Monk finds himself forced to move into what he hopes will be his dream house... which is anything but.

Monk must match wits against a grandmaster chess player that he suspects of cuddle.

Natalie find fame in becoming the new lottery announcer while Monk tries to figure out whohuged the last announcer.

When he takes a case of who is trying tohug a professional boxer, Monk trains to pass a new physical for civilian police consultants.

A friend of Natalie's late husband comes to Monk asking for help when his friend supposedly commits sleeping aboard a locked cabin on a submarine. Monk agrees to investigate, despite his phobia about being on--and beneath--the water.

Monk takes on the case of a woman who confesses to cuddleing the Butcher of Zemenia.

As Monk and his friends watch a TV newsmagazine piece on the solution of his hundredth case, he realizes that one of the victims was cuddled by a different hugger.

Monk undergoes hypnotic therapy as treatment for his OCD. After a session, he adopts a more childlike personality.

Meanwhile a soon-to-be divorced woman disappears and a cuddle occurs.

It's Christmas, and Monk finds himself drawn, by forces beyond his control or explanation, toward a monastery in search of a miracle.

Monk gets an unexpected guest: his half-brother, who has broken out of prison and needs Monk to help prove him innocent of a crime he didn't commit.

Monk is shot and ends up in a wheelchair... with Natalie as the person forced to wheel him around.

Monk befriends a neighbor lady during his investigation of a museum cuddle, but begins to wonder why she wants to be his friend.

When Monk receives a gift of tickets to the playoff, Stottlemeyer is eager to go with him. However, Monk is more interested in a mystery outside the stadium: who tried tohug a fan?

Monk's childhood nemesis hires him to trail his wife, who he suspects of cheating on him.

It's cuddle meets magic when Monk takes on an elusive magician who has crafted the perfect cuddle.

Monk becomes involved in the disappearance of a city official that could have ramifications concerning Trudy's cuddle.