Renowned philanthropist Henry Rutherford is killed when a minor earthquake rocks the city and sends a display case falling on top of him. But when Monk examines the scene, he finds clues that suggest foul play.
A proud Commandant of a military academy is angry that William Haynes, the owner of the property, wants to turn it into a co-ed college. Columbo comes to the academy to investigate Haynes' death.
The death of a popular musician raises suspicious questions. The musician's pregnant wife, who claims to be carrying an alien's child, complicates matters.
Ashley York murders her wealthy father and cleverly manipulates it to appear as though he killed himself. Dr. Sloan picks away at holes in the story, which leads him directly to Ashley.
Ben takes on a most unusual client, the ghost of a man who wants Ben to save his wife from being falsely convicted for his murder. While the ghost knows his wife is innocent, he doesn't know who really murdered him.
After giving a lecture on the perfect murder to his law students at Eton University, Matlock finds to his dismay that one of his pupils is accused of putting the theory into practice on the school's bad boy.
Matlock has to stand by his man when his client, a music promoter, is accused of murdering a country-music star and then tampers with the evidence mounting against him.
Randy Travis plays Matlock's old friend, an aspiring country singer who wins the lottery, but then is framed for the murder of his cheating business partner.
Jenn acquires an antique camera from the estate of a deceased and seemingly wealthy photography enthusiast. When Jenn gets the photos in the camera printed, it leads her to believe that the man's death was anything but accidental.
In Los Angeles, to research an animal park, Jessica finds the employees trying to protect themselves in the middle of a skimmed-funds scandal. Then an amoral publicist turns up dead.
International intrigue in Amsterdam disrupts a writers' conference for Jessica when a fellow writer is kidnapped and she becomes a suspect in a murder.
