Jonathan Collier Movies

Monk's shrink Dr. Kroger (Stanley Kamel) is having trouble with his son Tony (Cody McMains), who has been hanging out with the wrong crowd. Thus, when Tony and two of his friends approach Monk with a treasure map which they claim is part of a school project, Monk (Tony Shalhoub) agrees to help them go treasure-hunting, thinking that this is a swell way to keep the boy out of trouble. What Monk doesn't know is that the kids stole the map from the body of a dead man--and that the decedent had been involved in a bank robbery. Before the final fadeout, Monk's well-meaning efforts to straighten Tony out have resulted in a perilous predicament wherein the notoriously claustrophobic detective is buried alive. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Much against his will, Monk (Tony Shalhoub) checks into a hospital to be treated for a bloody nose. His mortal fear of being left alone in a hospital room is only exacerbated when Monk stumbles upon the body of a doctor who has been bludgeoned to death by an oxygen tank. The weapon belongs to an elderly patient who couldn't possibly have arisen from his sickbed to commit the crime, but he's the only suspect the police have. In his efforts to solve the murder, Monk not only learns the true significance of the old adage "physician heal thyself", but also ends up at the mercy of a killer who is fully prepared to "medicate" our hero into the next world. This is the final episode of Monk's fifth season. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi