Michael Shepperd

Frasier is awarded with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Season Nine Finale. Larry has a scheduling conflict, takes issue with some work associates, and hosts a pair of ungrateful house guests.

Sue has had enough of boyfriend Jeremy and wants to break up with him. But not knowing how to do it, she asks Axl for some of his worldly advice. Meanwhile, Brick tries his best to show school spirit and fit in with his fellow high schoolers but is thwarted when best friend Troy (guest star JOVAN ARMAND) gets noticed instead and is drafted by the football team, and Frankie becomes a bit embarrassed when she accidentally purchases some racy graphic underwear.

When Gibbs agrees to help the childhood friend of his daughter, who died 15 years ago, he finds himself at the center of an emotional and soul searching journey into his past, which leads to a shocking and heart-stopping conclusion.

Just 45 minutes away from his scheduled execution, death row inmate Ray Kaspo dies in his cell from a poisoned last meal. Monk is brought in to investigate, but turns down the case - until he receives a call from his old nemesis, Dale "The Whale" Biederbeck (Tim Curry), who is locked up in the same prison as the murdered Kaspo. It seems that Dale is a prime suspect in the murder, and he needs Monk to find the real killer in order to get the authorities off his back. In exchange for Monk's help, Dale promises to provide information relating to the death of Monk's wife, Trudy.