A racehorse trainer is murdered as he is on his way to expose a racing fraud and there is some friction concerning his daughter's permission to ride in the race.
Trudy's father, a game show producer, invites Monk to Hollywood to determine if the host is helping a contestant cheat. Monk has to become a contestant himself in order to clinch the case.
A woman commits suicide and minutes later Captain Stottlemeyer is shot nearby. Monk needs to determine if the two events are related, but his new medication has turned him into an obnoxious jerk who can't concentrate on the case.
Shawn tangles with the Army when he claims that a Private's suicide was actually murder, and suspects Juliet's former military/current mercenary brother is involved. John Cena guest stars.
When Shawn and Gus join Gus' new girlfriend on a rafting trip, a member of the group goes overboard, but Shawn quickly realizes it was no accident. Stacey Keibler, Sarah Shahi, Steve Howe guest star.
Steve meets a new girlfriend on a television game show and then investigates when she's killed. Steve suspects her estranged brother, a doctor at Community General.
Monk is having a hard time finding a new assistant, and Natalie might be just what he is looking for. But first he has to take her case and solve the mystery of the intruder.
When an author of a book debunking the career of a popular martial-arts movie star is killed, the evidence points to the star himself, despite the fact that he has been dead for years!
After Lassiter takes a page out of Shawn's book and claims a shark attack victim was actually murdered, the guys must then scramble to find the fish and prove him right. Jeri Ryan and Michael Hogan guest star.
With Grayson in the hospital with a gunshot wound, Jane represents people living near a hot sauce factory who claim its fumes are making them sick. Kim lands in the middle of her parents' divorce settlement.
As Jane takes on a client who's being sued for identifying the drunk driver who killed her brother, Kim represents a ventriloquist who can't fly without his dummy.
When Aida Teagarden's real estate client is found murdered, her sleuthing daughter Aurora sets out with her fiancé Nick and the Real Murders Club to solve the murder. Stars Candace Cameron Bure, Niall Matter, Marilu Henner.
Just days before Aurora's wedding, a body is discovered, and she fears her father may be a suspect. She and Nick race to solve the cold case before they walk down the aisle. Stars Candace Cameron Bure, Niall Matter, Marilu Henner.
