The death of Adrian Monk’s (Tony Shalhoub) beloved wife, Trudy, was a major anchor point of the 2002 crime dramedy Monk. With the 2023 movie release and Netflix adding the original show back to their platform 15 years after Monk ended, viewers may be struggling to recall what happened to Trudy. In December of 1997, well before the events of the first episode, Trudy Monk (Melora Hardin) was tragically murdered in a parking garage when a bomb was planted in her car. The perpetrators were a mystery, and one that even the brilliant former detective Adrian Monk struggled to solve.

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