman</a> for "<a href="/wiki/It%27s_a_Jungle_Out_There_(song)" title="It's a Jungle Out There (song)">It's a Jungle Out There</a>", <b>won</b>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Golden_Globe_Awards">Golden Globe Awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monk_season_2&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Golden Globe Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series (Tony Shalhoub, nominated)</li> <li>Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series (Bitty Schram for playing "Sharona Fleming", nominated)</li> <li>Best Series – Musical or Comedy (nominated)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Screen_Actors_Guild">Screen Actors Guild</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monk_season_2&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Screen Actors Guild"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Outstanding Actor – Comedy Series (Tony Shalhoub for playing "Adrian Monk", <b>won</b>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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