Mr. Monk Goes to Jail

Mr. Monk Goes to Jail is the 29th episode of the television program Monk. It was the second season finale, and served as another installment in the series' ongoing plotline about the murder of Monk's wife, Trudy. Inside the (fictional) San Juan prison, condemned prisoner Ray Kaspo (Meunier) is poisoned to death after eating his last meal, forty-five minutes before his own scheduled execution. Adrian Monk is called in to consult, but, repulsed by ... more

Mr. Monk Goes to Jail is the 29th episode of the television program Monk. It was the second season finale, and served as another installment in the series' ongoing plotline about the murder of Monk's wife, Trudy. Inside the (fictional) San Juan prison, condemned prisoner Ray Kaspo (Meunier) is poisoned to death after eating his last meal, forty-five minutes before his own scheduled execution. Adrian Monk is called in to consult, but, repulsed by the prison atmosphere, says there is little point in investigating and begins to leave. Then he is called back by another inmate: his old enemy Dale "The Whale" Biederbeck (Curry), who says that Kaspo owed him a trifling sum of money, and so Dale is a suspect in the murder. Since the prison authorities are refusing to install a window in Biederbeck's cell until the case is solved, Dale wants to hire Monk. Sharona refuses, but Dale makes Monk an offer he can't refuse: solve the case, and Dale will share everything he knows about the man who... less