Mr. Monk is On the Air

Mr. Monk is On the Air is the thirteenth episode from the fifth season of the television series Monk. It aired on February 2, 2007. A bullying shock jock named Max Hudson (Steven Weber) is on the air when his wife falls asleep with the gas fireplace on with their radio blaring on his station (99.9); the police discover the gas leak, and also find that Hudson's wife Jeanette had died of suffication. The wife's sister insists that Hudson murdered ... more

Mr. Monk is On the Air is the thirteenth episode from the fifth season of the television series Monk. It aired on February 2, 2007. A bullying shock jock named Max Hudson (Steven Weber) is on the air when his wife falls asleep with the gas fireplace on with their radio blaring on his station (99.9); the police discover the gas leak, and also find that Hudson's wife Jeanette had died of suffication. The wife's sister insists that Hudson murdered her but he has an air tight alibi. The security program shows no doors or windows being opened until a security guard and gas man arrived. The only possible entrance was a ventilation window in which not even a dwarf could have fit through. Monk notices that a loafer is missing in the closet. He insists that he is not funny enough to confront Hudson and shows Natalie and Kevin home videos of his childhood where no one in his family laughed; Kevin convinces Monk to use his uncle's old outdated jokes to use against Hudson. He goes on air but... less