Season 1

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  8.2/103,941 votes

  Mr. Monk Meets the Candidate

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/12/2002

  Monk investigates an assassination attempt on Mayoral Candidate Warren St. Claire and learns there's more at play than meets the eye.

  Director: Eric Laneuville, Dean Parisot

  Writer: Andy Breckman

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  7.6/101,996 votes

  Mr. Monk and the Psychic

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/19/2002

  Everyone believes psychic Dolly Flint has accomplished the impossible when she discovers the body of the former Police Commissioner's missing wife. Everyone except Monk.

  Director: Eric Laneuville, Dean Parisot, Kevin Inch

  Writer: Andy Breckman, John Romano

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  7.5/101,955 votes

  Mr. Monk Meets Dale the Whale

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/26/2002

  An 800-pound recluse, aka Dale the Whale, is the number one suspect in a murder case. But how can a man who can't even fit through his bedroom door be a murderer?

  Director: Kevin Inch, Rob Thompson

  Writer: Andy Breckman, John Romano

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  7.6/101,827 votes

  Mr. Monk Goes to the Carnival

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/2/2002

  Monk, who suffers from vertigo, investigates the death of a police detective murdered on a ferris wheel.

  Director: Rob Thompson, Randall Zisk

  Writer: Siobhan Byrne O'Connor, Andy Breckman

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  7.8/101,876 votes

  Mr. Monk Goes to the Asylum

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/9/2002

  After being temporarily institutionalized, Monk stumbles upon a four-year-old murder. Or is his mind playing tricks on him?

  Director: Nick Marsh, Randall Zisk

  Writer: Tom Scharpling, Siobhan Byrne O'Connor, David Breckman

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  7.8/101,797 votes

  Mr. Monk and the Billionaire Mugger

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/16/2002

  A billionaire is shot dead while mugging a couple outside a theater. It appears to be a mid-life crisis gone horribly wrong, until Monk figures out the truth.

  Director: Stephen Cragg

  Writer: Timothy J. Lea

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  8.0/101,804 votes

  Mr. Monk and the Other Woman

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/23/2002

  Monk investigates an attorney's death and develops a love interest in one of the suspects.

  Director: Adam Arkin

  Writer: David M. Stern

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  7.6/101,756 votes

  Mr. Monk and the Marathon Man

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/13/2002

  Monk, himself a former marathon runner, figures out the clever scheme devised by a furniture magnate to dispose of his mistress during a citywide marathon.

  Director: Adam Davidson

  Writer: Mitch Markowitz

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  8.0/101,846 votes

  Mr. Monk Takes a Vacation

  Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/20/2002

  During his vacation, Monk helps solve a murder witnessed by Benjy, Sharona's son, even though the corpse keeps on eluding them.

  Director: Adam Davidson, Kevin Inch

  Writer: Mitch Markowitz, Hy Conrad

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  7.6/101,745 votes

  Mr. Monk and the Earthquake

  Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 10/4/2002

  Sharona's life is in danger while Monk brilliantly solves a seemingly perfect crime committed during a San Francisco earthquake.

  Director: Kevin Inch, Adam Shankman

  Writer: Tom Scharpling, David Breckman, Hy Conrad

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  7.8/101,768 votes

  Mr. Monk and the Red-Headed Stranger

  Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 10/11/2002

  A blind woman witnesses the murder of Willie Nelson's road manager. Is the country music legend the killer?

  Director: Adam Shankman, Milan Cheylov

  Writer: Tom Scharpling, Andy Breckman

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  8.3/101,924 votes

  Mr. Monk and the Airplane

  Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 10/18/2002

  Braving his fear of flying and of enclosed areas, Monk boards a plane with Sharona and solves the murder of a passenger's wife.

  Director: Rob Thompson

  Writer: Unknown