. "\"Mr. Monk and the Candidate\"" . . "Trudy Monk"@en . "Trudy Anne Ellison Monk is the beloved deceased wife of Adrian Monk on the television series Monk. Adrian's attempt to solve the case of her murder is the show's longest-running plot arc, and it was her death that left Adrian \"emotionally paralyzed,\" the trigger for his obsessive\u2013compulsive disorder."@en . . .