Natalie accepts an job for Mr. Monk. When he hears who the client is, he is shocked: it is Roderick Brody, a former classmate who used to torment him. Despite his reservations, Monk accepts. But when he learns that he is to find out whether Brody's wife is having an affair, Monk is delighted because he hopes that this will torment Brody in the same way that Monk was tormented by him in the past.