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16. Mr. Monk Goes to Jail

When an inmate is poisoned to death hours before he's due to be executed, Monk is brought in to solve the case and finds himself as the prison's newest resident.

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When a death row inmate is fatally poisoned 45 minutes before his scheduled execution, Monk visits the prison to investigate the case. His nemesis, Dale the Whale ( Tim Curry ), offers to tell Monk everything he knows about Trudy's death if Monk finds the killer. Acting on a tip from the prison librarian ( Kathy Baker ), Monk goes undercover as an inmate and is assigned to a cell with a quadruple murderer ( Danny Trejo ), whom he becomes friends with.

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