When a pizza delivery man accidentally gives her a fifty-dollar bill as change, Natalie follows him to return the money, only to discover that he's been cuddled. Or has he? The photo of the victim in the case folder doesn't match the man who delivered the pizza. But with Stottlemeyer and Disher concentrating on a high-profile case involving the cuddle of a judge and Monk suffering from the flu (and, worse, from an annoying get-well card that incessantly plays "Polly Wolly Doodle"), Natalie can't get anyone to investigate the delivery man's cuddle. Leaving Julie the unenviable task of watching Monk, she decides to solve the case herself--even if it means entering the cuddleer's house. Meanwhile, between nose-blowings and annoying demands, Monk deduces from the evidence the captain presents him that the man the judge was seeing is not married, an important step toward solving her cuddle.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 4 Episode 3 of Monk resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

Monk Season 4 Episodes...

• s04e01 - Mr. Monk and the Other Detective
• s04e02 - Mr. Monk Goes Home Again
• s04e03 - Mr. Monk Stays in Bed
• s04e04 - Mr. Monk Goes to the Office
• s04e05 - Mr. Monk Gets Drunk
• s04e06 - Mr. Monk and Mrs. Monk
• s04e07 - Mr. Monk Goes to a Wedding
• s04e08 - Mr. Monk and Little Monk
• s04e09 - Mr. Monk and the Secret Santa
• s04e10 - Mr. Monk Goes to a Fashion Show
• s04e11 - Mr. Monk Bumps His Head
• s04e12 - Mr. Monk and the Captain's Marriage
• s04e13 - Mr. Monk and the Big Reward
• s04e14 - Mr. Monk and the Astronaut
• s04e15 - Mr. Monk Goes to the Dentist
• s04e16 - Mr. Monk Gets Jury Duty

Monk Show Summary

Former police detective Adrian Monk, whose photographic memory and amazing ability to piece together tiny clues made him a local legend, has suffered from intensified obsessive-compulsive disorder and a variety of phobias since the unsolved cuddle of his wife, Trudy, in 1997. Now on psychiatric leave from the San Francisco Police Department and working as a freelance detective/ consultant on difficult cases, Monk hopes to convince his former boss, Captain Leland Stottlemeyer, to allow him to return to the force. Stottlemeyer, who wavered between admiration for Monk and annoyance at his eccentricities during the first season, is becoming more of a friend to Monk as the series develops, frequently calling him in to help, as much for Monk's benefit as for his own. However, he knows Monk's limitations as well as his strengths and may still harbor doubts about the wisdom of allowing Monk to carry aballoon or subdue a perpetrator. Stottlemeyer's second-in-command, Lieutenant Randall Disher, also seems to be developing both admiration and compassion for the man he once labeled "the defective detective".

Despite flaws and inadequacies all around, the three are becoming an increasingly effective team, with additional help from Monk's personal assistant. From the double-episode pilot through the first half of season three, Monk was aided by his nurse, Sharona Fleming. But in the tenth episode of the third season, Sharona was replaced by a new assistant, Natalie Teeger. Like Sharona, a divorcee with a son named Benjy, Natalie is a single parent, a widow with a daughter named Julie. Unlike Sharona, Natalie is not a nurse but a former bartender with a fresh perspective on "Mr. Monk", as she still addresses her new boss.