Plot summary
Inspired by her grandfather's success in the toothpaste industry, Natalie persuades a reluctant Monk to open his own private detective agency. His first client, realtor Linda Fusco ( Sharon Lawrence ), wants him to find out who hit her car in a parking lot, but the accident leads him to a woman's disappearance that the police are investigating and a doctor ( Fred Weller ) who may be connected to it.
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