Quote from Adrian Monk in Mr. Monk and the Secret Santa
Alice: So what's going on? Captain Stottlemeyer: Monk thinks that he knows who tried to kill me during the Christmas party. Alice: I heard it was Frank Prager. Captain Stottlemeyer: No, it wasn't Prager. In fact, it wasn't anybody. Adrian Monk: Nobody tried to kill the captain. That was a trick to throw us off track. Terry Chasen was the target from the beginning. Lieutenant Disher: Alice, we know you and Terry were involved. We've got phone records, credit cards. You were together for about 6 months. Alice: 7. Captain Stottlemeyer: Was it because he went back to his wife? That's why you killed him?