Jamie Donnelly

Ray forces Mickey to return to LA and brings him to Ed Cochran, who puts Mickey on parole and then holds a press conference taking full credit for finding and shooting Sully Sullivan. Kate McPherson, a Boston reporter, doesn't believe the FBI's story. Desperate to control Mickey, Ray corrupts a parole officer and has him take over Mickey's case. Kate begins to investigate Sully's death and decides to come to Los Angeles.

Lee Drexler returns from his honeymoon, only to be confronted by Cookie Brown, who demands the rights to Marvin's music. Ray arranges the deal, but then Lee reneges on it. Peggy Shaughnessy plants a seed of doubt in Kate's mind about the story that she published; Kate reopens her investigation but is threatened by two Southie thugs on the street.

Mickey and Daryll discover their loot is significantly less than they expected, but Mickey has a plan that sends them to the races. Abby is torn between her two potential protectors, Ray and Jim

Monk's phobias threaten to undermine a big murder case when an aggressive defense attorney targets the detective's unconventional methods in court. Jay Mohr guest stars.

Barnaby is hired to find a missing writer and gets caught between a man with a story to tell and mobsters mobster's who don't want his tell all book written.