Mr. Monk Goes to the Asylum

"Mr. Monk Goes to the Asylum" was an episode of the TV series Monk. In an odd lapse of judgment, Monk finds himself in the wrong apartment, trying to make dinner for his late wife Trudy as it is the anniversary of the day they met. The authorities, rather than pressing charges, place Monk in a psychiatric asylum for observation and evaluation under a psychiatrist named Dr. Lancaster (Dennis Boutsikaris). While in the asylum, Monk is initially r... more

"Mr. Monk Goes to the Asylum" was an episode of the TV series Monk. In an odd lapse of judgment, Monk finds himself in the wrong apartment, trying to make dinner for his late wife Trudy as it is the anniversary of the day they met. The authorities, rather than pressing charges, place Monk in a psychiatric asylum for observation and evaluation under a psychiatrist named Dr. Lancaster (Dennis Boutsikaris). While in the asylum, Monk is initially relieved to be receiving such intensive treatment, which he believes is doing him a great deal of good. However, things get a bit sticky when Monk's roommate John (Kevin Nealon) tells him about a murder that was committed on the asylum's grounds several years earlier. Supposedly, the ex-patient Bill LaFrankie killed a former director, Dr. Gould, in order to steal some demerol. Lancaster insists that Monk not "play detective" while in his care, but Monk's investigative impulses are irresistible. He begins to suspect that the murderer is... less