Mr. Monk and the End

"**Mr. Monk and the End**"
"Mr. Monk and the End"
Monk episodes
	Trudy gives her last gift to Adrian, hours before she is murdered
Episode nos.	Season 8; Episodes 15 & 16
Directed by	Randall Zisk
Written by	Andy Breckman
Featured music	Jeff Beal; Randy Newman;
Original air dates	November 27, 2009; December 4, 2009;
Guest appearances
	Craig T. Nelson as Judge Ethan Rickover; John Edward Lee as Joey Kazarinsky; Emmy Clarke as Julie Teeger; Héctor Elizondo as Dr. Neven Bell; Melora Hardin as Trudy Monk; Alona Tal as Molly Evans; Casper Van Dien as Lt. Steven Albright; Virginia Madsen as Trudy K. Stottlemeyer; D.B. Woodside as Dr. Matthew Shuler; Ed Begley, Jr. as Dr. Malcolm Nash; Mary Beth Evans as Mrs. Rickover; Shelly Cole as Edie Kazarinsky; Sarah Rush as Nurse Judy Fitzgerald; Flashbacks; Bitty Schram as Sharona Fleming; Stanley Kamel as Dr. Charles Kroger; John Turturro as Ambrose Monk; Dan Hedaya as Jack Monk, Sr.; Tim Bagley as Harold Krenshaw; Jarrad Paul as Kevin Dorfman;

"Mr. Monk and the End" is the two-part series finale of the American comedy drama detective television series Monk. It consists of the fifteenth and sixteenth episodes of the eighth and final season, and the 124th and 125th episodes of the series overall. The series follows Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub), a private detective with obsessive–compulsive disorder and multiple phobias, and his assistant Natalie Teeger (Traylor Howard). In the finale, Monk finally solves his wife Trudy's (Melora Hardin) murder after twelve years, concluding an eight-season long arc.

"Mr. Monk and the End" was written by Andy Breckman and directed by Randall Zisk. "Part 1" aired in the United States on the USA Network on November 27, 2009, and was watched by 5.8 million viewers. When "Part 2" aired on December 4, 2009, it set a series high and a new viewership record for the most watched episode of a regular drama series ever in basic cable with 9.4 million viewers. The finale received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised Shalhoub's performance and the overall resolution of the series.