12. Mr. Monk Gets Cabin Fever

As sole witness to a murder, Monk is shuffled off to a safe location until he can give a deposition. When a man is killed by lightning while fishing on the lake outside his cabin, however, Monk believes there's more to the man's death than meets the eye.

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When Monk witnesses a gang murder, an FBI agent ( Josh Stamberg ) puts him into the United States Federal Witness Protection Program to keep him safe until he can testify against the shooter. Taking shelter at a remote cabin in the woods, and accompanied by Natalie and Stottlemeyer, Monk encounters an avid fisherman ( Glenn Morshower ) who disappears just hours later, and Monk becomes convinced the man's wife ( Faith Prince ) murdered him to collect on his life insurance. Meanwhile, Disher begins dating a woman ( Moon Bloodgood ) who convinces him that fortune cookies can predict the future.

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