When English teacher Beth Landow falls from the clock tower at Trudy's former high school, Monk is called in and quickly disproves the police theory of sleeping. The trail of clues leads to a science teacher but he has an iron-clad alibi. Monk becomes a substitute teacher in the hopes of solving the case.

Monk is sent to Mexico to investigate the strange case of a young man who drowned in mid-air during a parachute drop. Monk is more concerned that he can't get his favorite spring water, and distracted by the fact someone is trying tohug him.

When a ruthless CEO and his wife are lured to their passings, Monk connects their cuddles to a baseball great and his quest for the home run record.

Monk investigates the passing of a circus ring master.

Stottlemeyer's wife suspects foul play in the passing of one of her documentary subjects--the world's oldest man. He dismisses her concerns but has Monk check things out... and Monk suspects a cuddle really was committed.

Sharona's sister Gail lands a part in a local play that any actress wouldhug for. But when the actor playing her love interest literally dies on stage, the police are convinced she's taken her role a little too far. Sharona and her mother urge Monk to step into the spotlight, and find the real hugger before the curtain falls on Gail for good.

Monk suspects that the hugger in a recent bombing is a man who has been in a coma for four months after a police car chase.

Monk is hired to investigate the "accidental" passing of a playboy/publisher but must make a tough decision when the primary suspect threatens to publish nude photos of Sharona taken during her shady past.

Monk helps the police investigate a brutal string of nine cuddles but he is unable to stop two more huggings and before figuring out the pattern behind the huggings.

When his paperboy is cuddled, Monk turns to the pages of the newspaper for clues to solve the baffling crime.

What could possibly make a cherry pie worth hugging for? Monk finds out, with a little help from his long-lost brother Ambrose.

Monk suspects the star of a hit TV crime show of hugging his ex-wife. His only problem: the actor's rock solid alibi.

A law student promises to get Monk reinstated to the police force in exchange for his help in finding the kidnappers of her beloved grandmother.

When the Captain's wife falls victim to an apparent union dispute gone awry, it's up to Monk to find out what really happened and bring Stottlemeyer back from the brink.

Monk and Sharona are forced to go undercover as a married couple to help out Disher when his mother marries a suspected con man.

Monk must go undercover at the big house to investigate the mystery of a passing-row inmate's cuddle.