English teacher Beth Landow tells her married lover, science teacher Derek Kilby, that he must tell his wife about them and leave her or she will tell her. The next morning - Saturday - Kilby is proctoring the SAT when the body of Beth Landow hits Kilby's car from the observation tower and the car alarm goes off. The students get up from their desks and look out the window. Kilby doesn't make a move. Monk is asked to investigate the case by someone who works at the school, which just happens to be the same private high school that his late wife attended. To further investigate, Monk becomes a temporary English teacher, taking the place of the recently deceased Beth Landow.
You already know the "who" in this case, but what you don't know is the "how" - How did Kilby manage to kill Beth while he was proctoring the SAT across campus at the same time. This is what Monk has to figure out, and if you have seen enough murder mystery movies where the victim dies in tower such as the one shown in this episode, the clues are there. What makes it worthwhile is the comedy, such as Monk introducing himself to his new English class the first day and taking about half of that first class to write his name "Mr. Monk" when you consider his own exacting standards.
You already know the "who" in this case, but what you don't know is the "how" - How did Kilby manage to kill Beth while he was proctoring the SAT across campus at the same time. This is what Monk has to figure out, and if you have seen enough murder mystery movies where the victim dies in tower such as the one shown in this episode, the clues are there. What makes it worthwhile is the comedy, such as Monk introducing himself to his new English class the first day and taking about half of that first class to write his name "Mr. Monk" when you consider his own exacting standards.