Jessica helps a woman and her son, both accused of crimes, despite her doubts about the woman's claim that Jessica's late husband was her son's father.
After Stottlemeyer, Disher and Monk are shredded on the stand in a murder case, causing the accused to go free, Monk loses his confidence. Meanwhile, Disher tries to help a boy he used to mentor who is accused of another murder.
Woody the Coroner is taken hostage and although Shawn, Gus, Lassiter and Detective O'Hare try carefully to resolve the situation, Interim Chief Trout has a plan of his own.
Mark tries to have a new doctor (Kathleen Quinlan) arrested for murder after she helps two terminally ill patients commit suicide. Meanwhile, Jesse proposes to Susan.
A friend (Dee Wallace Stone) Jessica helped once before is accused of serving arsenic in her diner, and the locals say "she won't get away with murder again."
Natalie displays surprising superstition when Monk consults on a case that involves Voodoo. Unfortunately her uneasiness turns to terror when the killer targets her.
While Natalie attempts to surprise Monk with the ultimate 50th birthday party, a janitor and a patent lawyer are killed during the launch of the first vacuum with a self-cleaning filter.
As Jane reluctantly agrees to help a jilted bride-to-be sue her ex-fiancé, Grayson and Kim represent a surrogate mother who's been cheated by a shady lawyer.
As Jane and Owen represent a high school athlete accused of cheating on the SAT, Grayson and Kim defend longtime clients who are being sued for letting their dog impregnate a neighbor's championship Maltese.
Jack takes his son and daughter to his late wife's beachside hometown hoping to heal and become closer. The summer brings visions of the past that could forge a new path forward. Stars Sam Page, Sarah Drew and Amanda Schull.
When Lucy's childhood sweetheart plans to tear down the Gilded Age estate and replace it with a golf course, Lucy fights to preserve the historic mansion at all costs. Stars Amanda Schull and Peter Porte.
