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"Mr. Monk's 100th Case" is the seventh episode of the seventh season of Monk, and is the 100th episode overall. It brought about the reunion of various actors and actresses who had previously starred in the USA Network show.

Plot
The documentary show In Focus is airing a special about legend Adrian Monk. It follows the "defective detective" as he solves his 100th case. Several models begin to turn up dead around San Francisco, and Monk is called by Stottlemeyer and Disher to help investigate. Meanwhile, several people are interviewed about the personal life of Monk, including (characters are listed with the other episodes they appear in):
 * Leigh Harrison (Brooke Adams), a former flight attendant who was forced to quit when she had an encounter with Monk (Mr. Monk and the Airplane).
 * Harold Krenshaw (Tim Bagley), a patient of Dr. Kroger and later Dr. Bell who is obsessed with Monk and is his number one rival (Mr. Monk and the Girl Who Cried Wolf, Mr. Monk and the Election, Mr. Monk Gets a New Shrink, Mr. Monk and the Daredevil, Mr. Monk Gets Hypnotized, Mr. Monk Fights City Hall, Mr. Monk Is Someone Else, and Mr. Monk Goes to Group Therapy).
 * Jimmy Belmont (Ricardo Chavira), a murderer who used salt blocks and a pig to cover up his crimes (Mr. Monk Goes to the Farm).
 * Joey Krenshaw (David Koechner), a criminal who tried to throw his cousin, Harold, off a roof (Mr. Monk and the Daredevil).
 * Hal Tucker (Andy Richter), a murderer who befriended Monk in order to get closer to a crime scene (Mr. Monk Makes a Friend).
 * Ralph "Father" Roberts (Howie Mandel), a con man who started his own cult in order to get money (Mr. Monk Joins a Cult).
 * Arlene Boras (Angela Kinsey), a murderer who tried to kill one of her patients for fraudulent purposes (Mr. Monk and the Naked Man).
 * Marci Maven (Sarah Silverman), Monk's number one fan (Mr. Monk and the TV Star and Mr. Monk and His Biggest Fan).
 * Ambrose Monk (John Turturro), Monk's agoraphobic brother (Mr. Monk and the Three Pies and Mr. Monk Goes Home Again).

Monk, while investigate the murders, discovers that the models all had one thing in common: they were all photographed by Douglas Thurman. Thurman is arrested, but the police are forced to let him go without sufficient evidence. By the time they have it, Thurman has committed suicide. Later, while watching the tape of the In Focus episode, Monk notices that one of the models was actually murdered by someone else. It turns out that it was James Novak, the man reporting on Monk. He was having an affair with a model, and killed her and framed Thurman to cover it up. He is arrested, and Monk has solved his 100th case.

Later, Monk decides to retire, as 100 is a "good time to quit." However, Natalie convinces him that, because the fourth model was killed by someone else, he had already solved his 101st case, and would have to make it to 200 before being able to quit for good.