Who aired the 140th episode of the series overall that was the first after the departure of actor Isaac Hayes, after the episode Stan joins Scientology in an attempt to find something "fun and free"?
The Return of Chef "The Return of Chef" is the first episode in the tenth season of the American animated television series "South Park". The 140th episode of the series overall, it first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on March 22, 2006. The episode was the first after the departure of actor Isaac Hayes, who voiced the character Chef. Hayes, a Scientologist, left after a falling-out with the creators over their treatment of Scientology in the previous season's episode "Trapped in the Closet". Scientology has been accused of using brainwashing techniques, and the episode portrays Chef as having been brainwashed.
Mr. Monk Takes Manhattan "Mr. Monk Takes Manhattan" is the first episode of the third season of the American comedy-drama detective television series "Monk", and the show's 30th episode overall. The series follows Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub), a private detective with obsessive–compulsive disorder and multiple phobias, and his assistant Sharona Flemming (Bitty Schram). In this episode, Monk travels to New York City in an attempt to discover his wife's killer, but may solve the case of the death of the Latvian ambassador.