Lisa Jay

Alan (series star JON CRYER) lends Charlie money and crosses a line in his attempts to get it back.

Buffy and the gang begin to suspect Spike may be responsible for the disappearance of a number of young girls just as Spike begins to suspect someone has the power to control his actions.

Wallace's basketball coach is found dead and his son is a suspect. Plus, Keith and Veronica discover that the alibis given by Mindy O'Dell and Professor Landry do not match.

Stella, Flack, Lindsay and Danny can't resolve how, despite the police being tipped off by the store's personnel, the women were able to escape the jewelry store so quickly. Also, Lindsay proves her strength when she puts herself in harm's way to solve the case. Meanwhile, when the mummified body of a city councilman's missing wife is found during a building's demolition, Mac and Peyton have their first professional argument when Mac isn't satisfied with her findings from the autopsy. (TV-14)

While investigating the puzzling, high profile murder of a maid whose assailant apparently tried to treat her wounds, Monk finds himself increasingly drawn to another case involving a visiting African man investigating his beloved wife's hit-and-run death. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje guest stars.