Stewart Babcock is the main antagonist of the Monk episode "Mr. Monk and the 12th Man".
He was portrayed by Ed Marinaro.
Biography[]
1997[]
Six years before the episode starts he murders his first wife and hides her body in the fridge. It's implied that he had been having an affair with another woman, Lisa, prior to killing her, whom he would later marry. It's possible that Lisa may have aided him in killing her. He then decides to build an extension to his house in order to hide his wife murder. While working on his house a construction worker falls off his roof and lands on some metal pipes. He survives and files a lawsuit against Stewart Babcock for 75 grand. While deliberating the jury visit his house. One juror, Wallace J. Cassidy, strays off and searches for valuables to steal in order to fund his gambling addiction. He encounters Mrs. Babcock's corpse and takes a photo and a finger in order to blackmail Stewart into funding his gambling addiction. He does this anonymously so that Stewart doesn't know who is blackmailing him. The jury deliberates and orders Babcock to pay 75,000 to the construction worker which he does through his insurance company. After six years the juror keeps demanding more and more money Stewart snaps and decides to kill him but he doesn't know which juror he is being blackmailed by so he decides to kill them all.
Present day[]
He then starts killing the jury one by one and commits a series of murders. This includes two shootings, five hit and runs, one drowning and one electrocution. At the start of the episode he drives up to a toll booth that one of the jurors works in and pays the toll with 10 euro. He then asks if his name is Frank Pulaski. When Frank says yes he demands his change which Frank hands to him but as he does Stewart handcuffs him to a rope and drives off dragging, dragging him to death. Monk is called to investigate and is bluffed by the diversity of the group and is unaware of the Babcock lawsuit. Meanwhile Babcock pays to go see a movie and while he is watching the movie he strangles a female juror, Arlene Carney, to death. Monk connects the two murder 's together by 10 euro bills that Stewart used for both the movie and the tollbooth. Monk manages to link all of the murders to a man, who is also the 11th juror in Babcock's plan, Henry Smalls. Monk does a stakeout at Henry's house, expecting him to be a suspect. However he is surprised when Stewart arrives and stabs Henry to death while wearing a mask. Monk tries to intervene but Stewart fights him off. While he gets away, Monk is left with an injured wrist and a ripped off sleeve from Babcock. Monk finally links the murders together as being on a jury and they put the 12th juror, Wallace J. Cassidy, in protective custody.
Upon discovering that all served on the same jury in relation to Babcock's case involving the construction worker, Monk and his assistant, Sharona, arrive at his house for questioning. Mr. Babcock's wife, Lisa, says that she doesn't know anything about the case due to the fact that it happened before her and Stewart met. However after Monk is done questioning them, he is able to deduce that Lisa is lying because a photo of them in a pub shows them smoking. The pub has not allowed smoking since 1995 and Lisa claims she didn't meet Stewart until 1997.
Arrest[]
He attempts to flee to Mexico with his wife on order to avoid prosecution but Monk catches him. He denies everything but Monk proves he committed the murders by having his cleaner identify the ripped off sleeve from the killer as his own.
Trivia[]
- Stewart Babcock has probably the highest body count in the series, being responsible for 12 deaths.