Vincent Riotta

Monk, Sharona, Captain Stottlemeyer, and Lieutenant Disher arrive in New York City to pursue a lead in the murder case of Monk's wife, Trudy. Dale the Whale has given them the name of a man that was involved: Warrick Tennyson. But before they can even check into their hotel rooms, Monk becomes a witness in the shooting death of the Latvian Ambassador to the United States. Unfortunately, Monk only gets a glimpse of the killer's left ear as he flees the scene of the crime.

Titus shuts down the Gold Faction to appease the Patricians while Scorpus, suspicious of Tenax's plan, joins the White faction. Domitian orchestrates a grisly spectacle to show his strength. Tenax meets Ursus, a dangerous man from his past, who threatens everything.

Lisa balks at being the Cutest Reporter in New York; Bill starts his own anti-rap music crusade.

Vaughn is reluctant to believe Lauren is a CIA mole; Bomani and Sark take possession of the Rambaldi machine; Sydney and Vaughn must stop a Covenant virus from crippling medical facilities around the world.

Harm is hit by a car while he is out running. He goes for treatment at a local hospital where coincidentally an Israeli official is undergoing an emergency heart transplant. Hamas swoops in and takes control of the hospital and seize the recovering official to force a prisoner exchange with Israel.

While tracking an unstable telepath trainee on Babylon 5, Bester instructs two interns on the motives of the Psi Corps.