When Captain Stottlemeyer suspects that a suicide is really a murder, Monk confirms his suspicions by discovering that the victim, Joanne Raphelson, was too short to have used the stool she supposedly stood on to hang herself. But the next clue, the remains of an olive, a cherry, and a cocktail onion on a stirring stick, leads Monk to suspect that the murder was committed by an astronaut, Steve Wagner. A little research reveals a motive--Joanne was about to publish a book revealing that Wagner had abused her five years earlier. Now all Monk has to do is to prove that Wagner could commit the murder when he was in outer space.
Quest roles:
Stanley Kamel(Dr. Charles Kroger), Emmy Clarke(Julie Teeger), Jeffrey Donovan(Steve Wagner), Eric Allan Kramer(Darrell Cain), Brianna Brown(Joanne Raphelson), Ariel Winter(Donna Cain), Tom Ohmer(Sergeant Lyman), Michael Belcher(Bobby), Natasha Pavlovich(Nicole Wagner), Albert Malafronte(Congressman), Billy Mayo(Mechanic), Bruno Amato(Crew Member), Martin Papazian(Captain Savo), Roshon Fegan(Third Boy), Tanner Scott Richards(Second Boy), Timothy Taule(NCO), Wanda Acuna(Cleaning Lady), Ian Novotny(Festival Attendee (uncredited)), Brandon Matthew Parker(First Boy), Diane Boehm Himmich(P.R. Person), Erica Zodtner(Reporter), Ernest John Teichert III(Pilot), Jared Dostie(Young Airman), Larissa Shebroe(First Girl), Roy William Collins(Lead Security Officer), Willow Duke(Young Girl), Christine Fry(Bee's Head Basketball Coach), Kathleen Carr(Congressman's Wife (uncredited))