The final episode of "Monk" has some heavy lifting to do: Resolve Monk's poisoning and whether he survives, uncover his wife's killer or, just maybe, reveal whether Trudy really is alive after all. Tony Shalhoub, who inhabited the title character so perfectly for eight seasons ...

Actor Tony Shalhoub says as much as he loves Adrian Monk, eight years portraying the obsessive-compulsive private investigator is enough for him. The second half of the seventh season of "Monk" began airing Friday on the USA Network, and the Green Bay native will start ...