Adrian Monk: Look, Wagner wants to run for office. A story like that would bury him.
Captain Stottlemeyer: Okay. Maybe you found a motive. Maybe. But it doesn't matter. And I'll tell you why. Because your suspect, Monk, was in outer space. He wasn't on this planet.
Natalie: It's true. Julie and I watched it on television.
Captain Stottlemeyer: The whole world was watching. He took off on Monday and he landed on Friday. Here's the case file. The coroner is 100% sure. He is certain that Joanne Raphelson died of ligature strangulation on Wednesday morning while your man was in space. Now maybe we should take a minute and see if we can think of a better alibi.
[Stottlemeyer, Monk and Natalie ponder for a long time]
Adrian Monk: It's a pretty good alibi.
Captain Stottlemeyer: Yeah.