Kimi Reichenberg

Larry offends a Jewish neighbor at the premiere of another friend's movie. Later, Larry experiences the 'trick' side of the Halloween expression 'trick or treat.'

With no end to the IPS workers strike in sight, Doug tries substitute teaching at his sister Stephanie's school. (TV-PG)

Rory goes on her first date since ending her relationship with Jess and finds that college dating is not going to be easy. Lorelai invites Luke over for the traditional movie night she used to share with Rory. Later, Lorelai gets upset when she learns that the designer she just hired for the Dragonfly Inn used to work for Emily.

Monk receives some bad news: he’s been called for jury duty. Monk loathes the idea of being stuck in a room with 11 other people, but he has no choice when he’s selected as a juror in a minor robbery trial. When time comes for the jury to deliberate, everyone votes "guilty" except for Monk. It’s 11 vs. 1, but Monk is sure that the defendant is innocent. While Monk tries to win over his fellow jurors by picking apart the evidence, he looks out the window of the jury room and begins to suspect that there is a dead body in a garbage dumpster near the courthouse. Monk gets Stottlemeyer and Disher to check it out, and sure enough, there’s a dead woman’s body in the dumpster!

Sipowicz, Clark, Medavoy and Jones investigate the murder of an unassuming teenager. McDowell and Ortiz search for the person responsible for firing a stray bullet that killed a three-year-old girl.