Overview
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
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2 - 1Mr. Monk Goes Back to School June 20, 2003
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2 - 2Mr. Monk Goes to Mexico June 27, 2003
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2 - 3Mr. Monk Goes to the Ballgame July 11, 2003
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2 - 4Mr. Monk Goes to the Circus July 18, 2003
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2 - 5Mr. Monk and the Very, Very Old Man July 25, 2003
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2 - 6Mr. Monk Goes to the Theater August 01, 2003
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2 - 7Mr. Monk and the Sleeping Suspect August 08, 2003
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2 - 8Mr. Monk Meets the Playboy August 15, 2003
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2 - 9Mr. Monk and the 12th Man August 22, 2003
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2 - 10Mr. Monk and the Paperboy January 16, 2004
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2 - 11Mr. Monk and the Three Pies January 23, 2004
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2 - 12Mr. Monk and the T.V. Star January 30, 2004
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2 - 13Mr. Monk and the Missing Granny February 06, 2004
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2 - 14Mr. Monk and the Captain's Wife February 13, 2004
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2 - 15Mr. Monk Gets Married February 27, 2004
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2 - 16Mr. Monk Goes to Jail March 05, 2004