Monk has stiff competition solving the case of a murdered jewelry store owner from a second-rate PI with a loser reputation who suddenly displays skills even more amazing than Monk's.
Brett Hayward murders Dr. Hjortsberg, the plastic surgeon who knew him as patient Eddie Dagabosian, and as such harbors something against Madison, with whom he moves in.
Private investigator Charlie Garrett is in luck when Jessica is in Martinique vacationing at the same time he is accused of murdering the woman he's been trying to locate for a client.
When Natalie finally catches up with the pizza guy who mistakenly left her $50 in change, she finds him dead in his car. She feels compelled to solve the murder but Monk, sick in bed, offers little help.
A parking garage attendant is inadvertently killed when a murderer targets a financier, and Monk must go undercover as an office worker to solve the case.
While on vacation for his anniversary, Mr. Monk chats with an intrusive but well-intentioned man at dinner. But when he wakes up the next day, everyone insists that the man was never there.
While on a murder case involving victims on a liver transplant donor list, Shawn is faced with a man whose criminal profiling skills rival that of his own. Guest starring Nestor Carbonell, Curt Smith ("Tears For Fears").
Shawn and Gus find themselves in the midst of a Bourne Identity-like hunt and chase after a U.S Government Spy seeks their help in clearing her name for a crime she supposedly didn't commit.
Shawn and Gus return to Vancouver to visit their old nemesis Despereaux in prison at the felon's request, who then uses them to escape and pull one last job before he is extradited to the United States.
While retrying a lawsuit against a company whose work rules caused an employee's death, Jane's emotional outburst lands her in jail; Grayson and Kim sue a psychiatrist who claims to cure multiple personality disorder.
When an art gallery robbery leads to the death of the contemptible gallery manager, former Boston detective teams up with local doctor--and old flame-- to catch the killer. Stars Jesse Metcalfe and Sarah Lind.
When a local waitress is found dead on the beach and a mysterious deposit appears in Zee's bank account, Martha's Vineyard proves to be all but the simple, scenic life Jeff Jackson was after. Stars Jesse Metcalfe and Sarah Lind.
