Monk - Season 2 - Eps 16: Mr. Monk Goes to Jail
Who would murder a death-row inmate forty-five minutes before his execution--and why? That's the question Captain Stottlemeyer asks Monk--but Monk's response is to ask why it matters. As Monk is hurrying to leave the prison, however, he gets a phone call from his old nemesis, Dale ""the Whale"" Biederbeck, that changes his plans. The police consider Dale a suspect in the inmate's murder (the young man owed him twelve hundred dollars) and refuse to give him a window in his cell until his name is cleared, so Dale strikes a bargain with Monk--solve the case and he'll provide information about Trudy's murder. After interviewing the cook who prepared the dead inmate's last meal, Monk notices that another cook never clocked out the evening before. The missing cook is found dead in a freezer with a wad of bills in his apron pocket--clearly the person who bribed him to poison the inmate was afraid he would talk and killed him, too. On his way out of the prison, he receives another phone call, th
About Monk

Title: Monk
First Air Date: 2002-07-12
Last Air Date: 2009-12-04
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.9/10 (from 1112 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 9
Total Episodes: 125
Network: USA Network
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Production Companies: Mandeville Films, Moratim Produktions, Universal Television, Touchstone Television, USA Cable Entertainment, Universal Media Studios, UCP
Synopsis
Adrian Monk was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using unconventional means to solve the department's most baffling cases. But after the tragic (and still unsolved) murder of his wife Trudy, he developed an extreme case of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Now working as a private consultant, Monk continues to investigate cases in the most unconventional ways.
Cast

Tony Shalhoub
Adrian Monk

Ted Levine
Leland Stottlemeyer

Jason Gray-Stanford
Randall Disher

Traylor Howard
Natalie Teeger