Gary Sievers

When Monk stops by his local firehouse to have his smoke detectors inspected, a fire breaks out in a nearby home, calling away the fire company and leaving Monk alone with a retired fireman named Rusty. Soon thereafter, an unidentified man enters the firehouse. Rusty confronts the intruder, who hits Rusty over the head with a shovel. When Monk responds, the intruder throws solvent into Monk's eyes and makes his escape, leaving Rusty dead and Monk blind.

When Mindy goes on a date with a cute minister named Casey (guest star Anders Holm), she feels compelled to attend his church to show him that she is a good person. But when Casey admits to Mindy that he thinks she's a selfish person, she decides to go on the practice's volunteer trip to a women's prison to prove him wrong.

In the fifth season premiere, solving the murder of a jogger takes on even greater urgency when Jane realizes that the motive was theft … of the woman’s baby. As the investigation gets underway, Jane attempts to hide her pregnancy from her snooping mother, and Maura and Frankie face the aftermath of their kiss.

It's a new day. Ashley and Spencer wake up from their first night together fully committed to each other, just in time for the worst day of Ashley's life. Aiden, meanwhile, wakes up next to Madison wondering what he got himself into. Glen faces the days after a debilitating injury, while Clay copes with life after meeting his birth mother.