Michael Dempsey

After their home is robbed at Christmastime, Christy and Bonnie's search for the thief leads to an unlikely door.

Frankie is stunned when Mike wants in on one of his brother's crazy business ideas. Axl desperately tries to prove that he is capable of riding his dad's motorcycle. Sue plucks up the courage to confess something to Brad.

When a survivalist is found dead inside his fallout shelter, Maura finds that the supposed cause of death only raises more questions.

Randy Disher goes to the dentist and witnesses a crime while under anaesthesia. When Stottlemeyer won't believe him, Disher hires Monk to solve the mystery.

Gibbs and his team investigate the unusual case of an unpopular Navy commander who, after successful open-heart surgery, apparently burst into flames.

Nancy and Silas begin new jobs; Shane is put on assignment after graduating from the police academy; Andy looks for work at the local Jewish temple.