6.4/107 votes#1 - Mr. Monk and the Captain's Marriage
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 1/27/2006
During the investigation of a murder in a junkyard, Captain Stottlemeyer punches a cop named Ryan Sharkey, who claims to be having an affair with the captain's wife, Karen. The only witness to the murder, a homeless man named Gerald or Jerry, has disappeared, but Stottlemeyer suspects businessman Michael Karpov, who is facing charges for money laundering and had a motive for killing the victim, who was scheduled to testify against him. Removed from the case and ordered to take anger management classes, Stottlemeyer asks Monk and Natalie to follow his wife, whom he suspects of lying about her whereabouts. They discover Karen having lunch with a man but are only able to photograph him from the back before being interrupted. Meanwhile, the homeless witness has been stunned and thrown from the third floor of a building but survives the fall, thanks to a corrugated refrigerator carton. Disher places Karpov in a line-up otherwise composed of police officers, including Sharkey, but Stottlemeyer, still enraged at Sharkey, disrupts the line-up before the procedure has been completed. An apple provides the clue that Monk needs to solve the murder case, and Karen reveals the identity of the mystery man she had lunch with. Unfortunately for the captain, it isn't Sharkey.
Director: Philip Casnoff
Writer: Jack Bernstein
6.3/107 votes#2 - Mr. Monk Stays in Bed
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 7/22/2005
Monk feels too sick to work until a case gets him out of bed.
Director: Philip Casnoff
Writer: Hy Conrad
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"Mr. Monk and the Captain's Marriage" is the best rated episode directed by Philip Casnoff. It scored 6.4/10 based on 7 votes. It was written by Jack Bernstein. It aired on 1/27/2006 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "Mr. Monk Stays in Bed".