There is an earthquake in San Francisco and Christine Rutherford uses the earthquake to kill her husband, the millionaire and philanthropist Henry, dropping a bookshelf over him. Christine is a friend of Sharona, and she goes with Monk to visit her. Monk is affected by the earthquake, speaking in an incomprehensible way but soon he realizes that Christine has killed Henry. However, their apartments are blocked by the police, and they have to stay with Sharona's sister Gail Fleming. Meanwhile Christine's lover Darryl Wright poses of reporter to Sharona to retrieve the answering machine tape who indicates that Henry was murdered and gets close to Sharona and her sister Gail.
—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil