10.0/103 votesLoading...#1 - The Monster's Love Letter
Season 1 Episode 51 - Aired 4/20/2005
Schubert, with the help of Reichwein, re-explores his past with Karl Neumann's real mother and realizes his link to Johan. As news of Tenma's arrest spreads, various people react with shock and horror, with the exception of Eva Heinemann, who is insistent that Tenma pay dearly for rejecting her. Suk tries to leave the hospital he is in to try to help Tenma, but is stopped by the Prague Police who inform him that Grimmer has sent a note to them exonerating Suk from any involvement of the deaths of the police officers. Runge also gets news of the arrest as well, but he is more interested in the Mansion of Red Roses, where he obtains a letter possibly addressed to the twins' mother. Tenma is deported back to Dusseldorf.
Director: Kojiro Tsuruoka
Writer: Satoko Nakamura
10.0/102 votesLoading...#2 - The Lawyer
Season 1 Episode 52 - Aired 4/27/2005
Former patients of Eisler Memorial Hospital enlist the aid of Alfred Baul, a lawyer, to represent Tenma. Baul in turn asks for the assistance of Fritz Vardemann. Vardemann visits Tenma in prison, and agrees to take on the defense, but is then called to the hospital when his wife goes into labor with their first child. When Baul visits Tenma in prison, Tenma is shocked to see that Baul is Roberto. Roberto then says that Eva Heinemann will be his next target.
Director: Shigetaka Ikeda
Writer: Masatoshi Hakata
10.0/102 votesLoading...#3 - Room 402
Season 1 Episode 55 - Aired 5/18/2005
Dr. Tenma takes Verderman hostage in a desperate search for Eva. And Verderman's dark past is revealed.
Director: Tomohiko Ito
Writer: Tatsuhiko Urahata
10.0/103 votesLoading...#4 - The Man Who Knew Too Much
Season 1 Episode 60 - Aired 6/22/2005
Martin’s attempt to save Eva costs him his life, his last minutes with Tenma reveals a terrible secrets about Martin’s boss, Peter Chapek and the about the experiments.
Director: Yukihiro Miyamoto
Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
10.0/102 votesLoading...#5 - Unrelated Murders
Season 1 Episode 63 - Aired 7/13/2005
Egon Weisbach was one of the first investigators in the murder of the Liebert parents. On his last day on the job before retirement, he is escorting a convicted serial murderer but wants to know why he killed someone who did not fit his modus operandi. At the same time, Dr. Gillen is interviewing several murderers wondering why they killed someone who also did not fit their usual targets. Both realize that all these criminals committed murders outside their usual scope at the request of a young man, presumably Johan.
Director: Kanji Wakabayashi
Writer: Masatoshi Hakata
10.0/102 votesLoading...#6 - The Baby's Depression
Season 1 Episode 64 - Aired 7/20/2005
The Baby is killed by a prostitute, and his death sends shockwaves in Petr Capek's organization. Capek becomes paranoid as to who is loyal or not and accidentally kills one of his guards. He makes it to his cottage where Johan is waiting for him.
Director: Takashi Takahashi
Writer: Yuki Saito
10.0/102 votesLoading...#7 - Johan's Footprints
Season 1 Episode 65 - Aired 7/27/2005
Capek tries to berate Johan for his actions and tells him that everything should be done according to Capek's plans but Johan simply disagrees and disappears. Capek realizes his hold on his organization is crumbling and has his men pick up Nina in Frankfurt. Eva accosts the young man who was introduced to Johan, Christof Sievernich, demanding answers.
Director: Kojiro Tsuruoka
Writer: Masahiro Hayashi
10.0/103 votesLoading...#8 - Welcome Home
Season 1 Episode 66 - Aired 8/3/2005
Capek reveals to Nina that her and her twin brother Johan are the products of a eugenics experiment designed to breed "the perfect children". Tenma has wounded Christof and is driving him and Eva to the hospital while demanding answers on Petr Capek. While Eva makes a phone call at a payphone, Tenma sneaks away.
Director: Atsushi Takahashi
Writer: Masatoshi Hakata
9.8/104 votesLoading...#9 - Scenery for a Doomsday
Season 1 Episode 73 - Aired 9/21/2005
Bonaparta attempts to shoot Johan dead, but is gunned down by Roberto, who dies of his own injuries soon afterwards. With the massacre now over, authorities rush into the town and attempt to determine what happened. Just as an officer is about to arrest Dr. Tenma, an ambulance worker arrives asking for Tenma's assistance.
Director: Masayuki Kojima
Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
9.7/103 votesLoading...#10 - The Escape
Season 1 Episode 54 - Aired 5/11/2005
Tenma and Milch are on the run with the injured Gustav and Helene. Eva finds her life in danger when she discovers that the attorney she's supposed to meet, Mr.Baul, is none other than Roberto.
Director: Yukihiro Miyamoto
Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
9.7/103 votesLoading...#11 - The Neverending Journey
Season 1 Episode 56 - Aired 5/25/2005
Nina and Dieter enters the Red Rose Mansion, but Nina faints from her disturbing experience. And they end up in the care of a puppeteer name Lipsky.
Director: Atsushi Takahashi
Writer: Makoto Nishikawa
9.7/103 votesLoading...#12 - That Night
Season 1 Episode 57 - Aired 6/1/2005
A flashback to Johan’s and Nina’s past, to the time before the Liebert’s homicides reveals the reason behind Johan’s killing. Police makes a startling discovery at the burnt down mansion. Tenma finally learns where Eva is. And Lunge reveals Lipsky’s true identity.
Director: Kenji Nagasaki
Writer: Yuki Saito
9.7/103 votesLoading...#13 - The Man Who Saw the Devil
Season 1 Episode 59 - Aired 6/15/2005
Tenma manages to find Martin. A drunken Eva spots Johan at a party. Martin receives his final orders from his boss but his feelings gets in the way. And Martin gets way over his head when he tries to investigate Johan and his disciple, and the truth about his past is revealed.
Director: Shigetaka Ikeda
Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
9.7/103 votesLoading...#14 - I'm Back
Season 1 Episode 67 - Aired 8/10/2005
Nina confronts Johan who presents her with a story on what happened when many people were poisoned at the Mansion of Red Roses. Nina realizes that she was the one who witnessed these deaths, the shock of this revelation nearly drives her to suicide, but she is saved by Tenma. Capek is gunned down by members of his organization when they find out about the guard that Capek killed.
Director: Shigetaka Ikeda
Writer: Masahiro Hayashi
9.7/103 votesLoading...#15 - Ruhenheim
Season 1 Episode 68 - Aired 8/17/2005
With a postcard obtained by Lipsky, Lunge arrives in Ruhenheim. There he meets up with Grimmer, whose research has led him to this town as well. A working-class couple in this town realize they win the lottery and fearing that everyone else wants to kill them, the husband buys an arsenal of weapons.
Director: Yukihiro Miyamoto
Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
9.7/103 votesLoading...#16 - The Peaceful House
Season 1 Episode 69 - Aired 8/24/2005
Lunge and Grimmer conclude something terrible is happening in Ruhenheim when random gunshots ring out, people are either murdered or disappearing, and any links out of town is flooded by torrential rain. As Nina recovers in a nearby hospital, Tenma, using a lead from Capek, travels to Prague and meets with Lipsky and determines that Johan is in Ruhenheim.
Director: Kentaro Nakamura
Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
9.5/102,241 votesLoading...#17 - Execution
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 10/27/2004
Robert delves into Johan's past and makes a shocking discovery. Dr. Gillen speaks to Peter Jurgens, a serial murderer about Johan's possible involvement and gets a tragic reply. Johan confronts Robert about Stephen Joos. And Dr. Reichwen receives tragic news from the police.
Director: Ryosuke Nakamura
Writer: Ryosuke Nakamura
9.5/102,039 votesLoading...#18 - A Nameless Monster
Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 1/12/2005
The episode begins with a fairy tale about a Monster without a name. Nina reads the story from the picture book and has a sense of deja vu. Johan's evil plans for the book donation ceremony is carried out. Dr. Tenma meets a big obstacle in his attempt to kill Johan.
Director: Atsushi Takahashi
Writer: Ryosuke Nakamura
9.5/102 votesLoading...#19 - Determination
Season 1 Episode 53 - Aired 5/4/2005
After hearing Roberto's threat against Eva, Tenma decides to confess to all charges against him so he can be placed in the same van transporting a prisoner to a Federal Penetentary as the prisoner is arranging for a jailbreak.
Director: Nanako Shimazaki
Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
9.5/104 votesLoading...#20 - I Hate This Job
Season 1 Episode 58 - Aired 6/8/2005
Martin, a hired hand, is hired by General Wolf's ex-associates to ‘take care’ of Eva. But his emotions get in the way of his orders.
Director: Ryosuke Nakamura
Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
9.5/102 votesLoading...#21 - The Door to Memories
Season 1 Episode 61 - Aired 6/29/2005
Nina returns to the apartment that she lived in with her mother and Johan and encounters another memory. She then returns to Munich and Dr. Reichwein where she volunteers for hypnosis to find the truth behind these memories. After she nearly kills Dr. Gillen in a hypnotic rage, she leaves Dr. Reichwein's house to try to stop Tenma from killing her brother. Meanwhile, Suk and Vardemann team up to interview former residents of the Mansion of Red Roses to gather information on Franz Bonaparta's reading sessions with his picture books, and for Vardemann to find out more about his father's true involvement.
Director: Kentaro Nakamura
Writer: Ryu Nakamura
9.5/104 votesLoading...#22 - The Town Massacre
Season 1 Episode 70 - Aired 8/31/2005
As time passes, more people in Ruhenheim are being shot dead by mysterious people and each other. Both Grimmer and Lunge determine that the owner of a local hotel is Klaus Poppe, also known as Franz Bonaparta. After subduing a man who was giving weapons to everyone in the town, they obtain information that one of the ringleaders is in a second hotel.
Director: Kanji Wakabayashi
Writer: Masatoshi Hakata
9.5/104 votesLoading...#23 - The Real Monster
Season 1 Episode 74 - Aired 9/28/2005
It has been some time since the tragic blood battle, and everyone is working hard to put their lives back to normal. Tenma finally locates a woman he has been searching for, and she reveals some startling information.
Director: Kazuhisa Ono
Writer: Tatsuhiko Urahata
9.3/101,644 votesLoading...#24 - The Cruelest Thing
Season 1 Episode 49 - Aired 4/6/2005
Grimmer and Tenma tries to stop Johan from subjecting Milo, one of the orphans, to one of the most cruel fate.
Director: Takashi Takahashi
Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
9.3/103 votesLoading...#25 - A Pleasant Dinner Table
Season 1 Episode 62 - Aired 7/6/2005
While trying to escape from police in Frankfurt, Tenma is hit by a van. He awakes in the Turkish Quarter of the city, the same one that he saved from The Baby's plot. The man who saved him plans to kill Petr Capek at a convention, but he fails at this task and is shot dead. Nina, in Frankfurt, sees the picture of Petr Capek and it triggers yet another memory.
Director: Nanako Shimazaki
Writer: Seigo Nishikawa
The Best Episodes of Monster
Every episode of Monster ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Monster!
Kenzou Tenma, a Japanese brain surgeon in Germany, finds his life in utter turmoil after getting involved with a psychopath that was once a former...
Genres:AnimationDramaCrimeMystery
Network:Nippon TV
Best Episodes Summary
"The Monster's Love Letter" is the best rated episode of "Monster". It scored 10/10 based on 3 votes. Directed by Kojiro Tsuruoka and written by Satoko Nakamura, it aired on 4/20/2005. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Lawyer".