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Monk
Season 2
DVD cover
StarringTony Shalhoub
Bitty Schram
Ted Levine
Jason Gray-Stanford
No. of episodes16
Release
Original networkUSA Network
Original releaseJune 20, 2003 (2003-06-20) –
March 5, 2004 (2004-03-05)
Season chronology
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Season 1
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Season 3
List of episodes

The second season of Monk originally aired in the United States on USA Network from June 20, 2003, to March 5, 2004. It consisted of 16 episodes. Tony Shalhoub, Bitty Schram, Ted Levine, and Jason Gray-Stanford reprised their roles as the main characters. A DVD of the season was released on October 11, 2004.

Crew

Andy Breckman continued his tenure as show runner. Executive producers for the season included Breckman and David Hoberman. Universal Network Television was the primary production company backing the show. The instrumental theme (written by Jeff Beal) was replaced by "It's a Jungle Out There" by Randy Newman. The song received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music, making Monk the first show to win the award twice. Directors for the season included Randall Zisk, Jerry Levine, and Michael Zinberg. Writers for the season included David Breckman, Lee Goldberg, William Rabkin, Hy Conrad, Daniel Dratch, Michael Angeli, Tom Scharpling, Joe Toplyn, and Andy Breckman.

Cast

Main article: List of Monk characters
See also: List of Monk cast members
Kane Ritchotte returned as Benjy Fleming. He portrayed the character in the pilot episode, but Max Morrow was given the role for the remainder of season one. Ritchotte took over for the remainder of the series.

All of the main cast from the first season returned, including Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk, the "defective detective." Bitty Schram appeared as Sharona Fleming, Monk's forceful nurse and assistant. Ted Levine starred as Captain Leland Stottlemeyer of the SFPD, and Jason Gray-Stanford returned as the oblivious but lovable Lieutenant Randall "Randy" Disher. The character of Benjy Fleming (Sharona's son) returned to the original actor, Kane Ritchotte, and Stanley Kamel returned as Monk's psychiatrist, Dr. Charles Kroger.

Guest stars for the season included Glenne Headly in two episodes as Karen Stottlemeyer, Leland's wife, and Jarrad Paul as Monk's annoying upstairs neighbor, Kevin Dorfman. John Turturro guest starred as Monk's agoraphobic brother, Ambrose, a role that would later win him an Emmy. Tim Curry took over the role of Dale the Whale, who was originally portrayed by Adam Arkin in "Mr. Monk Meets Dale the Whale". The part of Trudy Monk, Monk's deceased wife, was played again by Stellina Rusich but after a recast Melora Hardin replaced her for the role. Amy Sedaris reprised her role as Gail Fleming, and Sarah Silverman made her debut as Monk's biggest fan, Marci Maven. Additional guest stars included Corbin Allred, Kathy Baker, Danny Bonaduce, Bobby Brewer, Pat Crawford Brown, Betty Buckley, Billy Burke, Brooke Burke, Nestor Carbonell, Jane Carr, Rosalind Chao, Gary Cole, John Cothran, Jr., Lolita Davidovich, Rachel Dratch, Chad Donella, Sonya Eddy, Edward Edwards, Bill Erwin, Kurt Fuller, Billy Gardell, Melissa George, Lola Glaudini, Daniel Goddard, Currie Graham, Frank John Hughes, Kathryn Joosten, Leslie Jordan, Michelle Krusiec, Shishir Kurup, Jerry Levine, Jane Lynch, Jennifer Lyons, Fay Masterson, James C. Mathis III, Holt McCallany, Andrew McCarthy, Steve Monroe, Jim Moret, David Norona, Tony Plana, Jenni Pulos, David Rasche, Jake Richardson, Rene Rivera, Michael Shalhoub, Michael B. Silver, Josh Stamberg, Lauren Tom, Danny Trejo, Marcelo Tubert, Marc Vann, Ilia Volok, Christopher Wiehl, Rainn Wilson, and Matt Winston.

Episodes

See also: List of Monk episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
141"Mr. Monk Goes Back to School"Randall ZiskDavid Breckman and Rick KronbergJune 20, 2003 (2003-06-20)5.43[1]
152"Mr. Monk Goes to Mexico"Ron UnderwoodLee Goldberg and William RabkinJune 27, 2003 (2003-06-27)4.03[2]
163"Mr. Monk Goes to the Ballgame"Michael SpillerHy ConradJuly 11, 2003 (2003-07-11)3.64[3]
174"Mr. Monk Goes to the Circus"Randall ZiskJames KriegJuly 18, 2003 (2003-07-18)4.07[4]
185"Mr. Monk and the Very, Very Old Man"Lawrence TrillingDaniel DratchJuly 25, 2003 (2003-07-25)3.65[5]
196"Mr. Monk Goes to the Theater"Ron UnderwoodWendy Mass, Stu Levine, and Tom ScharplingAugust 1, 2003 (2003-08-01)4.70[6]
207"Mr. Monk and the Sleeping Suspect"Karl SchaeferJerry LevineAugust 8, 2003 (2003-08-08)4.52[7]
218"Mr. Monk Meets the Playboy"Tom DiCilloJames KriegAugust 15, 2003 (2003-08-15)2.79[8] (HH)
229"Mr. Monk and the 12th Man"Michael ZinbergMichael AngeliAugust 22, 2003 (2003-08-22)4.36[9]
2310"Mr. Monk and the Paperboy"Michael FrescoDavid Breckman and Hy ConradJanuary 16, 2004 (2004-01-16)5.95[10]
2411"Mr. Monk and the Three Pies"Randall ZiskTom Scharpling and Daniel DratchJanuary 23, 2004 (2004-01-23)4.94[11]
2512"Mr. Monk and the TV Star"Randall ZiskTom ScharplingJanuary 30, 2004 (2004-01-30)6.27[12]
2613"Mr. Monk and the Missing Granny"Tony BillJoe ToplynFebruary 6, 2004 (2004-02-06)5.52[13]
2714"Mr. Monk and the Captain's Wife"Jerry LevineAndy Breckman and Beth LandouFebruary 13, 2004 (2004-02-13)5.60[14]
2815"Mr. Monk Gets Married"Craig ZiskDavid BreckmanFebruary 27, 2004 (2004-02-27)4.77[15]
2916"Mr. Monk Goes to Jail"Jerry LevineChris ManheimMarch 5, 2004 (2004-03-05)5.51[16]
  • A (HH) listed next to a viewership number indicates the number of household viewers. These are only used if total viewership numbers were unavailable for that particular episode.

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Monk

Emmy Awards

  • Outstanding Actor – Comedy Series (Tony Shalhoub, nominated)
  • Outstanding Casting – Comedy Series (nominated)
  • Outstanding Guest Actor – Comedy Series (John Turturro for playing "Ambrose Monk" in "Mr. Monk and the Three Pies", won)
  • Outstanding Main Title Theme Music (Randy Newman for "It's a Jungle Out There", won)

Golden Globe Awards

  • Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series (Tony Shalhoub, nominated)
  • Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series (Bitty Schram for playing "Sharona Fleming", nominated)
  • Best Series – Musical or Comedy (nominated)

Screen Actors Guild

  • Outstanding Actor – Comedy Series (Tony Shalhoub for playing "Adrian Monk", won)

References

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