In the Season Six premiere, Cheryl talks Larry into adopting the Blacks, a family displaced by a hurricane, and Larry invents the 'perfect' excuse for missing a pair of parties.
When three homeless men seek out Monk's services at the holidays, Natalie convinces him to investigate the death of their friend. Meanwhile, a skeptical Captain Stottlemeyer finds his faith re-awakened after a visit to a monastery fountain appears to rid him of crippling pain.
The true spirit of Christmas gets a little fuzzy when Rodney accidentally pulls down the church's huge religious landmark.
