Julie receives help from Monk regarding her love life, while he investigates a homicide.

Flash wins a marathon, and uncovers a mystery involving his deceased father.

The third season opens with Flower leading the Whiskers gang to better hunting grounds. When they cross into territory claimed by the rival Zappa clan, an altercation with them ends with a missing pup.

Season 3 begins in tragedy following the prom-night shooting. Spencer and Ashley try to come to grips with the situation and Ashley makes a fateful choice that puts even more unwelcome pressure on Spencer. After a summer apart, the students gather for another school year at King High with new attitudes as they reflect on what happened in the shooting and how it has changed them all.

Ashley tries to find a change in her life, but it damages her friendship with Spencer.

Les begins the second season in the Kalahari Desert of southern Africa. The scenario: running out of gas in the middle of the desert. His supplies: enough water for only four days, two empty soda cans, an empty jar of peanut butter, some jam, an ostrich egg, a broken down truck, and a bucket. The dangers: the brutal summer heat where temperatures on the sand reach 140F/60C; dehydration and heatstroke; scorpions and highly venomous Cape cobras.

Gus and Shawn's childhood nemesis, now a horse jockey, asks the duo for help in discovering why his horses never win. The investigation develops into a murder case after a jockey dies while racing.

This week, Joel McHale talks about Rush Hour 3, chicks, Super-Fantastic-Ultra-Wishtime, and the new sketch What's That Smell?