Mr. Monk Goes to the Asylum

Send us Fan Mail This week we’re inside the walls of the Medford Psychiatric Institute, where Monk gets a 48-hour observation hold. The thing is — he might be the sanest person there. We talk about what it actually feels like to strip away the outside noise and just focus on getting better, the paralysis of perfectionism, and why a Santa-obsessed patient named Manny might be the most reliable witness in the building.