Adrian Monk was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using unconventional means to solve the department's most baffling cases. But after the tragic (and still unsolved) murder of his wife Trudy, he developed an extreme case of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Now working as a private consultant, Monk continues to investigate cases in the most unconventional ways.
The best episode of "Monk" season 7 is "Mr. Monk Buys a House", rated 7.7/10 from 1381 user votes. It was directed by Randall Zisk and written by Andy Breckman. "Mr. Monk Buys a House" aired on 7/18/2008 and is rated 0.4 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Mr. Monk and the Genius".
Monk finds himself forced to move into what he hopes will be his dream house... which is anything but.
Director: Randall Zisk
Writer: Andy Breckman
Monk must match wits against a grandmaster chess player that he suspects of murder.
Director: Michael W. Watkins
Writer: Joe Toplyn
Monk has to help out Natalie when she becomes involved in a lotto scandal.
Director: Michael Zinberg
Writer: Hy Conrad
Monk finds a new lease on life after giving up his hope of reinstatement to the SFPD.
Director: Barnet Kellman
Writer: N/A
A friend of Natalie's ex-husband seemingly commits suicide aboard a locked cabin on a submarine. Monk agrees to investigate, despite his phobia about being on--and beneath--the water.
Director: Paris Barclay
Writer: Jack Bernstein
When Monk develops a crush on a model who is accused of murder, he is determined to prove her innocence, even though she confessed.
Director: Arlene Sanford
Writer: N/A
As Monk and his friends watch a TV news magazine piece on the solution of his hundredth case, he realizes that one of the victims was murdered by a different killer.
Director: Randall Zisk
Writer: Tom Scharpling
Monk agrees to undergo hypnotic therapy as treatment for his OCD and reverts to a different persona.
Director: Michael W. Watkins
Writer: N/A
When three homeless men seek Monk's services at the holidays, Natalie convinces him to investigate their friend's death; Stottlemeyer's faith is reawakened after a visit to a monastery fountain rids him of crippling pain.
Director: Andre Belgrader
Writer: Peter Wolk
When Monk's delinquent half-brother, Jack Jr., escapes from prison and breaks into Monk's apartment, he manipulates Monk into helping him find the person he claims framed him for murder.
Director: David Hoberman
Writer: David Breckman
When Natalie unwittingly helps a thief steal the bicycle of a biotech CEO, she ropes Monk into solving a crime straight out of "Encyclopedia Brown" until Monk learns the hard way how dangerous this thief really is.
Director: Anton Cropper
Writer: Nell Scovell
While investigating a murder at a museum of oddities, Monk befriends a warm older woman, but he has trouble believing the friendship comes without a catch.
Director: Tawnia McKiernan
Writer: Hy Conrad, Joe Toplyn
Monk has scored tickets to the biggest football game of the year, but he and Captain Stottlemeyer can't go inside until they figure out who tried to blow up a fan in the parking lot.
Director: Randall Zisk
Writer: Dylan Morgan, Josh Siegal
When a childhood bully who terrorized Monk hires the detective to trail his wife, whom he suspects of infidelity, Monk relishes the opportunity to prove him right — and things get even sweeter when the bully is accused of murder.
Director: David Breckman
Writer: N/A
When a friend of Monk's is killed, Monk believes that a magician is responsible and a battle of wits and sleight-of-hand ensue.
Director: Randall Zisk
Writer: Andy Breckman
Monk becomes involved in the disappearance of a city official that could have ramifications concerning Trudy's murder.
Director: N/A
Writer: Dylan Morgan, Tom Scharpling, Josh Siegal