Monk: Season 8

2009 · 16 episodes · ★ 7.5

What Season 8 of Monk

Adrian Monk keeps working with Sharona as a private detective and police consultant, but Trudy's murder remains unsolved and he never stops investigating it. This season, an unexpected connection to his late wife's past gives him a lead toward the culprit. Meanwhile, the lives of his friends begin to change, and Monk must decide how to move toward a better future. Tony Shalhoub stars in the series, set in San Francisco.

16episodes

Aug 7, 2009premiered

Dec 4, 2009final episode

11.4 hrtotal runtime

Season 8 Episodes

8x01 Mr. Monk's Favorite Show
Aug 7, 2009 · 43 min · ★ 7.4
After the attempted murder of a former child star from Monk's favorite show, Monk accepts the job as her bodyguard.
Starring: Michael Stoyanov, Sarah Aldrich, Elizabeth Perkins, Cameron Monaghan
8x02 Mr. Monk and the Foreign Man
Aug 14, 2009 · 43 min · ★ 7.8
While investigating the puzzling, high profile murder of a maid whose assailant apparently tried to treat her wounds, Monk finds himself increasingly drawn to another case involving a visiting African man investigating his beloved wife's hit-and-run death.
Directing: David Grossman · Writing: David Breckman · Starring: Laura Johnson, Henri Lubatti, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Gregory Sporleder
8x03 Mr. Monk and the UFO
Aug 21, 2009 · 42 min · ★ 7.6
Monk must uncover the link between a missing girl and a UFO sighting after Natalie's car breaks down in a small desert town.
Directing: Kevin Hooks · Starring: Daniel Stern, Jeremy Howard, Ethan Cohn, Eric Lange
8x04 Mr. Monk Is Someone Else
Aug 28, 2009 · 43 min · ★ 6.5
Monk assumes the identity of a dead hit man in an effort to foil an assassination plot.
Directing: Randall Zisk · Starring: Reed Diamond, Michael Fairman, Tim Bagley, Vincent Curatola
8x05 Mr. Monk Takes the Stand
Sep 11, 2009 · 43 min · ★ 8.1
Monk's phobias threaten to undermine a big murder case when an aggressive defense attorney targets the detective's unconventional methods in court.
Directing: Mary Lou Belli · Writing: Dylan Morgan, Josh Siegal · Starring: Jonathan Lipnicki, Joseph D. Reitman, Héctor Elizondo, Jay Mohr
8x06 Mr. Monk and the Critic
Sep 18, 2009 · 43 min · ★ 7.2
Natalie becomes convinced a critic who panned her daughter Julie's theatrical performance was responsible for a murder at the same time as the show.
Directing: Jerry Levine · Writing: Hy Conrad · Starring: Erin Cahill, Dylan Baker, Emmy Clarke, Bernie Kopell
8x07 Mr. Monk and the Voodoo Curse
Sep 25, 2009 · 42 min · ★ 6.2
Voodoo appears to be the only explanation when unmarked dolls sent to San Francisco residents accurately predict a series of inexplicable deaths -- including, perhaps, Natalie's.
Directing: Andre Belgrader · Writing: Joe Toplyn · Starring: Meat Loaf, John Lacy, Claire Rankin, Sean Blodgett
8x08 Mr. Monk Goes to Group Therapy
Oct 9, 2009 · 42 min · ★ 6.5
When Monk's insurance company refuses to pay for more individual therapy sessions, Monk joins Dr. Bell's therapy group, where somebody appears to be murdering his fellow patients.
Directing: Anton Cropper · Starring: Joelle Carter, Tim Bagley, Héctor Elizondo, Brad Grunberg
8x09 Happy Birthday, Mr. Monk
Oct 16, 2009 · 43 min · ★ 7.1
Natalie tries to throw a surprise birthday party for Monk while he investigates the mysterious death of an office building's maintenance man.
Directing: Tawnia McKiernan · Writing: Peter Wolk · Starring: John Carroll Lynch, Virginia Madsen, Sean Blodgett, Aaron Linker
8x10 Mr. Monk and Sharona
Oct 23, 2009 · 42 min · ★ 8.3
When Sharona returns to San Francisco to handle legal issues related to an uncle's death, Monk suspects foul play and finds himself torn between the differing styles of Sharona and Natalie.
Directing: Randall Zisk · Starring: Bitty Schram, Chandra West, Jack Wagner, Karen Strassman
8x11 Mr. Monk and the Dog
Oct 30, 2009 · 42 min · ★ 8.2
Monk reluctantly adopts a dog while looking into the suspicious disappearance of its owner.
Directing: David Breckman · Starring: Wallace Langham, Denise Dowse, Marguerite Moreau, Suzanne Ford
8x12 Mr. Monk Goes Camping
Nov 6, 2009 · 42 min · ★ 7.5
To woo the lone holdout on the reinstatement committee, Monk accompanies Lt. Disher on a scouting trip with the man's troublesome son -- where nature isn't the only thing the troop has to fear.
Directing: Randall Zisk, Joe Pennella · Writing: Tom Gammill, Max Pross · Starring: Alex Wolff, Wade Williams, Christina Vidal Mitchell, Maurice Compte
8x13 Mr. Monk Is the Best Man
Nov 13, 2009 · 43 min · ★ 7.1
In order to save the wedding of someone close to him, Monk must first find out who is trying to sabotage it and why.
Directing: Michael Zinberg · Starring: Carol Kane, Virginia Madsen, Teri Polo, Michael Shalhoub
8x14 Mr. Monk and the Badge
Nov 20, 2009 · 43 min · ★ 8.1
Monk finds his return to the police force to be more challenging than he expected when he becomes involved in the case of a serial killer.
Directing: Dean Parisot · Starring: Ian Paul Cassidy, Mark Harelik, Héctor Elizondo, Jack McGee
8x15 Mr. Monk and the End (1)
Nov 27, 2009 · 43 min · ★ 8.1
Monk is called to a crime at the location where he first heard the news of his wife's murder and begins the most important investigation of his life.
Directing: Randall Zisk · Writing: Andy Breckman · Starring: Craig T. Nelson, Emmy Clarke, Mary Beth Evans, Héctor Elizondo
8x16 Mr. Monk and the End (2) Season Finale
Dec 4, 2009 · 43 min · ★ 8.7
Monk pursues the killer of his wife.
Directing: Randall Zisk · Writing: Andy Breckman · Starring: Craig T. Nelson, Virginia Madsen, Mary Beth Evans, Héctor Elizondo